Just saw this website and thought of your request. It might be a simple solution. http://www.textmob.co/ On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > There are other issues with GV too; the biggest being that a number cannot > be assigned as a "mobile" number on more than one account; so if anyone in > the group uses GV, they won't want to have their number disconnected from > their GV just to use your setup. Also, you cannot have GV forward to > another GV number. > > I think you've hit upon the closest solution without paying for a > business-oriented spam/marketing bulk SMS system. > Have GV forward to an email account; parse that out to pull a tag > (containing 0ga0/0gb0 usually works and it's fast(ish) to type on A9 > keypads) and forward to a list of SMS email endpoints based on the tag. It > might be good to also have unrecognized SMS forwarded to you so you can > "reroute" when people goof up. > > There is an alternative if you don't mind locking an older phone to a > computer back home for the duration of your trip ( > http://smslink.sourceforge.net/). That system allows you to have an sms > received on the attached phone forwarded to a customized email output, and > you could, relatively easily, add support for sending back out via sms. > It's a bit rough and not the most reliable, but it seems to work. > > On 06/06/2011 05:02 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Some feedback on the google voice idea.... > > > -- Donn There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -- Dave Barry