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HOW TO - Setting up a SMS gateway

MAKE reader Dml points out that there's a cheaper and easier way to send a SMS message to a cell phone using a GPRS modem (via a software/hardware interface) - you can use an old Nokia handset, here's how - Link.

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Posted by: radiorental on August 17, 2006 at 4:54 AM

send free sms using [tel no]@teleflip.com

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Posted by: scottiedog on August 17, 2006 at 10:19 AM

I tried this before with the Nokia, and it works, up to a point. Sending a lot of text messages can start to have problems. I know Omni Instruments have a GSM/GPRS modem which last time I used could send ten text messages a minute. Not as cheap as the Nokia, but $155 for a TriBand modem is pretty good.

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