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Re: Web expert on his 'catastrophe' key for the internet
From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:47:58 -0400
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
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