(OT) Pagers?

Paul LeFevre (paull@No-Spam)
Wed, 5 Jan 1999 06:23:58 -0800

Mark,
I know this is coming late (since I was gone), but thought it might still be
useful...
I have a Morotola pager and SkyPage service (both purchased at Circuit
City). I bought full-state coverage for California, it costs $120 per year
paid annually. The pager was $39, one-line LCD with beep or vibrate. Runs
about 2 months continuously "on" on one AA battery.

I've successfully received pages at Fremont Peak, Pacheco, and Coe.
I've also received pages on the shore of Lake Tahoe, on the ski slopes at
Heavenly, in the middle of nowhere on I-15 between Barstow and Las Vegas,
and on the beach in San Diego. Only thing that seems to block the pages are
being inside buildings with lots of computers (can't get any pages in my
office at work). Haven't tried Fiddletown or Michelle's yet, but it seems
likely that it would work.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Wagner [mailto:resource@No-Spam-intl.com]
Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 10:06 AM
To: sf-bay-tac@No-Spam
Subject: (OT) Pagers?

On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Neil Hubbard wrote:

> None of the traditional paging carriers (SkyTel, PageNet, etc) offer
blanket
> coverage in CA. They have very good coverage in the major metropolitan
areas
> across the state, but nothing when you begin to stray into more remote
> areas.
>

Okay then.... the next best piece of info would be, who has pager
experience from Fiddletown, Fremont Peak, Henry Coe, Pacheco, Michelle's
and Lassen?

Mark Wagner
mgw@No-Spam-intl.com


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