LDDS Alphanumeric Dispatching

[Neil Weisenfeld]

I got a flyer with some Mobilcomm paging literature about operator assisted
dispatching for alphanumeric pagers from a company called LDDS Worldcomm.
They seem to have reasonable prices, but I'm not interested in locking horns
with yet another sleazeball paging-related company (no offense to the
legitamate paging retailers, etc.).

In any case, is anyone familiar with them?

Thanks,
Neil

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[Ron Kritzman]

Neil Weisenfeld (wei...@alw.nih.gov) wrote:

: I got a flyer with some Mobilcomm paging literature about operator assisted

: dispatching for alphanumeric pagers from a company called LDDS Worldcomm.
: They seem to have reasonable prices, but I'm not interested in locking horns
: with yet another sleazeball paging-related company (no offense to the
: legitamate paging retailers, etc.).

: In any case, is anyone familiar with them?

Never heard of them. I can honestly tell you, after 20+ years in the
paging business, that alpha dispatch is a real pain in the tush.
The problem is simple:
The people who do the dispatching are primarily telephone
answering services. The have the hardware and the personnel already in
place. Who better? But the answering service owners think alpha
dispatch should be priced like telephone answering. After all, the
people sitting at the attendant positions do the same thing for an alpha
as for a live TAS call. Answer the phone, take a message, type it in,
and press [SAVE].
The people who carry the alpha pagers, on the other hand, think
it hangs on your belt and beeps. Therefore it should be priced like a pager.
(dirt cheap, if that much)
When the typical numeric pager cost $25/mo, it wasn't too hard to
sell a customer up to $40 for a live dispatched alpha. But with numeric
down to $6.95/mo in some large urban areas, $40 is a hard row to hoe.

[JReed004]

LDDS Worldcom is the fourth largest long distance carrier in the US.
After there purchases of Metromedia, IDB and Wiltel they have adopted this
DBA. Get your business section out, look at the NASDAQ listings and
notice LDDS. Very big!!!

[Neil Weisenfeld]

Thanks for all the replies about LDDS. I feel so out of the game... :-)

For the interested, they provide very inexpensive operator assisted paging
(approx .15 a call) for Mobliecomm pagers. This sort of ties into what some
person mentioned: they apparently purchased Mobilemedia and I think that
Mobliemedia merged with Mobilecomm at some point. I have no experience with
them, but it sounds like a good deal. Too bad I use Pagenet.

[e man]

I don't know about their paging service, but for
LD, they can't be beat!! They're #4 in the market, after you know what
other 3. They alone offer 6-second increment billing for
residential lines, PLUS they are NEVER more than .155 cents per
minute. You can call 800/275-7190 for further info.

Try em--you'll see they're unbeatable...

[JReed004]

Their rates for LD are often over .155. However is I am paying .13 flat
in state or out of state. You just have to beat them up a little.
Customer Service is outstanding! They also deal with a series of
rebillers. that is where the best deals are. I recomend Comdata. If you
need more info call Bill Richardson at 305-445-3278.