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sms diagram showing routing tools for decentralized data collection in the field
SlingshotSMS is a lightweight SMS gateway. Here is a breakdown of the SlingshotSMS workflow. As you can see, the light software can run off a USB drive, so all you need is a USB drive, a computer with internet, and a GSM modem or cell phone (I have a list of 7 phones supported so far in the readme.txt). With this setup, you can have a gateway up and running that is totally decentralized and pushing information up to a site or a series of sites. The decentralization is key. For example its users could all be ad hoc networks, all using pre paid SIM cards and passing data up to a series of sites. By staying light and not trying to compete with an in-country telco providing bulk SMS, we think this has the potential to make some make systems more resilient.
more soon on the blog
sms diagram showing routing tools for decentralized data collection in the field
SlingshotSMS is a lightweight SMS gateway. Here is a breakdown of the SlingshotSMS workflow. As you can see, the light software can run off a USB drive, so all you need is a USB drive, a computer with internet, and a GSM modem or cell phone (I have a list of 7 phones supported so far in the readme.txt). With this setup, you can have a gateway up and running that is totally decentralized and pushing information up to a site or a series of sites. The decentralization is key. For example its users could all be ad hoc networks, all using pre paid SIM cards and passing data up to a series of sites. By staying light and not trying to compete with an in-country telco providing bulk SMS, we think this has the potential to make some make systems more resilient.
more soon on the blog