How do pagers (beepers) work?

[@ModelA]

f you would like to see how a bunch of pagers could go off at the same time or explode in Lebanon, see that video here- kzbin.info/www/bejne/j523aJl9idlnlaM

[@dagayisi25]

Came here after the explosions! Never touch these stuff ever!

[@solidhyrax]

thanks buddy

[@mystic8336]

@@ModelA I have a question that who use pagers??? Secret agents, militants

[@ModelA]

@@mystic8336 Where I live, pagers are used by volunteers and medical professionals, mostly. I volunteer for my county's Sheriff's office.

[@kunalsharma1752]

Is it possible that someone can explode our phones at once ?😅

[@riptkoso5347]

What a role reversal an old person is teaching Me something about technology

[@ModelA]

Ha! Well, you're right. That's a new one for me too! Thanks!

[@fnafsquad2800]

Not just any technology old technology

[@k.c4178]

Lol he ain’t old tho

[@k.c4178]

@@alphamalenutrition7752 idk but I’m gonna disrespect you too If you don’t give me alpha male nutrition tips rn

[@jesseflores5034]

I fw that pfp

[@ffokcuf5958]

Thanks genuinely woke up in the middle of the nite wondering how pagers work. Your the man.

[@ModelA]

Thank you!

[@vana6988]

Me right now at 5AM😭

[@hasans.m.1618]

Lol

[@Tin_Kin]

@@vana6988 I’m on my way there

[@anthonyphinney7802]

1:20

[@Miyananana]

Sometimes the older generation hates on the younger generations for not knowing older technology. It vids like these that help for someone who is young to be able to learn about things we weren’t around for. Great vid!

[@ModelA]

Glad to help!! Never any hate here.

[@Bbhskklh]

Thanks for making this as informative as possible without talking about how bad cellphones are. So often people do that and it’s refreshing to listen to you!

[@ModelA]

I'm a really positive person, no negativity in me, so none comes out on camera! Cellphones can be good or bad, it's up to the user, of course.

[@mrbryan995]

Came from family guy just to see how this works, mid 90s,dont blame me hehe

[@TheAverageInternetUser]

lol same

[@joerodriguez9930]

Same too

[@favouronwuchekwa]

lol same here

[@raymondkirkland8730]

Me too

[@codyalexander9470]

Same Edit: I saw a short of family guy with Chris

[@Opethianaut]

Born in the mid 80’s but I never owned one. Always wondered how they work. Thank you for the education!

[@Altar360]

Pagers were the kind of thing that as a kid in the 90’s, I would say “I’ll learn how they work when I grow up.” Now I’m grown up and pagers are nearly extinct. Only really used by doctors at hospitals, I think.

[@ModelA]

And engineers who don't like the tracking capabilities of cellphones. Not only do they tattle n you where you are, but also what speed you're driving, how aggressively you brake and accelerate, etc. Pagers don't track you, no GPS, no transmit capability, nada.

[@irregulargamer1352]

@@ModelA yeah that data isn't exactly as valuable like you think it is. All anyone really needs to track most anyone is their address and workplace. What does anyone really do 99 percent of the time except go to work and go home?

[@DaCashRap]

A pager? That's too modern, bro. I walk around with a pigeon on my shoulder!

[@ModelA]

That's what Tesla did. Ha ha!

[@ACoustaDC]

How the reception?

[@k.c4178]

@@ACoustaDC it’s birdshit

[@kballs94]

@@k.c4178 😂😂😂😂

[@ModelA]

Hahahahaaa!! I use a ham radio, so slightly more modern than your pigeon, but not much.

[@mrblue8439]

Well I am 24 years old and I actually I remember my parents had pagers never bothered to ask them how they used them. Great tape man keep up the great work. I do remember hospitals using beepers or pagers.

[@ModelA]

Thanks! Hospitals over here still use them.

[@garciamarco0212]

90s drug dealer best friend

[@darioussmith3450]

Yep back in the 90s most of the drug dealers had the pagers. That’s how you were able to spot them because most didn’t have jobs but a nice pager 📟 on their belt.

