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I-AM-Savannah OP t1_iuhcjio wrote

Reply to comment by BacilQadir715 in New to iPhone (well, cell phones in general) by I-AM-Savannah

Yes. I had to carry my employer's phone AND pager, both at the same time, in case a server went down or there were network issues.

This is *MY* first phone, and first iPhone. The employer's phone was an android.

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BacilQadir715 t1_iuhfpbl wrote

What’s a pager? If u don’t mind me askin

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I-AM-Savannah OP t1_iuhg7ux wrote

Pagers were small devices that you usually clip on a waistband of slacks / pants, or attach to the outside of a woman's purse, so you could easily check the message. They were the predecessor to cell phones, but there was a lap over, at least by some major companies, requiring some employees to carry both pagers and cell phones.

The pager that I carried could accept either phone numbers or actual text messages. I had to carry a pager as well as my cell phone, to make sure anyone could reach me, 24/7.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pager

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