[BC] (OT) Cell phone Text messaging

[DANA PUOPOLO]

Yep.

Paging has become really cheap too, because of cell phone competition. 
One consequence though is that many paging companies have gone out of
business.

One of the largest I know of was called Zip Call. As far as I know, they're
gone.

-D


------ Original Message ------
Received: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:11:09 AM PST
From: Blake Bowers <bbowers at townsqr.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] (OT) Cell phone Text messaging

In most parts of the country, Paging has better coverage,
better in building penetration, and can (depending on
your cell phone plan) lower your wireless phone costs.

While they may be a cheaper solution than carrying
both, wireless phones may not be a "better" option.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mark at shander.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] (OT) Cell phone Text messaging


> Most cell phones have a one-key "polite" mode that silences or places a
> phone on vibrate, which is the same setting many pagers are on.
> 
> If you have a cell phone, text messaging as an added feature at $2.99
> per 100 messages sent/received, even ala carte at .10 per message, is
> cheaper than also carrying a pager and paying for that service, unless
> you are paged more than a couple of hundred times per month or more.
> 
> Text messages can optionally be delivered to email accounts and can be
> optionally received from email accounts.  Their delivery can be tracked
> at Web Sites for free (see www.vtext.com for example).  They can notify
> you of traffic accidents on your regular route to work that could delay
> you from arriving to begin projects.  It's cheaper, works alike, and
> has more benefits than paging.
> 
> If you didn't carry a phone, I'd agree completely.  Pagers are cheaper
> than phone service.  
> 
> If you have phone service, and if you get only a moderate number of
> pages per month, text messages are a cheaper solution than paying even
> as low as $5 per month for a pager.
> 



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