I had a pager in ~ 2015. Was that a long time ago?
Company policy said we had to have different devices on different networks, so the company issued cellphone was one, and the pager was on another provider.
Company policy said we had to have different devices on different networks, so the company issued cellphone was one, and the pager was on another provider.
Why would you pay for a separate pager device and service when every cell phone in the world can receive text messages? Bizarre.
They were cheap vs a phone plan.
They did have long battery life and ran on AAs.
They had clear notifications. Two devices going off? Better check.
Way simpler than ringtones for select users, or the “was that a simultaneous email and text?” game.
Mostly they were cheap. We promised we’d always have redundant providers. I’m sure this seemed like a good idea at the time but didn’t scale well.
They’re no longer in use.