Self-Dispatch services provide a critical link for offices, servers and server co-locators, buildings, and factories with automated status or alarm equipment with a non-internet based means to alert on-call staff in the event of an internet connectivity failure. Interpage's self-dispatch services do not rely on an Internet connection and thus provide a vital link in situations where an internet connection has failed (or is simply not available) for alerting on-call staff and emergency-response employees on their cellphones, pagers, email, fax, and voice telephones (via OutVoice).
Messages dispatched to Interpage via TAP/IXO or Touch Tone/DTMF can be distributed by the Interpage Scheduler (for a demo, log in as guest and leave the password blank), which allows customers to have their TAP and/or Touch Tone messages sent to a variety of end devices, such as pagers, cellphones, fax, Text to Speech, and/or email addresses. The Scheduler and Filtration interface uses simple HTML formatting, no scripting, and no special plug-ins or downloads are needed, and can be accessed from older browsers and (non-"smart") mobile phones as well as from all modern browsers and internet devices.
Both the modem-based TAP and the Touch Tone-based numeric/DTMF services can be used as replacements for recent shutdowns of cellular based TAP/modem access from Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, et. al., as well as the removal of the "numeric paging" services from Sprint/Nextel, Verizon, and others, allowing customers to keep their current wireless provider and continue to utilize their wireless phones and devices as if the given carrier had maintained TAP and/or Touch Tone/paging access.
TAP/IXO Gateway: TAP to EMail/SMS - Use your modem or server with TAP or IXO protocol software to dispatch pages, e-mails, fax messages, and/or voice messages to one or more recipients. Emergency response departments, 24 hour "on-call" personnel, and other services which require an alternate to Internet access via dialup may benefit from Interpage's TAP/IXO Gateway to facilitate the dissemination of time-critical messages when Internet connectivity is down or otherwise inoperative.Touch Tone / DTMF Access
TAP Self-Dispatch recipients may be up to 10 email addresses, Cellphones/SMS, Alpha and Numeric pagers, international mobile phones, and even POTS (voice) telephones and cellphones which lack text-messaging capabilities via the OutVoice text-to-speech notification service. The Interpage TAP/IXO Gateway is configurable from the Web and/or Telnet, and messages may be redirected instantly via any Interpage delivery method. (Additional destinations may be purchased in blocks of 10 and/or via additional PIN/PagerIDs.)
The TAP EMail/SMS modem dispatch service can be used as a more robust alternative to those offered (or which had been offered) by major wireless and paging carriers, delivering messages to cellular phones and pages, and offering filtering and scheduling of received messages and the ability to direct them to multiple destinations (including US/Canadian and International smart/cellphones, Alpha and Numeric-only pagers, fax, email and voice-only telephones), based on time-of-day, day of the week, and/or content.
A demonstration of the Web-based "scheduler" is available here; please log in as guest and leave the password blank. You may also connect via telnet to interpage.net, log in as guest, and select option 6 from the main menu.
Two TAP/IXO Gateway access plans are available:TAP/IXO 001: $10 per month, with a one-time $50 set-up fee; received messages are billed at 5 cents per message. Only one cellphone or pager may be used with this plan, and customers of the TAP/IXO 001 plan do not have access to the Interpage Scheduler or filter untility to add/modify multiple recipients, send to e-mail addresses, fax, or voice telephones. Any changes requested to the destination cellular phone or pager are billed at $5 per change. Local access numbers are not available with plan 001.
TAP/IXO 001-L: $10 per month, with a one-time $50 set-up fee; received messages are billed at 25 cents per message. Messages may be sent up to 5 non-cellphone, non-SMS e-mail addresses only. Any changes to destination e-mail adresses are billed at $5 per change; there is no access to the Interpage Scheduler. Local access numbers are not available with plan 001-L.
