[olug] groups sms recommendation?

Fri Dec 2 15:55:01 CST 2022

I've always used flowroute and sql, in python on Linux for my mass sms
notifications. I basically set up a listening socket, and I'd just echo
some JSON over a socket when I wanted to send. Texts out, or whatever. It's
been fairly bulletproof.

Wsl is not my favorite. I'm a purist lol.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022, 2:18 PM Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chart of GSM-7 character set shows that almost all of the control
> characters are ripped out of ASCII
> and replaced with other printable chars.   Only CR,LF, and ESC remain.
> So hopefully any API converts  incompatible chars for you like this webpage
> does:
>
> https://twiliodeved.github.io/message-segment-calculator/
>
>
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_03.38#GSM_7-bit_default_alphabet_and_extension_table_of_3GPP_TS_23.038_.2F_GSM_03.38
>
>
> Be very leary if any double quote char that is not 0x22 or 34.
>
> My issues mainly bit me using powershell.exe, pwsh, wt.exe , and even wsl
> because Windows  cli character encoding is a nightmare!   wsl does not run
> for me atm, so can’t verify how that behaved.  Want to say wsl was broken
> but not the MobaXterm shell.
>
> If you work on many different platforms  or aiming to make your script or
> datafile cross-platform, be careful, the start of the file may be utf8
> (Linux Standard) and it looks normal but have an incompatible u16 char that
> will timesink your project.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 12:04 PM Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Kinda late to the convo, but yes FlowRoute is good.  Any experience yet?
> >
> > I have had the following problem bite me a few times.  Just last night,
> >  LibreOffice Sheets ( don’t believe it  Google admin console ) did the
> > following which broke a script for me:
> > "if your text editor changes " to “ — a ‘curly’ or ‘smart’ quote mark —
> > you will have a UCS-2 character in your message and that will reduce the
> > character limit from 160 to 70.”
> > https://www.twilio.com/docs/glossary/what-sms-character-limit
> >
> > Twilio ( which must have or had some connection to Twitter ) has an api
> as
> > well.  Twilio seemed to be the first to offer an _easy_ way to encrypt
> the
> > media channels - the voice in voice calls.
> > https://www.twilio.com/docs/sms/send-messages
> >
> > Pay-as-you-go SMS pricing
> > NUMBER USEDTEXT MESSAGESPICTURE MESSAGESMESSAGING SERVICE FEATURES*
> > TO SEND †‡§TO RECEIVE †§TO SEND †‡§TO RECEIVE †§
> > LOCAL NUMBERS
> > $ 0.0079
> > $ 0.0079
> > $ 0.0200
> > $ 0.0100
> > INCLUDED
> > TOLL‑FREE NUMBERS
> > $ 0.0079
> > $ 0.0079
> > $ 0.0200
> > $ 0.0200
> > INCLUDED
> > SHORT CODES
> > $ 0.0079
> > $ 0.0079
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 9:52 PM Justin Reiners - Reiners Cloud LLC <
> > justin at reiners.io> wrote:
> >
> >> I've used flowroute sms api for years. It works great, and it's super
> easy
> >> to script it to loop and send a million sms if need be.
> >>
> >> Hit me up if you have issues.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 9:45 PM Jeff Hinrichs <dundeemt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Matt: That is a possible route, but I want to exhaust a service only
> >> route
> >> > first.
> >> >
> >> > Justin: Flowroute, will color me curious.  I use Flowroute for my home
> >> > phone.
> >> > I'm going to dig through their docs now.  Thanks for pointing out the
> >> snake
> >> > at my feet :)
> >> > (ha ha a python ref too)
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 6:19 PM Justin Reiners - Reiners Cloud LLC <
> >> > justin at reiners.io> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Flowroutes sms api works well if you programmatically use the API to
> >> fire
> >> > > sms alerts in python too. Partshotlines used to use that setup for
> web
> >> > > notifications for thousands of users.
> >> > >
> >> > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 6:14 PM Matt Payne <payne at mattpayne.org>
> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33697557 was just posted to
> >> > > > HackerNe.WS; the modem they mention looks to sell for $89 on
> Amazon.
> >> > So,
> >> > > > maybe a cell phone plan to go with the SIM card in the modem would
> >> cost
> >> > > > less than the $24/month?   IDK.   I'm curious about what you end
> up
> >> > > doing.
> >> > > >  --Matt Payne
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, at 3:20 PM, Matt Payne wrote:
> >> > > > > I enjoy Telegram.org very much.  I'm http://t.me/MattPayneOrg
> if
> >> you
> >> > > > want to try things out.   Telegram has terrific group support (I'm
> >> in
> >> > > > several) and other features ( I mostly do not use them).
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > If folks have to have text messages, I don't have good ideas.
> >>  The
> >> > old
> >> > > > sending an email to text is likely not enough to help.  But it
> might
> >> > > be.  A
> >> > > > quick google shows that
> >> > > > https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1061254/ and
> >> > > > https://www.verizon.com/support/text-messaging-faqs/ seem to
> >> support
> >> > the
> >> > > > old email-to-text bit.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > I'm curious how this works out.  It's an interesting project.
> >>  Good
> >> > > > luck! --Matt Payne
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, at 9:08 AM, Jeff Hinrichs wrote:
> >> > > > >> I am looking for a group SMS tool - about 65 numbers for a
> >> > non-profit
> >> > > > >> philanthropy.
> >> > > > >> On android/iphone phones, group capabilities are limited and we
> >> end
> >> > up
> >> > > > >> creating multiple groups on individual phones currently.  I'm
> >> > looking
> >> > > to
> >> > > > >> find if there is a better solution.  Anyone care to make a
> >> > > > recommendation?
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> The least expensive web platforms are about 24/month, however
> we
> >> are
> >> > > > not a
> >> > > > >> money based org and we use it for reminding/calling for
> >> volunteers.
> >> > > So
> >> > > > it
> >> > > > >> is important to keep the cost as low as possible.
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> --
> >> > > > >> Best,
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> Jeff Hinrichs
> >> > > > >> dundeemt at gmail.com
> >> > > > >> 402.320.0821
> >> > > > >> 402.218.1473
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> >> > dundeemt at gmail.com
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