There are several Business SMS suppliers now in the UK and as the use of SMS messaging mushrooms there are new suppliers appearing regularly. So how do you choose a supplier? It's only a text message surely you just buy the cheapest? Aren't they much of a muchness? The answer is No on two counts. Let me explain why.
It is now possible to incorporate a SIM card into virtually any piece of equipment or machinery such that it can send and receive text messages. For example many of the windmills in wind farms are fitted with SIM cards that enable them to report faults and weather conditions as alerts back to a central control point. As an alternative to a SIM card, any machine that has access to an internet connection can also send and receive text messages using Fastsms. So web servers can send alerts by SMS and even receive instructions back via SMS.
There are several instances, both technological and industrial where environments have to be carefully monitored and maintained, there are a wide range of monitoring systems available, but not many with SMS capabilities ‐ any email enabled system can be used to send SMS using our simple SMTP API.
When something goes wrong it can cost you money and reputation, so you need to keep informed about it as soon as possible to keep downtime to a minimum. Using our API this can be built in to notify you automatically as soon as something goes wrong.
As with hardware, certain software systems need constant monitoring to maintain them, this is yet another instance where SMS can provide a quick and cheap method of notification should something go wrong.
