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Why Web Services instead of File Transfer Protocol (FTP)?

April 26, 2017file FTP Protocol transfer web services

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Why Web Services instead of File Transfer Protocol (FTP)?

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We are not using FTP because FTP is only used for sending and retrieving files. Web Services can return acknowledgements and errors and allows us to interact with our transmitters. This allows transmitters to correct their returns in many cases without manual intervention.