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Re: Motorola Bravo pagers (old style)

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From: Steve Biddle sbiddle chello.co.n...
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 04:30
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Slow wrote:
> 
> Have you actually tested this theory? The paging network is pretty solid,
> and the signal is the same for all pagers, so I don't see why you would have
> different response times! Paging messages are just queued in first come
> first serviced basis to be sent out across the network, it shouldn't matter
> what type of pager receives it.

The problem is the FLEX implimentation and coverage in NZ, which is
extremely unreliable. If you have a FLEX pager it's not a matter of if
you'll miss a message, it's a matter of how many messages you'll miss.
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