Re: Send email as a text to cell phone

[Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Plenty of good responses here already but just a thought as you perhaps 
ponder a broader application:  You may want to consider a "chat" web app 
that is integrated into a "sales app".  Node.js is really slick in this 
regard and it's easily integrated into either an RPG or other web app.

Push notifications, although different than a text message, are easy 
enough to create and enable in a web app that a mobile web "chat" app 
for your sales folks would be pretty easy to pull off.

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java

On 12/10/2015 4:46 PM, Roger Harman wrote:
> As a side project, I'd like to investigate sending some notifications to sales reps via text message.  Currently, we send emails.
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> Any recommendations for a source/api to retrieve the carrier for a given number?  I've seen a couple via Google but wondering if anyone has real-world experience with this.
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> It has to be a VERY low (or no) cost implementation - at least for now.   No commercial products.
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> Thanks.
>
> Roger Harman
> COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power
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