[olug] groups sms recommendation?

Mon Nov 21 21:50:04 CST 2022

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
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>
> Jeff Hinrichs
> dundeemt at gmail.com
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