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Charles Sprickman wrote: > Hi, > > 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'). > > Qpage.org lists all three of those providers as having a TAP number, but > they all deny any knowledge of such a thing. Arch perhaps? http://www.archwireless.com I have an Arch two-way pager - they have a kickass network (lots of coverage in this area, even in rural Geauga County), and they are inexpensive. I dropped Skytel 1.5-way for Arch WebLink. It rocks. They do have a TAP number which works. I know this because I have my two-way set up on Keynote's RedAlert service for alpha paging. I'd have to check what the TAP number is. I'm paying $24.95 per month for 50K characters. Billed *per character* with overcalls set at one penny for every, umm, 23 or 27 additional characters. Much better than PageNet, a company which forgot what customer service means years ago, and much better than SkyTel, whose customer service is great, but whose paging products are still priced as if they were the only company in the world doing two-way. (WCOM owns SkyTel now, anyhow, and that's another good reason not to give 'em money. :) And yes, all those providers probably do have TAP numbers. But it is extremely difficult to get the info from ANY paging company, because I don't think any of their CSR's have a clue what TAP is. Ask for a modem number and you might have more success. -- Steve Sobol, BOFH, President 888.480.4NET 866.DSL.EXPRESS 216.619.2NET North Shore Technologies Corporation http://NorthShoreTechnologies.net JustTheNet/JustTheNet EXPRESS DSL (ISP Services) http://JustThe.net mailto:[email protected] Proud resident of Cleveland, Ohio
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