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.

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.

No, I wasn't a drug dealer!

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

"
The batteries I use are called Duracell
They last for three weeks, so they do me well
Don't be going through no phases, my joint stays on
If you're in Costa Rica on a sunlit beach
Your greed for the Phifer, I can be reached
A number of importance, I just put it on the lock
You leave code "69", which means you want some-
"

I knew the importance of a Sky Pager :)

Anyone still use them?

Is this the idf shitposting?

Ah, the Motorola Express, a classic...

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.

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

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

Is this meshtastic?

I'm not that old.

I had that one and a blue translucent one.

Just like that one. 1995.

i did. still remember the number too!

Oh yeah...booty beeps.