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</head><body><p>But if you were using O2 as your provider Cat, there's no need to bother with a dongle or to buy software - you don't even need a mobile signal at the studio, just use TuGo - no additional costs whatever.<br></p><p>And it means you can present the texts on almost whatever device you want to in the studio as it supports</p><ul><li><span class="span-text">iOS 7.0 or higher (Including iPods)</span></li><li><span class="span-text">Android 2.3 or higher</span></li><li><span class="span-text">Windows Phones 8.0 or higher</span></li><li><span class="span-text">Windows 7 or higher (Laptops & PCs)</span></li><li class="clear">Chrome and Firefox browsers (no app needed)</li></ul><p>Much the easiest solution if you have an O2 account.<br></p><p>Alex<br></p><blockquote type="cite">On 07 June 2016 at 18:01 "Artisan Broadcast (Sales)" <sales@artisanbroadcast.uk> wrote:<br><br><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="ox-60f25a8b07-gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="ox-60f25a8b07-gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;">Regards,<br></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br><strong>Cat Lake</strong></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Consultant<br clear="all"><div> <br></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 style="width: 448px; height: 44px;" src="http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2-artisan-broadcast.png" alt="" height="44" width="448"><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 style="color: #1155cc;" href="http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk</a><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>'Artisan Broadcast' is a brand name of Artisan Internet Limited</strong></span></span></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><span style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Artisan Internet Ltd.  ::  Reg. No. 4577129  ::  VAT No. 750 3706 48<br></span><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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="ox-60f25a8b07-gmail_quote">On 7 June 2016 at 17:30, Julian Swift-Hook <<a href="mailto:julian@kennetradio.com" target="_blank">julian@kennetradio.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote><div><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-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="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-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="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">One-off cost:  roughly £100 – may be less.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-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="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">No of inbound texts:  Unlimited! <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-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="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-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="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-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="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-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="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Cheers<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Julian<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><a target="_blank">07799 888444</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-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="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">From:</span></strong><span 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>] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Nathan Silveston<br><strong>Sent:</strong> 07 June 2016 15:11<br><strong>To:</strong> 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><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [cma-l] Text Messages<u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div></div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-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="ox-60f25a8b07-h5"><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal">Search for and gateway software.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-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="ox-60f25a8b07-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><div><div><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;">Hi<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-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. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;">Kind Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;">Jabbar Karim <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;">Managing Director  <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ox-60f25a8b07-MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; 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