Table of contents
- 1. Beyond Turbo Dispatch
- 1.1.1.1. UK Recovery Industry.
Beyond Turbo Dispatch
Turbo Exchange is a replacement for the Turbo Dispatch service. Turbo Dispatch revolutionised the towing industry in 1995, by allowing electronic communication between Vehicle Breakdown Recovery clubs, and their agents around the UK.
The Turbo Dispatch system was launched using Mobitex technology which was tried and trusted, and the best available in the UK at the time. This was before the Internet took hold, and the mobile phone operators had a viable solution. However it had it's limitations, which later became a hindrance to future software development.
One of the original team, helping to set up the network, had the foresight to realise that Mobitex would not be around forever, and believed the use of Internet technology would be a better alternative. A new network system was developed using the latest technology, fixing many of the shortcomings of the original system. After several years, this became Turbo Exchange which started it's life distributing GPS tracking data from 2008. Since then it has spread into other industries under a different name, and become the foundation for other applications.
UK Recovery Industry.
As of May 2010, some Clubs are Turbo Exchange ready. Some are still in testing, and others have not yet made public their migration strategy. Garages effected in the first wave of Transcomms close down can get a free Turbo Exchange account, but if they work for clubs who are not Turbo Exchange ready, they will either have to revert back to the phone/fax, or pay Transcomm £300 + £50pcm for the interim period, and continue to pay the standard monthly fees.
Turbo Exchange will cost no more than 66% of your Transcomm fee. It will also not rise in price above UK inflation, plus you will get 24hr support. We operate a fair use policy. We don't penalise you for unexpected spikes in your data usage, providing your using the service for as it was intended.
