Can be used to send SMS, where you don't have access to internet or cannot use web sms gateways or want to save some money per SMS, or have minimal requirements for personal/internal use and such. thanks though, will push to readme

Can you expand some more - does this software connect to a modem to send SMS's to nearby phones? Is this software similar to a stingray device, or am I misunderstanding this?

By modem we mean any GSM Modem device. Like a USB Data Card used for internet access, or a mobile phone connected via USB. You can send SMS anywhere. Software just allows you to use your phone / usb data card to send messages.

It just connects to the cell phone network like any other mobile device you have and then sends the SMS using the standard infrastructure.

If you don't know what it's useful for, then it's not for you.

That's a bit condescending. Twilio and similar services may not be of obvious use to everyone, for example. However, once I explained what it could be used for (and the recent patio11 Twilio presentation helps), most of my friends, while perhaps not needing it, grokked why I was interested. Some saw the utility for their own projects, as well. A more useful response would be to explain what you would use this for and why it might better/different than other solutions. Even a short, one or two sentence project synopsis is more useful than a condescending response like this.

@swah @Jtsummers Thanks for your comments guys. Updated the README https://github.com/haxpax/gosms#whats-the-use-

Thanks for writing this up - that was indeed my point.

On a sidenode, my comments on this website haven't been well received. Maybe I'm not considering that writing does not have intonation?

I thought my comment above was friendly and easy to understand, and in reality it was completely missed.

It wasn't condescending. It was a succinct, insightful and on point comment.

Basically what I was trying to say is that if you aren't aware of your need for such software (from a pretty good description in my opinion), then the software isn't for you. Just a few seconds of review of the website makes it quite obvious what the software is intended for. Meh.

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Even if what you say is true, the person wasn't asking whether it would be useful to him or her, just what it could be used for.

Why would anyone want to deny the opportunity to teach someone who wants to learn?

Recent patio11 Twilio presentation?