[@Raven27495]

Unfortunately the Barksdale crew stopped using them after a while

[@LeafInTheWind88]

yeeeessssssss

[@TrillandoLaFina2024]

26 years old, from Argentina, discovering this technology. Thanks dude

[@ModelA]

You're welcome man!

[@henrymarshal2380]

I was 16 when I got my first pager…in 2018. Still using it.

[@ModelA]

Awesome! Which carrier are you on? I got this one in 1991. My first pager was tone & voice. Got it around 1987.

[@mohammedalshames7337]

Apparently, after what happened today in Lebanon, this video needs an update.

[@SariMahdi-c2s]

I’m Lebanese and I’m trying to find out everything about these pagers

[@theghosteater5128]

if they used solid state electrolyte batteries instead of regular batteries which use fluid electrolyte they might have been better off but I don't think those kinds of batteries are available in the market or are manufactured to fit such devices besides that the Japanese have a monopoly on those since Toyota and Mitsubishi both have more than 3000 patents in the development of this technology

[@kafleeen]

‘98 baby here and have never used one of these but saw my parents did, never understood how they worked. i have my own kiddos now (1.5 years old twins) i’m thinking of starting them off with one of these 😂

[@aeroace1294]

This guy’s video is about to go viral after Lebanon news today. Slap some ads on man! Haha

[@1889AP]

I was born in 2003 and this type of technology fascinates me, I truly believe we were at the peak of communication technology in the late 90s, this is taking into account the lack of negative societal effects, all the current day “Smart” devices definitely have their benefits but ultimately I believe they are a detriment to us all. I much prefer the “analogue” (lol) digital technology

[@soufyaneyakoubi9581]

Who came here after the Hezbollah explosions in Lebanon?

[@Sof_alm]

Me

[@alonsk869]

Fosho

[@eamuje1708]

Had zero idea what a pager is😅

[@SunilKumar-bb8be]

Is that country so much in old days till now..

[@abdikarimabdek3115]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 👋

[@nblack7314]

after like 20 years of my life knowing there were and are pagers i finally got curious enough to find out how they actually work😸thank you very much ♥️🍀

[@ModelA]

Glad to help! So, what do you think? Presume no cellphones, of course.

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

Apparently they are widely still used in hospitals because of their reliability

[@albaraedkhil8119]

Who came here because of Israel attack on pagers in Lebanon ?

[@gmrb5092]

😂😂me though i was thinking about how this hack was made because that’s f*cling mad bro

[@مقارنات_الجيوش]

pager made in usa by motorola

[@sojernon8689]

Juice 🧃

[@ron3252]

Me. I received a beeper message 😂

[@hadassah179]

🎉

[@liviuq]

I am a 21 year old student from Europe, Romania and I have read a book that mentioned the name "pager". this is impressive! I ll dive into it more, hoping that I can dial a pager on my own! thanks. Lee.

[@ModelA]

Good luck, Lee!

[@TheMaggiemay77]

When my now 40 year old son was a kid (12, 13, 14) the pager was wonderfully convenient for keeping track of him, calling him home for dinner, etc. It was soooo convenient. I still have it.

[@Poorschedriver]

Yes! I was the coolest kid in town when I had one of these at 12. Dad wanted me home and that sucker would start beeping! Back of course when you could just play out in the neighborhood unspervised all day at the age of 12.

[@kentslocum]

I didn't realize that pagers operate on a completely separate wireless network. 😮

[@fahadmohammad9179]

I'm 2nd year in medical school, and while on placement the hospital handed me a pager and i had to no clue what it was, so I had to sneak to the toilet and quicky read on Wikipedia what it was and how to use it.

[@ModelA]

Ha ha! Thinking on our feet. You'll make a great doctor!

[@fahadmohammad9179]

@@ModelA pagers are very useful in hospitals as, phone signal is nearly non existent. Thanks, hopefully my dream of becoming a surgeon becomes reality🤞fingers crossed 😀

[@ModelA]

@@fahadmohammad9179 Please report back to us here and let us all know how you do! Promise?

[@fahadmohammad9179]

@@ModelA Sure. I've been dreading the sound of the pager. Everytime it goes off when you're not on duty, you know its an emergency. It has also been appearing in my nightmares 😅.

[@nservice1625]

I miss my pager. You also made me realize that I miss the flip phone that I replaced my pager with.

