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Astrak

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Oh ok, don't know why I said last 4 lol must not have been paying much attention to what I was writing.
 
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I affiliated my RR ID with my IPN account, and it says that I should receive real time updates.......didn't happen yesterday when I was on the Norfolk County, MA page listening to a fire in Brookline, MA. Got the pages on my phone OK, but nothing on the website feed of the incidents.
 

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Check out IncidentAlerts.com Free Incident Notification Service as an alternative to IPN. I like it better because you have the ability to include a direct link to the feed in the alert that is dispatched. When you login you can see a map of all the active alerts nationwide with a link to the feed if provided. It's free and there is no dispatch quota. I use both IPN and incidentalerts.com
 
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Out of curiosity, where can one do this? I did a quick search but didn't find where to associate the two services.

QUOTE=Citywide173;1261853]I affiliated my RR ID with my IPN account, and it says that I should receive real time updates.......didn't happen yesterday when I was on the Norfolk County, MA page listening to a fire in Brookline, MA. Got the pages on my phone OK, but nothing on the website feed of the incidents.[/QUOTE]
 

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Out of curiosity, where can one do this? I did a quick search but didn't find where to associate the two services.

QUOTE=Citywide173;1261853]I affiliated my RR ID with my IPN account, and it says that I should receive real time updates.......didn't happen yesterday when I was on the Norfolk County, MA page listening to a fire in Brookline, MA. Got the pages on my phone OK, but nothing on the website feed of the incidents.
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It's done from the IPN site. When you log into the member area and your configuration is displayed, there's a new box to add your RR ID
 

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Check out IncidentAlerts.com Free Incident Notification Service as an alternative to IPN. I like it better because you have the ability to include a direct link to the feed in the alert that is dispatched. When you login you can see a map of all the active alerts nationwide with a link to the feed if provided. It's free and there is no dispatch quota. I use both IPN and incidentalerts.com

I checked out Incident Alerts the other night, and it's a good concept. So good in fact, that I've inquired about licensing the software for use on Firepics.net. As far as the current setup, I understand that it's new, but I see them having some problems attracting dispatchers, as there are no incentives, and without dispatchers, that leaves a lot of uncovered territory which means that people are going to become aggravated when they don't receive any pages for their area.
 
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Got it. Thank you for the help.


It's done from the IPN site. When you log into the member area and your configuration is displayed, there's a new box to add your RR ID[/QUOTE]
 

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I checked out Incident Alerts the other night, and it's a good concept. So good in fact, that I've inquired about licensing the software for use on Firepics.net. As far as the current setup, I understand that it's new, but I see them having some problems attracting dispatchers, as there are no incentives, and without dispatchers, that leaves a lot of uncovered territory which means that people are going to become aggravated when they don't receive any pages for their area.

That is actually one of the things I kind of like about it. It really is more of a hobbyist or enthusiast site versus a commercial site targeted at making money. At least it is for now.
 

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Again, perfect, just what I was looking for. All setup now. Thanks.


It's done from the IPN site. When you log into the member area and your configuration is displayed, there's a new box to add your RR ID[/QUOTE]
 

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Just a heads up to anyone thinking of paging incidents on IPN they are very picky and will harass you via email if your page is not 100% up to their standards or if they think there is missing/wrong info. It's the main reason a lot of people have left them.
 

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Well I'd call that good creditable info. That's why I pay for the service. I wouldn't want some moron sending out a bunch of BS.

Just a heads up to anyone thinking of paging incidents on IPN they are very picky and will harass you via email if your page is not 100% up to their standards or if they think there is missing/wrong info. It's the main reason a lot of people have left them.
 
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