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Pagers are still in use. They receive signals much better (UHF) than GSM two-way devices. https://americanmessaging.net/ https://americanmessaging.net/
by sneak 3y ago
Pagers are still in use. They receive signals much better (UHF) than GSM two-way devices.
https://americanmessaging.net/ https://americanmessaging.net/
- dredmorbius 3y agoAmazing range, and battery life (often weeks) as well. Not to mention being robust against all kinds of physical abuse, which may itself be a useful characteristic for an on-call comms unit.
- nightfly 3y agoMore months than weeks
- dredmorbius 3y agoYMMV Policy I've seen employed was that the current on-call remained on-call until the pager was fully charged. Dead pagers may be more fun than dead puppies, but that's not a high-prestige contest.