Feb 2015 - Newsletter

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Verizon is Discontinuing TAP Support
Verizon is discontinuing support for its TAP service effective 2/2/2015. If you have the Verizon TAP system configured in NotePager Pro or PageGate, this configuration will no longer function.

To quote Verizon's support page:
"Beginning 01/31/2015 we will no longer offer support for TAP (Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol). If you are using a modem-based 1-800 TAP service to send text messages through our network, contact your business sales team for support."

If you or your organization are not part of an Emergency Management Service, unfortunately, this only leaves SMTP as a viable protocol for delivering messages to Verizon cell phones and you will need to update your configuration from TAP to SMTP.

If you or your organization are part of an Emergency Management Service, you can register on the Verizon Enterprise Messaging Access Gateway (EMAG, for short) by contacting your organization, city, county, state or regional Verizon Representative and requesting their assistance to register. Once the registration is complete, this will provide you with access to use SNPP, WCTP or SMTP to deliver your messages.

The EMAG application can be found at https://www.notepage.net/EMAG.pdf

New PageGate Point Release
A new point release of PageGate is available details of the release can be found in the release notes https://www.notepage.net/release.htm

7 Cell Phone Safety Tips Your Kids Need to Know
These tips can go a long way to protect your child from the threats and problems that cell phone ownership may carry. https://www.notepage.net/learning-center/7-cell-phone-safety-tips-for-kids.htm

How to Dispose of a Cell Phone
Most of us know when to discard, recycle, or compost the items we're parting with, but it seems that many of us are at a loss as to how to dispose properly of our cell phones when we no longer need them.
https://www.notepage.net/learning-center/how-to-dispose-of-cell-phones.htm

The Advent of Access: How Smart Phones Have Changed the World
With the ongoing move of smart phones towards near-ubiquity, much of society has come to take these do-all devices for granted. In overcoming the novelty of smart phones, many of us have lost our one-time sense of awe at this technology, and have ceased marveling at the effect it has had on the world around us.
https://www.notepage.net/learning-center/how-smart-phones-have-changed-the-world.htm

PageGate Relayed SMTP Delivery - https://www.notepage.net/pagegate-relayed-smtp-delivery.htm PageGate SMTP Authentication - https://www.notepage.net/pagegate-smtp-authentication.htm

Working From Home
Developments in technology have made it possible, if not easy, for small businesses and employees to telecommute. Working from home can be quite a different experience from an office job, and many find it a preferable one. However, those who work from home may also face some of the intrinsic downsides of telecommuting. To sort out the good and the bad of telecommuting, we have compiled a list of the major pros and cons that those who work from home might experience.
http://www.small-business-software.net/working-from-home.htm

New Videos PageGate SMTP Recipient Setup Video Tutorial
https://www.notepage.net/videos/pagegate-smtp-recipients-setup.htm

PageGate SNPP Carrier Setup Video Tutorial
https://www.notepage.net/videos/pagegate-snpp-carrier-setup.htm

PageGate SNPP, TAP WCTP Setup Video Tutorial
https://www.notepage.net/videos/pagegate-snpp-tap-wctp-recipients.htm

PageGate Beginner's Tutorial
https://www.notepage.net/videos/pagegate-beginner-tutorial.htm

Humor!
SMS and text messaging cartoons!
https://www.notepage.net/sms-text-messaging-humor.htm

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Green Tip
Recycle! Recycle office paper, if security is a concern shred it first.

Thank you
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