[@ModelA]

Awwww... Yes, flip phones with their week's worth of battery life between charges was pretty awesome.

[@xxProjectJxx]

My mom and dad used to use pagers to send coded messages to each other. They'd send 3 digit long numbers and each one had a different meaning. Like, 111 meant they got a check in the mail. 511 meant call me back, etc. Once cell phones became available there wasn't as much need, but I still remember them using pagers back in the day.

[@ZeranZeran]

I'm 28 and I really want one of these in 2021! I don't know why exactly. I think watching my mom & dad (sales and hospital) always had a pager and I thought they were so cool, I still kinda do! Great video Paul, thank you.

[@ModelA]

Thanks! You can still get one. Call American Messaging and get hooked up!

[@CeDel2]

I don’t know what’s cooler, the old beeper or the Razr phone! Thanks for the nostalgia

[@samuelcalkin3516]

That Razer no longer works do to the transition to LTE voice.

[@ShpanMan]

Who else is here on 9/17/2024? 😂 By the way, the video shows a AA battery that could not do much damage - meaning the beepers that blew up were SPECIFICALLY made for this operation against Hezbollah! Mossad is by far the most advanced intelligence org in the world.

[@KDanes]

4 years later this pager video is blowing up again 📟💥..Pun intended 😅

[@Fight4Liberty]

Well I was born in 1989 in Australia, but you see pagers never took off here I've never seen one in person so this information is helpful for me as well.

[@sametyilmaz1543]

that's why Kim Possible theme was saying "page me if you wanna reach me" I'm enlightened after 2 decades.

[@DrsJacksonn]

Why did so many kids cartoons have shit with 'pagers' when no one in their target audiences understood those things?

[@ModelA]

It was "Call me, beep me, if you wanna reach me". Good catch! Kim Possible came out in 2002 (I had to look it up). Back in 2002, pagers were still the most reliable way to reach someone since the cellular network wasn't really well built out yet. I knew lots of people who had cellphones but left them off, and just gave people their pager number. When someone wanted to get you in an emergency, they would page you because you knew it went through. Then, when you got to an area where your cellphone worked, you'd call them back.

[@fahvm4362]

After 4 years. Thanks man. Who know it will be useful now. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Ростов-й1т]

I think you are a lifesaver of pagers. In 2007 pager services died in China

[@OGdrodro]

I always seen pagers in movies n stuff but never really knew how they worked but for old tech this still seems very cool

[@dondarrion1092]

Im watching The Wire and definitely stirred up my curiosity

[@youtubecommentor1338]

you shud have called pryzbylewski...

[@dondarrion1092]

@@youtubecommentor1338 haha i agree

[@ALFfan1]

Facts, rewatching season 1 right now

[@zanegavazzi2531]

Dondarrion exactly where I’m at rn, I Saw D hustle from the pay phones and immediately thought to my self I should get one

[@dondarrion1092]

@@zanegavazzi2531 too bad you are about 20years late mate haha

[@billiards0518]

I worked in the amusement business back in the 90's. Was on call about 3 to 4 nights a week. We had those exact same Motorola pagers. My heart kind of jumped when your pager went off - just like my heart jumped when my damned pager would go off at 3 AM for a service call. Love hate relationship with pagers back then!

[@sebastianjohansen2142]

It endlessly fascinates me how solid a lot of old technology actually is.

[@razor0047]

A pager and a razr, this guy is awesome. 😁

[@ModelA]

Thank you! It's a simple way of life.

[@elijaharnold3346]

Being born in 2001, I remember when I was little that I found my moms old pager and asked her what it was. Even when she explained it, I still didn’t understand it. Thanks for giving us young folk a better understanding! 😂

[@ModelA]

You're welcome!

[@LarryYaw]

I worked on those (including that model) for years. They were the bomb in the day. I still have mine. What a throw back. We shutdown our system around 2001-2002. Good memories working on the pagers and the system. Thanks for bringing back the memories.

[@ModelA]

Thanks Larry!

[@killervshot7903]

I'm a 2000s kid and I didn't even know the existence of such devices until now

[@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper]

Big bob’s beepers from Hey Arnold

[@alexkensington3134]

Randomly got curious about this,.thanks for the informative video!

