[olug] groups sms recommendation?

[Jeff Hinrichs]

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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-- 
Best,

Jeff Hinrichs
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