3G Modem with SMS support

[E.S. Rosenberg]

2013/10/8 Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir at cohens.org.il>:
> On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 12:06:56PM +0200, Rabin Yasharzadehe wrote:
>> I am interested in buying a 3G modem to connect to some for our servers, in
>> order to get alerts by SMS, the idea is not to depend on the infrastructure
>> of the DC.
>>
>> I am looking for a modem supported under Linux (RH6), If someone has
>> already made his survey on this matter, or have proven experience on the
>> subject, I'd love to hear it.
>
> ModemManager provides a (low-level) interface to sending and recieving
> SMS messages. It should work on most standard modems. I have no idea
> about alternatives.
>
>>
>> A nice feature but not required, is to be able to restart/initialize the
>> modem remotely if it get stuck.
>
> We had this issue with one system of ours. It turned out that nothing
> would do. Even when the box was off, it still provided power to USB and
> the modem was powered on. Fun.
Powered USB-hub connected to a electricity source that you can toggle
from the computer?
>
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