| You might be surprised to know that paging | | | | emergent news. Through the usage of two-way |
| services is growing steadily each year, despite the | | | | nationwide paging they allow the remote |
| proliferation of cell phones. While at first glance it | | | | employees to answer their messages without the |
| seems a bit counter-intuitive that someone would | | | | large costs of having each employee on a cellular |
| prefer a pager over a cell phone, it really is not if | | | | phone plan. |
| you understand this niche industry. | | | | With the use of a two-way alpha-numeric pager |
| Right now, in the U.S. alone, there are millions upon | | | | corporations can ensure communication between |
| millions of pagers in use, and that number | | | | themselves and their staff without having to deal |
| continues to grow each year. There are many | | | | with issues of abusing cell phones for personal |
| reasons why corporations and individuals would | | | | calls, or staff claiming they were out of range of |
| choose the use of an alpha-numeric pager over a | | | | a cellular tower when important news breaks. |
| cell phone. | | | | Another advantage of alpha-numeric pagers over |
| The first reason many professionals in | | | | cell phones is their ability to run on a single AA |
| high-demand, such as doctors and on-call technical | | | | battery for months. Where a cell phone needs |
| staff, choose to use an alpha-numeric pager is | | | | constant re-charging, a pager will run |
| because they have a larger range of reach than | | | | approximately three months on that one single |
| cellular phones. Cellular phones rely on the location | | | | battery. |
| of cell towers while alpha-numeric pagers do not; | | | | This makes them much more reliable and less |
| they use satellites and radio towers. | | | | prone to be out of service because of power |
| This difference alone insures that pagers have a | | | | issues. |
| larger range and higher percentage of availability | | | | One additional reason which users prefer a pager |
| than a cell phone. With a nationwide paging ability, | | | | to a cell phone is what I like to call the |
| a pager can be activated a long way from where | | | | "annoyance" factor. Where a cell phone generally |
| reliable cell phone services reside. You might be | | | | requires you to answer it, simply because |
| interested to know that pagers will activate on an | | | | someone is on the other end of the line, an |
| airplane while a cell phone will not! | | | | alpha-numeric pager allows you to read about the |
| While the pagers of old were large, clunky objects | | | | issue and respond in your own time and in your |
| which had an annoying alert and presented you | | | | desired fashion. This allows the user to deal with |
| with simply a return call number, the much | | | | work but not have to be overly available every |
| improved alpha-numeric pagers of today come | | | | time someone needs to reach them. |
| with scrolling LCD screens, e-mail capability, | | | | Whatever your remote communication needs, an |
| two-way communication abilities, and pleasing ring | | | | alpha-numeric pager is still a very viable option for |
| tones which rival even the best cell phones on the | | | | today. With nationwide paging, an alpha-numeric |
| market. | | | | pager is reachable in areas where cell phones are |
| Large corporations which span the nation, use | | | | not, yet will allow you to respond in your own |
| paging services to keep their remote staff up to | | | | time to the needs of the person on the other |
| date on company happenings and necessary | | | | end. |