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Have you found any that still have service over a significant area in the US? Particularly the one-way (RX only) pagers. Very interested in this. https://new
by karma_pharmer 3y ago
Have you found any that still have service over a significant area in the US?
Particularly the one-way (RX only) pagers.
Very interested in this.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40070092 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40070092
> - Basically 2 companies, operating with antequated websites (and prices) still provide service at the historic prices
If you get a chance to add the names/links of these companies I would really appreciate it.
- karma_pharmer 3y agoFor posterity: one of the services appears to be https://spok.com https://spok.com Still would like to know what the other one is.
- johnthescott 2y agoa significant number of hospitals in usa do use american messaging, everyday: https://americanmessaging.net/ https://americanmessaging.net/
- lxgr 3y agoIridium still offers it, I believe — 100% global coverage!
- karma_pharmer 3y agoNote that the not-insanely-priced Iridium paging service requires you to transmit before you can receive. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072714
- lxgr 3y agoNo, see also my answer to your comment. SBD and Iridium paging are two different services.