On Wed, 28 Jul 2010, Joel M Snyder wrote:
It's completely out-of-band, even more so than our old
touch-tone-phone-paging system was, so I'm actually happier with the total
performance. Given that GSM coverage is increasing while pager coverage
seems static or decreasing, SMS via out-of-band GSM looks like a great
solution.
Be wary, there is a fast growing trend amongst mobile operators to
outsource backhaul from their towers to IP network operators. So far
there are only a few that are using the same network as for other IP
traffic, but the economy of scale motivations to combine onto a single IP
network are strong and will not be resisted for long.
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