eli5 how does the technology work that allows a computer software to send text messages?

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I use a cloud based scheduling software and I can tell it to text message a client an appointment reminder 24 hours before their appointment. How does the software actually send text messages?

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They use [a texting service provider such as Bandwidth](https://www.bandwidth.com/messaging/). Bandwidth is basically a mobile carrier without towers and other cellular networking hardware. But they connect to other carriers exactly the same way a real mobile carrier does.

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