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Sometimes you need to be able to send SMS from a computer. This is obvious when you’re talking of monitoring your servers. Email alerts are good, but what if you’re sleeping ?
I used to set up a SMS modem, with it’s own SIM card and subscription. This is really easy, using smsd daemon, to send SMS. Just put a formated file in a directory and bam!, you SMS is fired.
But what when you can’t set a SMS Modem in a datacenter ?

Then you have to use an online SMS provider.

  • Good

    • you just have to call an API to send a SMS

  • BAD

    • it’s not free (you pay per SMS when the modem can have an unlimited SMS sending subscription
    it is network dependant ; if you have a network failure, you will never be informed

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