[olug] groups sms recommendation?

[Justin Reiners - Reiners Cloud LLC]

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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