# Cut-Through Paging - Description

Cut-through Paging (CTP) is an enhancement to the paging feature. CTP allows the caller/user to input a telephone number for the page recipient to call. The telephone number can be between 1 and 25 digits and is sent to the recipient's pager as part of the paging notification.

In addition, the CTP feature allows the page recipient the option of requesting a page notification receipt. If requested, a notification receipt is deposited in the recipient's mailbox after each cut-through page. A page notification receipt allows the recipient to keep a record, through NuPoint Voice messages, of all messages received.

Cut-through Paging is supported for the English language, only.

The CTP feature is configurable by Feature Class of Service (FCOS) bits. A page recipient's mailbox can be configured four different ways:

- Method 1: The mailbox can receive a telephone number OR a recorded message, but not both. Mailbox will not receive page notification receipts.

- Method 2: The mailbox can receive a telephone number, a recorded message, or both a telephone number and a recorded message. The mailbox will not receive page notification receipts.

- Method 3: The mailbox can receive a telephone number or a recorded message but not both. The mailbox will receive page notification receipts.

- Method 4: The mailbox can receive a telephone number, a recorded message or both. The mailbox will receive page notification receipts.

Method | Telephone Number | Recorded Message | Both | Page Notification Receipts
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | Y | Y | N | N
2 | Y | Y | Y | N
3 | Y | Y | N | Y
4 | Y | Y | Y | Y

CTP is supported for single-addressee messages only. Users creating multiple-addressee messages will not be able to access CTP.

Like all pages, the cut-through page is only sent when the current time is within the mailbox's configured page "start" time and "stop" time window. In addition, the CTP recipient is paged once only.

Page notification receipts are not supported for broadcast mailboxes.

Parent topic: Cut-Through Paging