On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:21:56 -0400, Jim Richardson <weaselkeeper@gmail.com> wrote:
That's already a problem for getting alert pages. Any actual *pager* companies left? They all seem to have gone to SMS systems.
SkyTel is the only one I remember. Sadly, their coverage is about that of Cricket or Clearwire. (at least in NC) On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:37:57 -0400, Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net> wrote:
Relatively speaking, at&t's Enterprise Paging (which appears to just be enterprise SMS with a TAP/SNPP gateway) has been a lot more reliable. I have no idea how reliable it'd be in a major telecom crisis, of course.
I'd expect it to work as well as the cellular network, since it's riding on it. (read: it stops working when your cellphone does.) SkyTel *used* to have satelite pagers. I don't think anyone runs such a network anymore... the pagers were bulky and the network is quite expensive to run. (just look at Iridium.) --Ricky