[toomuchtodo]

True, but that's using SMS for telemetry (totally valid for use cases where power or connectivity are challenges) or remote control, not brokering SMS between another medium; this use case is forwarding SMS messages to Telegram. Maybe if you had a SIM for a geography that wasn't supported by a VoIP provider for programmatic access?

[jpollock]

Think of this as much about being a learning exercise as anything else. The project doesn't need to stand on it's own - the creator gets to learn something about both sides.

It's like seeing that M.2 is PCI-E, and wondering if they can plug a regular video card into it. :)

Although for this project, I can construct systems in my head where this would be useful, centered around non-US mobile plans which are "calling party pays", with free on-net SMS. The US is "bill and keep", which makes sending SMS off-net largely the same as on-net from the carrier's point of view.

In "calling party pays", having a device on the same network as the controlled device is about avoiding per-SMS charges.

Author is in the UK, and UK is CPP.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227426633_Mobile_te...