TAP/IXO 002: $50 per month, with a one-time $50 set-up fee; 10,000 messages per month are included, after which each additional message is billed at 2 cents. Full access to the Interpage Scheduler and messsage filtration interface, as well as the ability to specifiy multiple destinations and recipients via cellphone, pager, fax, email or voice telephone. Each TAP/IXO 002 account accepts messages from up to five different offices or office campuses, allowing for different alert messages for a given office or zone within an office campus or group of offices, factories, plants, etc. Multiple PINs/PagerIDs and destinations/routings are available and configurable via web (and telnet). Multiple local numbers and wide-area local numbers are available; price varies based on location.
A Numeric page to EMail/SMS, fax, mobile phone, SMS, pager and voice gateway service is also available. The numeric pager gateway is a variant of the DirectPage(sm) service, whereby an individual caller, operator, automated voicemail system, or any other device or system which dials out via Touch Tones (DTMF) may dial into Interpage's DirectPage Numeric Interface, enter a unique PIN to identify the desired account, and then a numeric, alpha, or pre-programmed message, which will in turn be delivered to one or more e-mails and/or destination devices (such as cellphones, pagers, fax machines, or using text-to-speech voice synthesis via the OutVoice service).WebAlert Service
As with the TAP/IXO Gateway service (above), scheduling "where" and "when" received Touch Tone pages go is entirely controlled by the Scheduler Web-based interface (log in as guest and leave the password field blank) or via telnet access. Customers may "schedule" when received pages are sent out, to whom, and via what mechaism directly from the schedule page, with any changes taking effect immediately.
The Numeric Paging/Touch Tone (DTMF) to Messaging/E-Mail Gateway for multiple users and destinations costs $50 per month, with a one-time $50 set-up fee. 10,000 messages per month are included, after which each additional message is billed at 2 cents. Single-User Touch Tone to EMail/SMS (only) plans start at $10 per month and are discussed on the DirectPage service page.
Integration of Modem, TAP/IXO, Touch-Tone, PIN-based and/or Web Submissions with an Interpage-hosted database of notification destinations. WebAlert integrates a variety of legacy equipment, such as voicemail systems, paging terminals, numeric and alpha paging systems, Operator-Dispatch services and other similar equipment and systems under a single, web-based interface. Incoming dispatches from any of the above sources may be ordered, screened, prioritized and ultimately sent to one or more destinations based on the extant WebAlert settings. By having all messages sent to the Interpage WebAlert service, continued remote/manual adjustments of equipment when a given recipient changes is no longer needed -- all notification equipent can be set to contact the Interpage Web-Alert server via DTMF/Touch Tone, Modem, TAP/IXO, HTTP (Web), and/or SMTP (Email) and incoming connections from remote sites can be processd and altered through the WebAlert interface, eliminating the need to manually change all remote equipment when a given notification regime changes.TapTest Service
WebAlert also makes it easy to add alternate "on-call" personnel or responders via a unified web-based interface instead of processing manual changes at each office or piece of equipment which sends out alert messages.
The WebAlert page provides more detailed information and pricing for the WebAlert service.
TapTest TAP/IXO Accessibility Test Service: TapTest is a specialized self-dispatch service which regularly checks one or more given TAP/IXO access numbers, modems, or entire modem banks, to ensure that they are operating and able to accept submissions via TAP. Cellular and Paging Carriers, Hospitals, Goverment Agencies, Public Safety, Corporate Campuses, and any operator of TAP-based services may use TapTest to ensure that any outages or problems are immediately reported to on-call staff before their customers and/or people who need to send vital messages discover an outage or problem, helping any company's or institution's image of dependable reliability.
Additionally, large customers of Cellular or Paging Carriers, those who dispatch to hospitals with private/in-house paging systems, or any group/entity which sends TAP messages to one or more carriers/recipients, may utilize the TapTest service to ensure that their carrier, paging service, or messaging recipient is operational and able to accept messages.
The TapTest page provides more detailed information and pricing on the TapTest service to ensure your TAP/IXO messaging platform is operational at all times!