Yes, for being on call.

Back when mobile plans were expensive and coverage was terrible, pagers were fantastic. They'd get the message inside a concrete basement where a mobile had no chance of reception.

To get around the lack of acknowledgment on pagers, our plan had a "resend page 3 times every 15 minutes until acknowledged by return call, if not acknowledged ring these mobiles until answered" type setup. Worked very well for emergency after hours calls.

Now we have Pushover.

No, I wasn't a drug dealer!

My mom said those were the only people who used them.

Ah, the Motorola Express, a classic...

I carried one for years. IT support. Even years later, after no longer using the pager, if I hear a similar sound my heart starts racing faster. I was really Pavloved by that thing.

My dad at one point needed to wear three pagers on his belt at all times.

Just like that one. 1995.

I had that one and a blue translucent one.

Anyone still use them?

By the time I knew about pagers, cell phones were also available and not prohibitively expensive (but not quite common, either). So i didn't understand the point.

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Oh yeah...booty beeps.

I didn’t but my dad did. At one point he had both a cell phone and a pager and I remember being aware when he would get a new cell phone. I asked him once when he was getting another new phone and would he also be getting a new pager. He said that when he got a new phone it would probably have a pager built in to it! Mind blown! 1996 was wild, man

i did. still remember the number too!

Is this meshtastic?

I'm not that old.