Hi,
Many of our Municipal public safety clients have the same questions. Throughput (speed) is directly affected by a couple of major things.
1) How many dialers are you using. Increasing the number of dialers in use will drastically reduce throughput (Pagegate comes with only 1 dialer but is capable of driving 16)
2) What protocols are you using to communicate? WHile TAP is extremely reliable, it takes a minimum of 6 seconds(on a good day) to initiate 1 session (generally, 3 second to set up the call, microsecond to end the message, and 3 seconds to tear down the call). WCTP and SNPP are MUCH faster and equally as reliable, but not all carriers accept it. SMTP is marginally faster than TAP but as reliable (and traceable) as dropping a letter in a mailbox.
3) WHat type of internet connection does Pagegate use? Obviously, a dedicated T-1 or Cable connection will allow you to pump more messages in a given period of time than a dial up.
Hope this helps!_________________
Aaron D. Osgood
Streamline Communications, LLC
* Authorized Notepage, Inc. Development Partner and Re-seller
TEL: 207-518-8455
AOsgood@streamline-solutions.net
Creators of AutoPage Spillman CAD interface for PageGate
