Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Steve Jones
t; Some people actually LIKE Facebook? > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf > Of *Mike Hammett > *Sent:* Thursday, April 15, 2021 7:47 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers > > > > We get it, you don't like Facebook.

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Jan-GAMs
I have 3-5a.m. set up as our maintenance window.  All customers are told when we do an install that we do updates at that time of day and to expect outages at that time of day.  Since firmware updates aren't that often, this type of outage would be rare but we still get that one customer who is

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Mike Hammett
Welcome to the Internet. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Jan-GAMs" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2021 11:23:10 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Notifying custome

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Jan-GAMs
:47 AM *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers We get it, you don't like Facebook. Many do. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL><https://plus.google.com/+Intel

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread James Howard
Some people actually LIKE Facebook? From: AF On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2021 7:47 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers We get it, you don't like Facebook. Many do. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Matt Hoppes
uot; *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" *Sent: *Thursday, April 15, 2021 10:04:55 AM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers the overnight maintenance windows are starting to suck. I didnt know id get old this fast where staying up past 2 am sober means im asleep til at least 10

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Mike Hammett
Thursday, April 15, 2021 10:04:55 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers the overnight maintenance windows are starting to suck. I didnt know id get old this fast where staying up past 2 am sober means im asleep til at least 10 am. ive moved a lot of that to saturday mornings instead of

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Steve Jones
the overnight maintenance windows are starting to suck. I didnt know id get old this fast where staying up past 2 am sober means im asleep til at least 10 am. ive moved a lot of that to saturday mornings instead of overnight where feasible. We rarely send out a long term prior notification unless w

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Andrew Haninger
Why not? Planned or Unplanned, outages happen. Communication and transparency are important. For people who care, seeing your planned outage notices will give them confidence that you're maintaining your network. Unplanned outages are embarrassing, but they do happen, so tell people what happened a

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread David Hannum
d receive email/twitter updates easily during an > outage. While their phones are set to use wifi, when it isn’t there they > continue on cellular. > > > > Regards, > > > > David Coudron > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf > Of *Jan-GAMs > *Sent:* Wednesday,

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Mike Hammett
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 9:23:55 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers I wouldn't use FB if it was the last available option on the planet, but I really like the PBX idea. It's professional, courteous, and affords immediate response. On 4/14/21 5:58 PM, Jesse DuPont

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Matt Hoppes
Planned maintenance: Commercial Dedicated - We send out a notice about 1 week ahead of time, then at the start and completion of the event. Residential - If it's going to be more than 5 minutes we post to Facebook a day before and put a notice up on our phone system. If it's going to be le

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Jan-GAMs
on cellular. Regards, David Coudron *From:*AF <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Jan-GAMs *Sent:* Wednesday, April 14, 2021 5:30 PM *To:* af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers let's s

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Ryan Ray
tomers in their 20s and 30s hardly > ever touch a computer and receive email/twitter updates easily during an > outage. While their phones are set to use wifi, when it isn’t there they > continue on cellular. > > > > Regards, > > > > David Coudron > > > >

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-14 Thread Jan-GAMs
n outage.  While their phones are set to use wifi, when it isn’t there they continue on cellular. Regards, David Coudron *From:*AF *On Behalf Of *Jan-GAMs *Sent:* Wednesday, April 14, 2021 5:30 PM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers let's see, your customer i

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-14 Thread Jesse DuPont
On Behalf Of Jan-GAMs Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 5:30 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers   let's see, you

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-14 Thread Jan-GAMs
esday, April 14, 2021 5:30 PM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers let's see, your customer is in an outage and your method of reaching out to them is via FB, email or twitter?  what's wrong with this picture? On 4/12/21 9:24 PM, Jesse DuPont wrote: We

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-14 Thread Steve Jones
I would bet less than 3 percent of our customers dont have data on their phones. On Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 5:31 PM Jan-GAMs wrote: > let's see, your customer is in an outage and your method of reaching out > to them is via FB, email or twitter? what's wrong with this picture? > On 4/12/21 9:24 PM,

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-14 Thread Jan-GAMs
that is a good idea, I'm passing this upstairs On 4/14/21 3:37 PM, Nate Burke wrote: How many customers would be affected at once? I have an announcement on our PBX that plays for every inbound support call that normally says 'no known outages'  I update that if there is an outage.  Since doi

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-14 Thread Nate Burke
How many customers would be affected at once? I have an announcement on our PBX that plays for every inbound support call that normally says 'no known outages' I update that if there is an outage. Since doing that, It seems that 80% of the customer who would call because their router needs a

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-14 Thread David Coudron
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 5:30 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers let's see, your customer is in an outage and your method of reaching out to them is via FB, email or twitter? what's wrong with this picture? On 4/12/21 9:24 PM, Jesse DuPont wrote

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-14 Thread Jan-GAMs
let's see, your customer is in an outage and your method of reaching out to them is via FB, email or twitter?  what's wrong with this picture? On 4/12/21 9:24 PM, Jesse DuPont wrote: We use a Facebook group and avoid posting anything except outages (planned or otherwise) so they stick on it. W

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-14 Thread Timothy Steele
Now that Google Chat has External Rooms that lets any emails address Join the room for Free I wonder if a Google Chat outage room would work That way if you get any hate replies your good clients will hopefully step in and defend you On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 12:25 PM Jesse DuPont wrote: > We us

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-12 Thread Jesse DuPont
We use a Facebook group and avoid posting anything except outages (planned or otherwise) so they stick on it. We will also do emails if we have a whole tower own for a planned outage. 

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-12 Thread Steve Jones
We have an alerts group on facebook customers can opt into, we ha e Twilio half set up for powercode to message through, but it seems clunky, otherwise we just update server plus to handle inbound calls. On Mon, Apr 12, 2021, 9:31 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Wow, Twitter? I am not a Twitter

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-12 Thread Adam Moffett
I like my curmudgeony old email.  Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and all the rest I have no interest in. On 4/12/2021 10:30 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: Wow, Twitter?  I am not a Twitter user.  I wonder if my customers are? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2021, at 7:48 PM, Andrew Haninger wro

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-12 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Wow, Twitter? I am not a Twitter user. I wonder if my customers are? Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2021, at 7:48 PM, Andrew Haninger wrote: > >  > Email and Twitter. > >> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021, 21:40 Chuck McCown via AF wrote: >> What is the best way to notify customers of planned mainte

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-12 Thread Andrew Haninger
Email and Twitter. On Mon, Apr 12, 2021, 21:40 Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > What is the best way to notify customers of planned maintenance outages? > Robocalls, text, email? > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-12 Thread David Coudron
hless. The spammers have ruined phone calling forever. At least that is our experience. Regards, David Coudron -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Monday, April 12, 2021 8:39 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

[AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-12 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
What is the best way to notify customers of planned maintenance outages? Robocalls, text, email? Sent from my iPhone -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com