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  • JobScheduler can be connected to a monitoring system that is able to send SMS text messages. The operation of JobScheduler in conjunction with System Monitors is described in our FAQ by Topic: our Monitoring article.

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We are not convinced of the suitability of SMS as a notification medium for critical applications.
This is due to the fact that telephone operators would often reduce the frequency with which they attempt to send the SMS if the recipient should be offline. Our experience in Germany is that operators will attempt to send out an SMS quite often in the first few hours after the message is received from the sender. However, they will quickly increase the intervals between attempts to several hours. This can mean that after being offline for a number of hours (in an aeroplane, in a dead spot, or having an empty battery) the recipients may receive SMS 12 or more hours after coming online.

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