Jitterbug: Also requires migrating SMS to VoIP

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I have a script called sanity that checks every 15 minutes to see if all of my websites are up, and reports via email if not. The email forwards to my cell phone. Pretty standard, I think.

The Jitterbug doesn't have text messaging though, so I'd have to come up with an alternate solution, like actually placing voice calls to my cell. After some digging, here's what I think that would take to implement:

install Asterisk
install an FXO adapter, which appear to run about $50 to $75
hack sanity to place calls via Asterisk

Afaict from here, Asterisk acts a bit like a web server, and you talk to it via CGI/FastCGI-style interfaces called AGI and FastAGI. Looks like there's a few Python options for this: pyst, py-Asterisk, StarPy. Ironically, I just moved sanity off of my home machine, but I doubt I'll be able to get a POTS connection at the colo. :)

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