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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Get a broadband dongle (<a href="http://t.sidekickopen06.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43Lr6Z-W7fRYl265jxVRW3LyyXR56dSn1f2pSKZz02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2F%3F_nkw%3Dbroadband%2520dongle%26clk_rvr_id%3D1042173603191%26mfe%3Dsearch&si=4689039375728640&pi=0de64476-560d-4289-a74d-b1bcc25875bc">v cheap on eBay</a> – say £20 – or someone might have a spare one kicking around), put a PAYG SIM card in it (say £10 by the time you’ve put some credit on the SIM, and get <a href="http://t.sidekickopen06.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43Lr6Z-W7fRYl265jxVRW3LyyXR56dSn1f2pSKZz02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fsmsenabler.com%2F&si=4689039375728640&pi=0de64476-560d-4289-a74d-b1bcc25875bc">this software (SMS Enabler)</a>: for a one-off 60 USD. You can buy a half-decent <a href="http://t.sidekickopen06.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43Lr6Z-W7fRYl265jxVRW3LyyXR56dSn1f2pSKZz02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2F%3F_nkw%3Dmemotrable%2520numbers%26clk_rvr_id%3D1042170916818%26mfe%3Dsearch&si=4689039375728640&pi=0de64476-560d-4289-a74d-b1bcc25875bc">memorable number on eBay</a>, too, for anything up to, say, £30.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>You then need a spare PC or laptop running anything from XP upwards (or you run it as a background task on an admin PC in the studio – but I’d caution against using any mission-critical PCs, obviously!).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>One-off cost: roughly £100 – may be less.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Monthly cost: £1 (you will probably need to top up the SIM with a minimum £5 every 6 months to keep the number active – make a diary note!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>No of inbound texts: Unlimited! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The result is a surprisingly flexible inbound text-to-email system for unlimited texts for a modest start-up cost and virtually no ongoing cost. You can route texts to different email accounts/places using initial words (“Text us on 07xxx aabbcc and start your text with WIN”). And your listeners get a “standard” 11-digit text number to use, which will cost them nothing (it will be part of their “inclusive texts”). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>NOTE: Texts to 5-digit short-code text numbers are all charged, at “your standard rate”, which is around 12p/text on most UK networks, I think. They are not part of inclusive text bundles). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>You can also send outbound texts from the software. We don’t do this, but it’s possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Anyway, this is what we use, and we find it brilliant – hope this helps!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Julian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>07799 888444<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nathan Silveston<br><b>Sent:</b> 07 June 2016 15:11<br><b>To:</b> Jabbar Karim <radioasianfever@yahoo.co.uk>; The Community Media Association Discussion List <cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] Text Messages<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I wrote my own little app that uses a wavecom modem and writes into a database. And then I have a page that shows text line by line It's a fairly cheap outlay. You can also get commercial software that does the same.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal>Search for and gateway software.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal>Otherwise hosted platform I don't really have any to recommend as I don't use any<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 7 Jun 2016, at 14:55, Jabbar Karim <<a href="mailto:radioasianfever@yahoo.co.uk">radioasianfever@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465305371399_12468"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465305371399_12468"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465305371399_12468"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>We have been using text stuff from Radio Broadcast and now need another similar just this month, however Radio Broadcast have stopped supplying this service and we really need a text service which appears on the PC screen. Any advise or sign posting will be much appreciated. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465305371399_12468"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465305371399_12468"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465305371399_12469"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465305371399_12417"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Jabbar Karim <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465305371399_12416"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Managing Director <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465305371399_12418"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465305371399_12419"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Fever FM @ Resource Centre <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465305371399_12512"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>233 - 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