Re: [PLUG] [SOLVED] Server-to-SMS text message service
Have you looked at Pager Duty? Maybe it's too expensive for your needs? I've looked at Pager Duty before, and it looked like a lot more than I really wanted. They do service monitoring, rotating on-duty call lists, auto-escalation, etc. Great services, but all I really wanted was someone that would take my text messages and send them for me. The cost is $19/month, which is OK but I'd be paying more than I want for more than I need. Answering my own question, I found, tested, and implemented twilio.com this morning. $1/month + $0.0075/message. It has a variety of interfaces to send/receive messages, including something as basic as just calling curl (for which they provide a cut-and-paste example on the test page). Their goal is to turn messages around in under 30 seconds, though delays at the carrier are beyond their control. You pay in advance for services, so I've paid them $20 and they'll run that down until it runs out of money, but they provide the option to automatically recharge the account when it falls too low. They take payments through credit cards or PayPal. That's as opposed to some other services require me to stay on top of my balance and recharge it manually or silently lose service. Twilio looks real good so far. -B. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] [SOLVED] Server-to-SMS text message service
Sorry for being late to the party, I had intended on chiming in. I went to TwilioConn last year and learned all about it, it's a fantastic platform and I can't recommend it enough. Extremely easy for anyone with any talent at all to get working. Have fun, -Bill Ensley www.bearprinting.com On 1/22/2015 11:09 AM, Nat Taylor wrote: Answering my own question, I found, tested, and implemented twilio.com this morning. $1/month + $0.0075/message. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] [SOLVED] Server-to-SMS text message service
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Nat Taylor biob...@gmail.com wrote: I was going to suggest a prepaid phone with a cheap plan (tracfone or net10 or something?) connected to your computer via usb, and your computer sends the messages via the phone connected to it, but a dollar a month plus 100 messages for .75 is hard to beat. Tracfones are not normal so try before you buy. My trusty old Moto W376G won't even charge via USB without a hacked .inf file, never mind actual communication with the phone. Perhaps things have changed in the cough cough 6+ cough years since I got it. Might be a reason to finally upgrade, assuming I can find an equally rugged flip style phone. Not interested in a smart phone unless the screen also grows to a usable size, say 10 diagonally. :-) Regards, NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] [SOLVED] Server-to-SMS text message service
I was going to suggest a prepaid phone with a cheap plan (tracfone or net10 or something?) connected to your computer via usb, and your computer sends the messages via the phone connected to it, but a dollar a month plus 100 messages for .75 is hard to beat. On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Brian Martin plug...@martinconsulting.com wrote: Have you looked at Pager Duty? Maybe it's too expensive for your needs? I've looked at Pager Duty before, and it looked like a lot more than I really wanted. They do service monitoring, rotating on-duty call lists, auto-escalation, etc. Great services, but all I really wanted was someone that would take my text messages and send them for me. The cost is $19/month, which is OK but I'd be paying more than I want for more than I need. Answering my own question, I found, tested, and implemented twilio.com this morning. $1/month + $0.0075/message. It has a variety of interfaces to send/receive messages, including something as basic as just calling curl (for which they provide a cut-and-paste example on the test page). Their goal is to turn messages around in under 30 seconds, though delays at the carrier are beyond their control. You pay in advance for services, so I've paid them $20 and they'll run that down until it runs out of money, but they provide the option to automatically recharge the account when it falls too low. They take payments through credit cards or PayPal. That's as opposed to some other services require me to stay on top of my balance and recharge it manually or silently lose service. Twilio looks real good so far. -B. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
