[A83] Re: [OT] What's a GMS?


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[A83] Re: [OT] What's a GMS?




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>Greetings!
>Sounds like a great system. If I could ony afford it on my $5 dollars a 
>week
>allowance... (more like $3 dollars American). My allowance suits me fine, I
>just don't buy anything (even though 14 is probably one of the peak 
>spending
>times in one's life).
>
>Jimmy Pardey
>
> >From: "David Phillips" <david@acz.org>
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> >SMS stands for Simple Messaging Service.  Most newer cell phones now have
> >this feature, at least in the US (from what I've seen).  I have service
> >from
> >AT&T in Phoenix, AZ, and get (I think) unlimited SMS and email on my 
>phone
> >(I have their cheap Nokia model, some 5000 series, I do believe).  SMS 
>lets
> >you send a message to another cell phone from a cell phone, and receive
> >messages sent from a web/email SMS gateway.  For example, sending an 
>email
> >to 6027589103@NOSPAM.mobile.att.net will send it to my phone.  It's 
>limited
> >to somewhere like 140-200 characters.  The phone can also be used to send
> >email (although as you can imagine, typing on a phone keyboard rather
> >limits
> >the usefulness, even with the built in dictionary).
> >
> >While not incredibly useful for communicating with people directly 
>(easier
> >just to call), there are a lot of uses for them.  The company I work for
> >uses them to automatically page netops employee's phones when the machine
> >watch program thinks a server is down.  When you have a website or other
> >service that needs to be up 24/7, it's useful to setup a cron job that 
>runs
> >on another server, preferably at a different data center, that checks 
>every
> >minute and pages you if it appears to be down.
> >
> >I've thought of doing some other stuff, like having an AIM or ICQ bot 
>check
> >my account to see if I am idle for a certain period, then log me in and
> >forward all messages to my phone (maybe with the option to reply from the
> >phone).  There's probably stuff written already to do this, but I haven't
> >ever looked.  It would be nice if a client could do this for you, to 
>avoid
> >having to log you out.
> >
> >I am guessing that Genie SMS is his cellular provider.  GSM stands for
> >Global System for Mobile communications.  It's open and non-proprietary.
> >It
> >is used in throughout Europe and many other countries.  Phones that use 
>GSM
> >can usually have "roaming" access in any area that provides GSM service
> >(although most providers charge exorbitant roaming fees).  Unfortunately
> >there is no standard like this in the US.  Roaming is generally not a
> >problem (except for the fees), but if you change cellular providers, you
> >almost always have to buy a new phone (which can be expensive).  Nokia 
>and
> >probably others have GSM equipped phones that work in the US and Europe,
> >but
> >all the ones I've seen are much higher than the cheap models that most
> >people get ($300+ compared to $50-$100).
> >
> > > What's a Genie SMS? is it some sort of email pager?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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