I picked up two of the AT&T "Beam" USB devices that use the LTE network. Netgear is the listed manufacturer and has firmware for the units that makes them usable on Linux. I loaded the driver for those into a Debian box and I'm able to use smstools open source software to send SMS from the unit directly to cell network. The AT&T Beam's were $20 I think and cost us about $15/mo as additional lines on our corporate plan.
Adam Kennedy | Network & Systems Engineer Broadband Networks A Watch Communications Company PO Box 8 | Rushville, Indiana | 46173 Tel - 866-586-1518 | Fax - 866-567-3897 adamkenn...@broadbandnetworks.com www.broadbandnetworks.com On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:52 AM, Adam Kennedy <adamkenn...@watchcomm.net> wrote: > I picked up two of the AT&T "Beam" USB devices that use the LTE network. > Netgear is the listed manufacturer and has firmware for the units that > makes them usable on Linux. I loaded the driver for those into a Debian box > and I'm able to use smstools open source software to send SMS from the unit > directly to cell network. The AT&T Beam's were $20 I think and cost us > about $15/mo as additional lines on our corporate plan. > > > Adam Kennedy | Network & Systems Engineer > > Broadband Networks > > A Watch Communications Company > > PO Box 8 | Rushville, Indiana | 46173 > > Tel - 866-586-1518 | Fax - 866-567-3897 > > adamkenn...@broadbandnetworks.com > > www.broadbandnetworks.com > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:38 PM, <frnk...@iname.com> wrote: > >> I plan to continue living in a rural area with a GSM provider that will >> support 2G. =) >> >> Frank >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Levine [mailto:jo...@iecc.com] >> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 5:24 PM >> To: nanog@nanog.org >> Cc: frnk...@iname.com >> Subject: Re: SMS gateways >> >> In article <006501d14b31$7c478e40$74d6aac0$@iname.com> you write: >> >Surprised no one has mentioned the Multimodem iSMS: >> http://www.multitech.com/brands/multimodem-isms >> > >> >Been using it for 5+ years -- first three years the code wasn't stable, >> needing a reboot every few months, >> >but the latest code has been stable for 2+ years. >> >> It looked interesting until I got to the part where it says it uses a >> 2G GSM modem. AT&T has said quite firmly that they will turn off >> their 2G network in 2017, and press reports say that T-Mobile is >> already turning off 2G in favor of LTE. >> >> What do you plan to do instead next year? >> >> >> >> >
