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Paging Service

Five paging service categories are available:

1.  Motorola Bravo-Metro Numeric

    ·  Metro numeric paging is suggested for customers who require service in a single metropolitan area and only need to be notified to place a phone call.

    ·  Metro numeric paging gives the customer a state-like area of metropolitan coverage. In most cases, Metro Coverage includes all the metropolitan areas in a state.

    ·  There are states with more than one Metro area: for example, California is divided into Northern and Southern metro areas.

    ·  There are also states whose metropolitan coverage extends beyond that state: for example, Louisiana includes metropolitan coastal Mississippi.

    ·  Motorola Bravo pager is available with a 20 character numeric display.

    ·  Pagers can be accessed by calling a Personal Toll Free number.  The caller may enter up to 20 numeric characters and use the # sign to send the page to the network.  The subscriber is notified on the pager by an alert or vibration and the characters are displayed on the device.

2.   Motorola Advisor - Metro Alphanumeric

    ·  Metro Alphanumeric paging is suggested for customers requiring the ability to receive important messages in a single metropolitan area without the need for a telephone conversation.

    ·  Metro Alphanumeric paging gives customers a wide area of metropolitan (state) coverage.

    ·  Advisor Elite pager is available with a 240-character alphanumeric display.

    ·  Pagers can be accessed by calling a Personal Toll Free number. The caller may enter a numeric message or dictate a text message to an operator. An alert or vibration notifies the subscriber, and the characters are displayed on the device. 

3.  Motorola PF 1500  Enhanced One-Way

    ·  National Alphanumeric Enhanced One-way is suggested for customers who travel nationwide, have in-building coverage challenges or who go in and out of different coverage areas.

    ·  Enhanced One-way paging provides coverage in many major metropolitan areas throughout the nation.

    ·  Assured Message Delivery provides message storage when a user is out of a coverage area or has turned the paging unit off. When the customer returns to a coverage area, the message will be delivered. Messages will be stored for 72 hours. There is no limit on the number of messages stored.

    ·  Motorola PF1500 pager is available with a 500 character alphanumeric display. Pagers can be accessed by calling a Personal Toll Free Number. The caller may enter a numeric message or dictate a text message to an operator. The subscriber is notified on the pager by an alert or vibration and the characters are displayed on the device.

4.  Motorola PF 1500- QuickReply Interactive

    ·  QuickReply Interactive National Alphanumeric is suggested for customers who travel nationwide, have in-building coverage challenges or who go in and out of different coverage areas. Customers have the ability to confirm delivery of their messages and send short replies.

    ·  QuickReply Interactive paging provides coverage in many major metropolitan areas throughout the nation.

    ·  Assured Message Delivery provides message storage when a user is out of a coverage area or has turned the paging unit off. When the customer returns to a coverage area, the message will be delivered. Messages will be stored for 72 hours. There is no limit on the number of messages stored.

    · Quick Reply service provides a canned response capability that allows the subscriber to respond to a message with a pre-programmed response.

    ·  Quick Reply does not offer message origination from the device and subscribers can only respond to incoming messages back to the source of the original message.  A Quick Reply response can be received from any alphanumeric pager, or via messaging software which is offered FREE of charge from the Web.

    ·  Customers simply call Customer Service to add Quick Reply service to their Enhanced One-Way service on the PF1500. Quick Reply functionality will be added remotely, through a process called OTAP (Over The Air Programming).

    ·  Motorola PF1500 pager is available with a 500 character alphanumeric display. Pagers can be accessed by calling a Personal Toll Free Number. The caller may enter a numeric message or dictate a text message to an operator. The subscriber is notified on the pager by an alert or vibration and the characters are displayed on the device.

5.   PageWriter 2000 - National Two-Way

    ·  National Two-Way/Interactive is suggested for customers who need nationwide “real-time” two-way communication. Subscribers can communicate with other subscribers and any Internet E-mail user.

    ·  National Two-Way paging provides coverage in many major metropolitan areas throughout the nation.

    ·  Assured Message Delivery provides message storage when a user is out of a coverage area or has the paging unit turned off. When the customer returns to a coverage area or turns on the unit, the message will be delivered.  Messages will be stored for up to 72 hours. There is no limit on the number of messages stored.

    ·  Service and equipment charges include the lease of a Motorola PageWriter 2000x pager with a QWERTY keypad and lighted display. Each pager can be accessed by calling a Personal Toll Free Number. The caller may enter a numeric message, dictate a text message to an operator, and send and receive text messages to and from other pagers and Internet E-mail addresses. The subscriber is notified on the pager by an alert or vibration and the characters are displayed on the device.

Optional Features Available on All Pager Models:

    ·    Voice Mail: This feature provides subscribers with a voice mailbox. 

    ·    Operator Dispatch (not available for numeric units): This feature allows callers to have an operator dispatch text messages.

    ·    Nationwide Now: This allows customers to temporarily expand their coverage from Metro to Nationwide (where coverage is available) by calling customer service.

    ·    Loss & Maintenance (for purchased units only): If electronic repairs are necessary, customers may return their pager. They will be provided a ‘loaner’--with their same pager number and coverage options--at no additional charge while their pager is being repaired. If a customer loses their pager, they can replace it with a new pager, less a deductible.

Metro Coverage

In most cases, Metro Coverage includes all the major metropolitan areas in a state.  

·      There are states with more than one metropolitan area: for example, California is divided into Northern and Southern metro areas.

·      There are also states whose metropolitan coverage extends beyond that state: for example, Louisiana includes metropolitan coastal Mississippi.

National (Nationwide) Coverage

·      National (Nationwide) coverage areas for Enhanced One-Way and National Two-Way (Interactive) are the same and include metropolitan areas throughout the continental United States.

Paging Equipment Pricing

·         Bravo FLX                               $ 74.00

·         Advisor Elite                           $149.00

·         PF1500                                  $199.00

·         PageWriter 2000x                   $399.00

Paging Service Pricing

Charges and Federal Subsidies

·      All telecommunications carriers are required to contribute to the Federal Universal Service Fund (also known as Local Service Subsidy or LSS) which provides communications services to schools, rural health care facilities and certain other entities. 

·      Monthly charge of 1.84 percent of total usage (excludes equipment charge)

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