[32839] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT: pagers/phones
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Shaw)
Thu Dec 14 16:54:52 2000
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:50:03 -0600 (CST)
From: Joe Shaw <jshaw@insync.net>
To: Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Charles Sprickman wrote:
> Is anyone using TAP-based paging software with any of the major two-way
> pager companies or any cell phones that have paging features?
>
> Specifically we were looking at PageMart 2-ways, SprintPCS, and Nextel.
> Any other suggestions are more than welcome. The only thing we are NOT
> interested in is any email-based paging (doesn't work too well if the
> internet is 'broken').
Skytel uses TAP, and is even polite enough to publish the number on their
webpage. http://www.skytel.com/develop/tap.html. Everyone is going to
deny having a TAP number, though they all have them. They think everyone
can use those neat e-mail to pager gateways until you explain that you're
going to be using it to notify people in instances where e-mail wouldn't
work.
I'm using Skytel service with the Motorola PageWriter 2000X.
--
Joseph W. Shaw
Sr. Network Security Specialist for Big Company not to be named.
I have public opinions, and they have public relations.
