What Are You Doing Right Now
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@gjacobse in the medical field yes they are a thing aince they can reach people virtually anywhere
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true - forgot about that. Thank
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@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse in the medical field yes they are a thing aince they can reach people virtually anywhere
Why would a pager be able to be reached any more than a phone that accepts SMS, are they not the same thing?
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse in the medical field yes they are a thing aince they can reach people virtually anywhere
Why would a pager be able to be reached any more than a phone that accepts SMS, are they not the same thing?
http://www.mobihealthnews.com/12503/why-doctors-pagers-still-trump-smartphones
OK this is a pretty good read.
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@Dashrender You stole my link
http://www.mobihealthnews.com/12503/why-doctors-pagers-still-trump-smartphones -
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@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender You stole my link
http://www.mobihealthnews.com/12503/why-doctors-pagers-still-trump-smartphones176 square miles of coverage for a single pager tower.
holy crap!
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender You stole my link
http://www.mobihealthnews.com/12503/why-doctors-pagers-still-trump-smartphones176 square miles of coverage for a single pager tower.
holy crap!
Pagers are great old tech
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@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender You stole my link
http://www.mobihealthnews.com/12503/why-doctors-pagers-still-trump-smartphones176 square miles of coverage for a single pager tower.
holy crap!
Pagers are great old tech
So my question is - why didn't they build receivers for that old tech into modern cell phones? If a AA can last 3-4 weeks, then having that antenna there and software listening for it shouldn't put much strain on the system... perhaps there isn't room? /sigh
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender You stole my link
http://www.mobihealthnews.com/12503/why-doctors-pagers-still-trump-smartphones176 square miles of coverage for a single pager tower.
holy crap!
Pagers are great old tech
So my question is - why didn't they build receivers for that old tech into modern cell phones? If a AA can last 3-4 weeks, then having that antenna there and software listening for it shouldn't put much strain on the system... perhaps there isn't room? /sigh
Because pagers don't send - that's why it works so good. Two way ones do exist though.
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@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender You stole my link
http://www.mobihealthnews.com/12503/why-doctors-pagers-still-trump-smartphones176 square miles of coverage for a single pager tower.
holy crap!
Pagers are great old tech
So my question is - why didn't they build receivers for that old tech into modern cell phones? If a AA can last 3-4 weeks, then having that antenna there and software listening for it shouldn't put much strain on the system... perhaps there isn't room? /sigh
Because pagers don't send - that's why it works so good. Two way ones do exist though.
You don't care about sending - use SMS to send. and if it doesn't work.. so what? It's receiving the message that's more important for critical messages. But I suppose that's the issue. pagers work by calling a phone number and typing in a phone number - or emailing a gateway address, which then converts to a pager outgoing message.
I wonder if two page pagers use the pager system or the SMS system?
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@Dashrender I believe they do send on the pager system, not SMS. Again we're talking about a very simple relay system - there's no confirmation it worked either way.
Cellphones don't have them as it's an additional radio + additional cost etc.
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@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender I believe they do send on the pager system, not SMS. Again we're talking about a very simple relay system - there's no confirmation it worked either way.
Cellphones don't have them as it's an additional radio + additional cost etc.
Yet most if not all cellphones have FM receivers, just they are disabled in the USA.
I'd gladly give up the FM for a pager receiver instead for critical messages. Though - how would that work? would you need a separate phone number? -
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender I believe they do send on the pager system, not SMS. Again we're talking about a very simple relay system - there's no confirmation it worked either way.
Cellphones don't have them as it's an additional radio + additional cost etc.
Yet most if not all cellphones have FM receivers, just they are disabled in the USA.
I'd gladly give up the FM for a pager receiver instead for critical messages. Though - how would that work? would you need a separate phone number?Presumably yes, however they're phasing out the paging network everywhere so there's not much point looking into it
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Netflix is showing ads now?
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Netflix is showing ads now?
when? during shows?
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Netflix is showing ads now?
when? during shows?
Saw one before the show started. And the ad had nudity!
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Netflix is showing ads now?
when? during shows?
Saw one before the show started. And the ad had nudity!
huh what show?
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frankly I'm amazed it took this long for them to bring in ads.
