Is it still possible to buy an old fashioned pager that works?

I mean the kind of thing that doctors took to concerts back in the 1970s that vibrates to let you know to phone a number...? Where would you get one and how would you activate it? Do they still exist? How do they work?

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SW-User

still had one in use 5 years ago. they tend to be able to get signal through to places where a cell may or can not work. I suspect they're still out there. I'm not sure what you mean by 'how do they work'. it's pretty similar to a cell phone texting. the better ones have a transmitter to respond back to the tower that the message made it.

AcidBurn

pagers are still in use.

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

@AcidBurn: Good news! I want to hand out my phone number and have it be my pager number. Then phone back on my cell phone.

iamnikki · 31-35, F

I googled...amazon has them

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

@Elandra77: Thanks!

curmudgeon1968 · 51-55, M

you can still get them, though they are getting rare. i don't miss them, they always went off at the wrong time. easier to silence a cell. your cell phone company can hook you up