Mark Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Paul Makepeace wrote:
>
> > Is anyone aware of something that verifies that the pager can be paged
> > and that the page is received, or at least some part of that chain?
>
> Can't you just use a SMS? Aside from the fact you can turn on delivery
> reports (which will SMS you back if the message is successfully
> delivered/timed out) most people these days have mobile phones already and
> carry them around with them anyway, thus saving you cost and them
> inconvenience.
There are a number of reasons people prefer pagers to mobiles for
system alerts in at least some companies with mission critical
systems.
In practice they do actually seem more reliable than SMS (at least the
time I carried one).
The SMS networks are probably fairly maxed out with kids texting each
other and often delivery seems slow.
Also if you have two ways of being contactable you are more likely to
be contactable.
Also at work if you are handed a pager then this is something
different to the mobile you usually carry and it's like physically
handing system responsibility to someone.
You are now "on call" great :( It's like a millstone around your neck
and Nocol will page you at the WORSE time possible.
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