they’re also basically passive. a pair of AA’s could last a month or so, and, because they’re basically passive, you could pretty much receive them anywhere, including on planes.
Physically, they’re also quite small, so they’d be more convenient to carry.
Who uses pagers today? I have not seen one in years.
From the article:
They are still very common in hospital settings. Those things are reliable as fuck.
Well, until they explode
The front usually doesn’t fall off.
BBC reported they switched to pagers after they realized Israel was using mobiles to target leaders for assassination.
Pagers pierce walls way better than most tech. It’s why a lot of hospitals still use them.
they’re also basically passive. a pair of AA’s could last a month or so, and, because they’re basically passive, you could pretty much receive them anywhere, including on planes.
Physically, they’re also quite small, so they’d be more convenient to carry.
Are you iphone dunking on middle eastern terrorist communications?
I only heard of pagers as a child. I did not know they were still in use.
Hezbollah, apparently.
NPR was saying earlier that they weren’t the old-style pagers from the 90s, these are more like low-tech burner phones