[Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread Daragh Mc Grath
Hi Guys, A pal of mine in Glasgow is looking at getting a two way pager, more for personal use than IT usage, but that's by the by! Who are the providers over there and what sort of costs are involved? Any stores / websites you could point me toward? -- Regards, Daragh Mc Grath

Re: [Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread gordonjcp
Hi Guys, A pal of mine in Glasgow is looking at getting a two way pager, more for personal use than IT usage, but that's by the by! Who are the providers over there and what sort of costs are involved? Any stores / websites you could point me toward? -- Regards, Daragh Mc Grath

Re: [Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread Chris Binnie
It's true about pagers becoming almost entirely outdated. We have a pager that our Duty Engineer has used when really poor mobile reception was expected. In the last couple of months we've received notice that the service is being discontinued as it's no longer economically viable due to the

Re: [Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread Andrew Back
Not sure what application mandates use of a two way pager over a GSM SMS/GPRS based solution. But if you want something that is not GSM based then the only alternative I know of in the UK is the 'Mobitex' based network operated by Transcomm (unless you can afford an Inmarsat terminal or are a

Re: [Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread Kyle Gordon
On Monday 15 November 2004 12:16, Daragh Mc Grath wrote: Hi Guys, A pal of mine in Glasgow is looking at getting a two way pager, more for personal use than IT usage, but that's by the by! Who are the providers over there and what sort of costs are involved? Any stores / websites you could

Re: [Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread Craig Perry
Hi, I'd better admit a vested interest before i write a reply - i work for tmobile, but i'll try not to favour any particular network unfairly. The blackberry's are good (read: above average) little devices, batteries last a good wee while, pretty solid (i've dropped mine loads of times with