Re: Pager verification

2001-09-27 Thread Richard Clamp
On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 01:52:54PM -0700, 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? You could just go lo-tech

Re: Pager verification

2001-09-27 Thread Mark Fowler
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

RE: Pager verification

2001-09-27 Thread Barman, Harry
On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 01:52:54PM -0700, 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? Unfortunately we have to

Re: Pager verification

2001-09-27 Thread Chris Heathcote
on 27/9/01 1:04 am, Paul Makepeace wrote: Interesting -- I didn't know this -- makes you wonder whether they really are any better than a cell phone. At least with a mobile you get to see missed calls have voicemail... They're a poor man's cell phone. Since the price of mobiles has tumbled

Re: Pager verification

2001-09-27 Thread Redvers Davies
was on 28.xxx mhz so even penetrated the depths of the basement. Hmm, unlicenced then... Where did I put the telephone number for DTI spectrum enforcement again ;)

Re: Pager verification

2001-09-27 Thread Steve Mynott
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

Re: Pager verification

2001-09-27 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 11:28:37AM +, Steve Mynott wrote: You are now on call great :( It's like a millstone around your neck and Nocol will page you at the WORSE time possible. IME, nocol will page you if somebody goes for a leak in a nearby city. One word of warning: If you do get a

Re: Pager verification

2001-09-26 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 12:49:01AM +0100, robin szemeti wrote: On Wednesday 26 September 2001 21:52, Paul Makepeace wrote: In the vein of automated testing systems: most of these things like Big {Brother,Sister} etc have some form of fault reporting via pager. Now, what's to say the pager