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Why are over 4,000,000 (million) pagers in the USA still in use?
We've seen the articles declaring the death of the pager and we hear it all day long..
"Do they still make those things"? "Pagers are dinosaurs". "Pagers are old school", "Pagers went they way of Pong" and last but not least..."Why would anyone use a pager when they can have a cellphone"?
With over 4 million pagers in use today (as of 2009), Let us be the first to tell you that Pagers are not only alive and well, but are THE backup communication source relied upon by people who absolutely have to be accessible.
And no, not just doctors and drug dealers as we also hear quite often, but moms and dads that need an inexpensive communication tool and more recently...People with cellphones that are frustrated at the dropped calls, dead spots and just unreliable service that cellphones are notorious for. In fact, cellphone service is ranked among the top 10 most complained about services available today!
If cellphones are so great, the end all, be all of wireless communication...Why are so many people unhappy with their cellphones? The answer is reliability.
You have an option, you can whine and complain all you want, but until you come to the realization that the dead spots and dropped calls and delayed voicemail notifications are the nature of the beast and that's how cellular phone service is regardless of the cellular carrier you choose...
Your option is a tiny and inexpensive little device...it's called ....You guessed it.... a pager.
Pagers are more reliable and much less expensive. While we would never say a pager is a substitute for a cellphone, just as a motorcycle is not a substitute for a car....Pagers have their place as a dependable wireless communication tool and when used in conjunction with a cellphone, you will not only have a backup communication tool, but you will also have piece of mind.
Paging is speedy and reliable, it is cost effective, it has excellent coverage and building penetration, it is simple, it rarely suffers from congestion, recent events have shown that it works even in times of disaster as opposed to cellphones, and it has a unique facility in Group Calling where large numbers of pagers can be paged simultaneously.
Not everyone is so important that they need backup communication, but when your burglar alarm goes off or your patient needs you or your kids need a ride home and your cellphone is in a dead spot, keep in mind that for under $12/month...you too can have an alternative communication solution for the people who rely upon you as opposed to just not getting the call in time and missing out.
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