Not sure what application mandates use of a two way pager over a GSM SMS/GPRS based solution. But if you want something that is not GSM based then the only alternative I know of in the UK is the 'Mobitex' based network operated by Transcomm (unless you can afford an Inmarsat terminal or are a licensed radio amateur and can justify use of 'packet radio' for the app).
Mobitex is a technology that has been around for some time and provides two way data comms over a packet switched network (a la X.25 and GPRS), it's pretty slow but reliable. IIRC service engineers from DEC (--> Compaq --> HP, sadly..) used to have rugged field terminals that used this network. http://www.transcomm.uk.com/ http://www.mobitex.com/ http://www.mobitex.org Andrew ---------------- Andrew Back [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Chris Binnie wrote: > It's true about pagers becoming almost entirely outdated. > > We have a pager that our Duty Engineer has used when really poor mobile > reception was expected. In the last couple of months we've received > notice that the service is being discontinued as it's no longer > economically viable due to the low volume of use. It's annoying as it > was sold around six years ago as a 'lifetime service' where you just > purchased the pager and the telecoms companies made their money out of > the people that sent messages to it. > > Chris > > -- > Below Zero 38 Montgomery Street Edinburgh EH7 5JY > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0845 1300 505 http://belowzero.biz > > > > >Pagers have been pretty much superseded by SMS now. I think the only > >people still using them do so for very specialised legacy reasons - > >certainly all the engineers at work use mobile phone/PDA combinations. > > > >I haven't even seen pagers for sale for *years*. > > > >Gordon. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish > _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish