Re: Paging - How do you receive?

[Greg Schaffer <schaffer () MTSU EDU>]

We pass around an on call pager.

Also, and I know I may be a dinosaur here, but I still wear a pager in addition to having my cell phone with me.  In 
addition to coverage, there are some activities that I really prefer not to carry an expensive Treo with me while I'm 
doing (bush hogging, racquetball, and so on).  I also have a tendency to let my Treo's battery run out occasionally.  
Maybe a couple of times on purpose ;)

Greg

Greg Schaffer, CISSP
Information Technology Division
Middle Tennessee State University



---- Original message ----
> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:15:45 -0400
> From: "Jenkins, Matthew" <matthew.jenkins () FAIRMONTSTATE EDU>
> Subject: [SECURITY] Paging - How do you receive?
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
>
>   How do you receive your pages pertaining to
>   security, network, server, and/or other equipment?
>
>   Most of us have cell phones these days.  Currently
>   we send e-mails to the address that makes our phones
>   receive a text message.  One of the biggest
>   problems, however, is that several of our
>   technicians (including myself) do not get good cell
>   coverage where we live and/or travel each day.
>   Currently I rely on hearing my webmail alert at
>   home, but that means hearing normal e-mails as
>   well.  We don't allow POP nor IMAP to our mail
>   systems so I can't setup different sounds for
>   different messages (unless I use Outlook over
>   RPC/HTTPS).  Given my home PC is slower than dirt,
>   and I hate being stuck in Windows, I don't consider
>   that a great option.
>
>   So, what does everyone else do?  Do you pass around
>   a pager to the on-call person, is there some sort of
>   software you run in the background on your home PC
>   to play sounds on remote alarms, do you have
>   something to dial your home/cell number, ...?
>
>   Thanks for the suggestions,
>
>   Matt
>
>   Matthew Jenkins
>   Network/Server Administrator
>   Fairmont  State University
>   Visit us online at www.fairmontstate.edu