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The only problem is there’s no indication on the pager whether or not you’re in range, and no way to know whether you missed a page due to being out of range.
by justusthane 5y ago
The only problem is there’s no indication on the pager whether or not you’re in range, and no way to know whether you missed a page due to being out of range.
At the same time, the reason they’re still used is there’s no good modern alternative in a lot of ways (battery life, range).
Troubleshooting paging issues is one thing I do not miss from my time in healthcare I.T.
- reaperducer 5y agoThe only problem is there’s no indication on the pager whether or not you’re in range The pager I had in 2003 has a signal strength indicator just like a cell phone so you know if you are in range. The pager was also able to let the network know if the message was received. If it didn't, the network would keep retrying until it got an ACK.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoEven my digits-only pager had an out of range indicator. I visited some caves back in the day and it was the only time I ever saw it. You just never really saw it as the service was so good.