[@johndoe6416]

Im a 2000s kid, and I admire older technology for its simplicity and long-lasting. Unfortunately, nowadays I think our technology is too invasive, complicated, and short-lived.

[@ModelA]

SPOT on!!! I couldn't agree more.

[@hoodfavdre4235]

If it's not broken don't fix it .....I drive 1992 benz ...Carburetor still running strong 💪

[@sphumessanctum7050]

I had to pause an episode of 25/21 after going a few episodes wondering how these things worked without a keypad. Thank you so much for this!

[@BrandonRowe14]

I was watching "The Wire" and this video helped me understand the plot. Thanks!

[@skp4623]

great show, enjoy!

[@yacined4190]

Yo omar is comin

[@LukasM1213]

I missed out on pagers man, the country I live in had no pager service :( never knew they existed either, would’ve been cool to have one, even now. Fantastic at work

[@Bluecho4]

I was born in 1990. So I was just old enough to be aware of pagers, as something adults used to communicate. You know, for work or the like. But I was young enough that I had no reason to ever use them. Things like TV and movies never bothered to explain pagers, because they assumed the viewer already knew. And then cell phones became ubiquitous fixtures in daily life by the time I was old enough to need one. So I knew what pagers were, but not what they _did._ Thank you for explaining it to me in a succinct manner.

[@ModelA]

Glad it helped you!

[@YoSomePerson]

Exactly the same here!

[@wulfgar9119]

For my first job in the late 80's, I had a Motorola SPIRIT voice pager, which you could hear a message from a person calling you over the phone. It was cool!

[@ModelA]

We used to call those "tone and voice pagers". I had one through Airsignal and it was awesome.

[@MrMalformedllama]

Damn Paul, I gotta give you credit, you're the first person I've heard of in my almost 23 years who still has a pager on them. Thanks for the informational video! Seeing these is a trip

[@ModelA]

Thanks! If you think this is bad, check some of my other videos to see what I drive

[@MrMalformedllama]

@@ModelA Haha I'll go check them out! Although I think it's still pretty cool!!! You have a new subscriber my good man :)

[@ModelA]

@@MrMalformedllama Thank you! I hope I don't let you down.

[@MrMalformedllama]

@@ModelA Anytime! Take care!

[@ellarose8696]

I saw these at a hospital on placement and had no idea how to use it or how they worked, thank you!

[@TheTechCguy]

I was born in '95 and I still remember seeing these, when I was a little kid in the late 90s and early 2000s.

[@sonofromel]

Same bro. I've always wanted one as a kid.

[@joeharley1423]

Haha! Awesome! I was born just after pagers started to ‘go out of fashion’ as it were. I’m also one of the very few people my age who still knows how they work, I just came for a little bit of computer nostalgia. If it wasn’t a required part of my job and how I access documents, I’d honestly go back to using a pager and a flip phone, it would make my life much more enjoyable!

[@ModelA]

Nice!!

[@alexblue6991]

I had 4 back in the day one for every member of my family it's was useful during an emergency when my daughter was serious ill I was at work on a building site my age now 70yr the one I had also gave news updates Alec from Scotland

[@Greatnessamongwyatt]

yes i am a kiddo, 20 years old, and i love how pagers work. i grew up with windows xp vista and not using cellphones back then, so my father got me into 80s to 90s stuff when i was growing up. he is now almost 50 and i am glad i was taugh about the era of them years. that being said, i will bring back old vintage stuff into reality, as i love the 80s so much!! music, clothing and everything else

[@Patrick_Knowlton]

Born in '03, I remember my dad used to use one for his job when I was young. Nowadays they've definitely updated to a more modern system but it's interesting to finally learn how they work!

[@rohanpatil399]

Felt so great to see that this guy's not only using just the pager but an old laptop and a flip phone from 00s....U took me back in the school days man 🤗

[@edithdlp8045]

I was born in 1975 and only a few had access to a beeper. Today everyone has a cellphone and take it for granted.

[@ModelA]

And their eyes are glued to them 24/7

[@ObiTrev]

I think the world would be a better place if we all just turn off the cell-phones and talk to each other again.

[@ModelA]

YES!!!!

