On 5/26/2012 12:09 AM, Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Fri, 25 May 2012 02:56:52 -0500, >
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 25 May 2012 01:01:31 -0400, Cheryl wrote:
>>
>>> Pagers. Yup, had one for work back in the day, too. Wasn't just for
>>> drug dealers. I even bought one for my son because I wanted to
>>> contact him whenever I needed to know where he was. Seems like ages ago.
>>> I'd bet kids now have never seen them.
>>
>> Companies were still passing them out in 2001-2002. I still have a
>> few from Tandem and Compaq. Nobody pages me anymore. Maybe I should
>> check the batteries...
>>
>> Cops were still using them a couple years ago to get broadcast alerts.
>
> Their still in use in hospitals as of yesterday.
>
> Lou

Buy dying off quickly. One of the things that kept pagers in use was
hospital cell phone restrictions. So even though all of the visiting
docs/medical providers had cellphones they also needed to carry a pager.
None of our local hospitals have cell phone restrictions anymore.