<div dir="ltr">This is how I did it for The Park. I took a broadband dongle I had spare, flashed it with the non-branded version of the Mobile Dongle software I downloaded FOC from the web (saving the software fee Julian mentioned) and asked if I could choose the number from the stock of SIMs at my local phone shop. Had a great number, years of service and no cost apart from the occasional top-up and used the O2 service. :-)<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Regards,<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br><b>Cat Lake</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Consultant<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><img src="http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2-artisan-broadcast.png" width="448" height="44"><br><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Sales & Support: 0333 37 00 252 : <a href="http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk</a></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial"><font color="#000000"><b>'Artisan Broadcast' is a brand name of Artisan Internet Limited</b></font></span></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px">Artisan Internet Ltd. :: Reg. No. 4577129 :: VAT No. 750 3706 48<br></font><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">mail: 56 Kenilworth Court, Kenilworth Close, New Milton, BH25 6BN</span><br></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 June 2016 at 17:30, Julian Swift-Hook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:julian@kennetradio.com" target="_blank">julian@kennetradio.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">memorable number on eBay</a>, too, for anything up to, say, £30.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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!).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">One-off cost: roughly £100 – may be less.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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!)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">No of inbound texts: Unlimited! <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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”). <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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). <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">You can also send outbound texts from the software. We don’t do this, but it’s possible.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Anyway, this is what we use, and we find it brilliant – hope this helps!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cheers<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Julian<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="tel:07799%20888444" value="+447799888444" target="_blank">07799 888444</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></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"> <a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nathan Silveston<br><b>Sent:</b> 07 June 2016 15:11<br><b>To:</b> Jabbar Karim <<a href="mailto:radioasianfever@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">radioasianfever@yahoo.co.uk</a>>; The Community Media Association Discussion List <<a href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>><span class=""><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] Text Messages<u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div class="h5"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Search for and gateway software.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><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<u></u><u></u></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" target="_blank">radioasianfever@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Hi<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><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. 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