On Feb 17, 12:54*pm, "Geoffrey S. Mendelson"
wrote:
Leif Neland wrote:
I assume you mean the box down the road is alerting, not your
individual dsl boxes in the homes.

Yes, BUT. The router I have is roughly equivalent to a 2005
computer in terms of processor capability, RAM, offline storage
(ROM), IO (one USB port, 4 ethernet ports, one VDSL modem, one 802.11n
multichannel access point).

It can run three virtual internet sessions for tunneling, two for me,
one for a separate public network.

It can provide a disk server or a print server via the USB.

I expect it can't send SMSs because it has no cellular connection, but it
may well be able to use a channel on the DSL line private to the phone
company for sending trouble tickets, etc.



the box down the road is monitored from the central office,
where it is decided when an anomaly is turned into a ticket, and when
it is decided the problem is fixed, the sms'es are sent.

Probably.

I don't think the box down the corner has any "free will" to generate
sms'es.

I don't know. My asterisk system has a cellular modem used as a phone
so I can receive and make calls and SMSs over the cellular network.
It can send me SMS's on its own.

Or to be more accurate, it COULD if I had anything programmed to triger
them. What I do have is set of PERL programs that run on a different
computer and when I run them, ssh into the asterisk system to send SMSs.

The other way, the asterisk system receives the SMS and emails it to me.

Note that some routers have USB ports programmed to connect to the cellular
network with modem sticks. I also have one of those used for emergency
backup.

I assume you could run DD-WRT on them and a stripped down Asterisk system
which could send SMS's based upon pre-programmed conditions (but not
free will, as in "I'm lonely. Please log into me".

Geoff.
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Gung Hay Fat Choy! (May the new year be prosperous).

Tommy Two Tone was the group, and that was the 80's song "8675309".
People all over the country had to get their numbers changed because
of that song.

Well I finally dug a path through the snow out to the interface and
plugged my laptop directly into into it using a 6 foot cable and guess
what? A 26.4K connection! So I called the phone company to complain,
and (it was Saturday) but the rep told me that she would run it by the
technician on Tuesday and get back to me, disturbingly adding that she
"wasn't sure if they could do anything about it". Then she further
disturbingly added the usual cover their asses statement that if it is
determined that there was no problem with the telephone company's
lines, "a service charge would apply".

Well this really ****ed me off, and I told her that as far as I know
if I plugged into their interface and duplicated my problem then the
trouble is NOT premises related, it is THEIR's and therefore I cannot
be charged for a service call which they might make of their own
volition or of my request. Did I imagine that or is that a fact? I
added that if they sent a tech over I could easily demonstrate at the
interface that I can get a 45K connection on one line and only a 26.4K
connection on the other. I would take that service charge if I ever
got one to the PUC if I had to

What actually are my rights here? This is a business line. Is the
phone company "required" to provide me with a line that I can get full
dial up bandwidth on? Can I legally push this issue with them? Or can
they really turn around and say "sorry Charlie but we're providing you
with voice communications and we can't do anything about your dialup
speed issue. Lenny