Cell Phones & Text messaging

[Grant Cullen]

Alan Cohen wrote:

>I've been using an alphanumeric pager for years. The source of most of
>the messages has always been computer systems that tell me when they're
>in trouble. These messages come via Internet (SNPP) and dialup (TAP) for
>cases when the trouble is Internet connectivity.
>
>I'm thinking about using a cellular phone and would need at least the
>same functionality. So I guess there are 3 questions:
> (1)the phone
> (2)the carrier
> (3)the software (which I could write, I suppose) to make it all work.
>
>- I'd want to use SNPP/SMTP and TAP or something equivalent, ie:
>Internet with non-Internet fallback
>- One of the downsides heretofore is that the computer could know that
>its message had been sent, but couldn't know that its message had been
>received. Is "received confirmation" a possibility?
>- Any suggestions?
>
>  
>
I have a Motorola connected through bell, receives and sends e-mail 
fine.  My current employer uses Rogers for support pages also to a cell, 
don't recall the model.

Grant Cullen
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