Looking for Ideas to facilitate group communication on the road

[Ariel Gold]

 Haven't used it, but http://betwext.com/ is a local startup based out of
gangplank....

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Donn <dlshumway at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 <plug-discussion at stcaz.net
> > 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....
>> >
>>
>
>
>
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