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=Annually Renewable Software Maintenance Plan=
Advanced Tubular Technologies offers a Software Maintenance Plan that can be purchased on an annual basis.  Each initial CNC Bender license includes one year software maintenance plan.

These are answers for questions you may have regarding our software maintenance plan.
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="Why should I purchase the software maintenance plan?"=
Software maintenance gives each license purchaser these important features:

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<font size=3>Automatic Updates</font>
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You have purchased access to software updates for one year.  You have also purchased updates to new manuals in the PDF format.  We notify all CNC Bender ProControl customers on an e-mail broadcast list that will automatically notify you when an update is available.  Each update requires a unique password that we will share with you when you request it.
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<font size=3>Technical Support</font>
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You have purchased access to technical support for one year.  We will take your calls to help you with software questions or issues without asking you to purchase our LogMeIn Rescue service plan.
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="How do you track Software Maintenance Plans?"=

Each key has an integer value that is unique to that key or dongle.  Advanced Tubular Technologies tracks licenses by that serial number.  You can access the key serial number any time by using our KeyCheck program.  We record and track the software maintenance plan linked to the serial number.  Our staff can share the term of the plan with you at any time through e-mail.  Please request the information from Dawne Baker at dawne.baker@advancedtubular.com.
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="How do I keep my maintenance agreement current?"=

Advanced Tubular Technologies keeps track of each maintenance subscription and will automatically notify you 120 days prior to your maintenance subscription expiration date and send you a quote 90 days prior to your maintenance subscription expiration date.
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="When does the maintenance term start?"=

The start date for all maintenance programs starts when we e-mail you the hardware key activation code – then round forward to the start of the next month.
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="What are the terms for Software Maintenance Plans?"=

The terms of the plan terms are “prepaid.”
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="I have multiple licenses.  Do I need to purchase one plan for each license?"= 

Yes - if you want to renew the plans annually.  Each license requires its own service plan.
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="How are upgrades performed?"= 

This plan offers remote upgrades and support only.  There may be some cases when the current software version is so old, that a remote upgrade is not possible.  If a remote upgrade is not possible, then we will send you quotation for an on-site upgrade at our regular service plan prices.<br><br>



="What is the alternative to the Software Maintenance Plan?"= 

If customers don't have an active software maintenance plan when they decide to purchase CNC Bender service from us, then we will charge the regular price for an on-site visit plus an upgrade fee, which will then reactivate the software maintenance plan for another year.  Because we would have to come on-site to update older software, the estimated fee will be significantly higher than what customers will pay for an active SMP.
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="What if I have multiple benders?"= 

Each bender can have a unique maintenance plan period.  We will track this by hardware key serial number and bender serial number.  You can choose to cover one bender or all of them.  
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="Where can I find support files?"= 

Every customer has access to the [http://www.advancedtubular.com/customers/cncbender Customer Support page]<br><br>

==Other Pages==
*[[image:cncbender_upgrade_service_logo.jpg|200px]] See [[CNC Bender Upgrade Service]] page for details on our upgrade service for CNC Bender.
*[[image:Logmeinrescue_logo.jpg|75px]] See [[LogmeIn Rescue]] for information on our remote service