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[Steve Davis <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There has been talk about systems to make use of the Cell site Broadcast
facilities rather than load SMS messages into the system through normal
directed ways going through different gateways etc.

I can't recall what the issue was, but either the providers here can't do
it, or it would cost to set it up.

This has lots of advantages, its more efficient, doesn't require
subscription to a list, and can target specific geographic areas by
targeting specific cell sites.

Anyone know any more about this?

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Tim McNamara
<paperless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> From: Justin Lewis <Justin.Lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2009/10/1
> Subject: RE: [Sahana-nz] Tsunami TXT alert delays - any thoughts?
> To: Tim McNamara <paperless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>  Happy to have it forwarded to the list.
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> I would say maybe 1m and longer just to be on the safe side
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> *Justin Lewis*
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> *From:* Tim McNamara [mailto:paperless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 1 October 2009 11:44 a.m.
> *To:* Justin Lewis
> *Subject:* Re: [Sahana-nz] Tsunami TXT alert delays - any thoughts?
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> Cheers Justin
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> Can I forward this message to the list?
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> Do you have any idea how long the stagger should be? E.g. 10secs or 1m?
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> 2009/10/1 Justin Lewis <Justin.Lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hi Tim,
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> Having talked to a few people about this already, looks like what happened
> is when the texts came into ours and other providers message handling
> systems they were not stagged so 4000 odd texts all coming in at the same
> time overloaded it.
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> Also we overloaded the switches with texts and calls just in general.
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> I would recommend a staggered approach, maybe 500 – 1000 at a time.
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> Regards,
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> *Justin Lewis*
> Internet Sales Specialist
> Telecom Business Hub
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> Phone 0800 BUSINESS (287463) Opt 1 then 2
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> *From:* sahana-nz-bounces+justin.lewis=telecom.co.nz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:
> sahana-nz-bounces+justin.lewis <sahana-nz-bounces%2Bjustin.lewis>=
> telecom.co.nz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Tim McNamara
> *Sent:* Thursday, 1 October 2009 11:10 a.m.
> *To:* sahana-nz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [Sahana-nz] Tsunami TXT alert delays - any thoughts?
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> Shiny, et al
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> Do you have any idea why a paid TXT alert service would run a few hours
> late? http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2921072/Tsunami-text-warning-failsObviously, it's pretty hard to run diagnostics from a media article.. but do
> you know where bottlenecks might occur?
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> Is there anything that Sahana's SMS messaging system (Kannel / SMSTools)
> could do to minimise this latency?
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