[@easybreezy6]

agree

[@rmhd7550]

Yup, I'm going to do that

[@s.ishmaelbey9343]

Wow, a sign of intelligence....

[@Wowreally42]

Born in 88 and I never really dealt w or learned about these! Thanks for the video!

[@bpintogsxr1000]

Man, brings back memories. I had one in high school. Remember those days. They were awesome.

[@Greenfield-yf1wh]

It must be mid-90s, I presume? It is funny that I read all about pagers in books, comics and other literature as a child in late 90's, but I got never a hold of them as mobile phones quickly took over the market by early 2000's.

[@wes7580]

Born in '90. I remember my friend in 5th grade had a pager. His mom would page him when she wanted him home for dinner. I thought he was the coolest!

[@ModelA]

Must have been the coolest kid in school!

[@ayannajackson4260]

I’m 15 and I will gladly give up my phone and social media to go back to living like the 80s and 90s😭.

[@ModelA]

You and me BOTH!

[@ricigri1242]

And me 3

[@Jo_Wardy]

not live like it but to get a time machine and go back.

[@samson_the_great]

Phone’s and social media aren’t the only good thing about this time 😂

[@ModelA]

@@samson_the_great Name one good thing about this point in time

[@noirekuroraigami2270]

Pager and a Razor. My guy that is outrageous

[@MrDoBerek]

Even born in 84 I had to look up what it was. Remember my cousin having one of these and never understood how it really worked, thanks for sharing!

[@ModelA]

Glad it helped!

[@BasilRitho]

Wow, I learned so much. I'm 22 and I've seen pagers on shows from the 90's and early 00's (mostly on doctor shows) and I never really knew how they worked until now. Thank you

[@ModelA]

Glad to help!

[@netflixman12]

this makes the first season of the wire a lot easier to understand thank you

[@ModelA]

You ate welcome!

[@nicolassebiksantoro3458]

HAHAHAH literally came here for this, thanks paul

[@Frisky_Panda]

Im 27 and I knew about pagers. But was too young to understand how they worked. Then cellphones took off for the mass public

[@ModelA]

So now that you know how they work, what do you think?

[@lunarose3100]

Yeah I knew about them too, tho that was mostly do to tv shows (Kim Possible) and music from the early 2000s. It’s really interesting how they actually work.

[@leminhhien2696]

I see why you still use it everyday. I immediately felt in love with this device after watching your video.

[@TeaBroski]

I never fully knew how these work until now, thanks for the detailed explanation. I was aware they worked over radio but didn't know how the service functioned end to end. Really fascinating, especially the batching system.

[@ModelA]

Glad to help

[@RichoGoMa]

DID I JUST SEE A PREFECTLY WORKING MOTOROLA RAZR V3?? WOW! THATS MY FAVORITE PHONE OF ALL TIME!

[@ModelA]

Mine too!

[@zealous404]

Went across these in Yakuza Zero video game which takes place in 80s Japan, I always knew what they were but I didn't really know how they'd function Nice video

[@ModelA]

Thanks. Merry Christmas !!

[@Morning_star7778]

I'm 27. My uncle owned a construction company when I was just a little boy in the early 2000s and he carried this thing everywhere. Had one of those suitcase cellphones in his truck too. Never knew how a pager actually worked until now. Cool!

[@apidgeon]

Thank you so much for educating us young'uns! I'm writing a novel and I needed to know how they worked.

[@ModelA]

Glad to be of help!

[@pxpilucy6769]

I don’t know why but using a beeper looks so much better than just pulling out an iPhone out of your pocket

[@ModelA]

YES! Right?

[@jocap3837]

Stewie: Chris!? you have a pager? Stewie: You get paged? Chris: Yeah that's how Pagers work.

[@SVENWHO]

Yow i just saw the video a while ago,,😧

[@EraserHeadTv]

Snowfall brought me here, super informative video!!

[@rowanpine7042]

I was watching Friends on the episode where Ross has a beeper to know when to go to the hospital when his baby was going to be born and I got curious on how beepers work! I was born in 1998 and I never saw these in my childhood haha. Thanks for the great explanation!

[@williamforbes5826]

My goodness! How I missed this video I don't know. I had a PageBoy back in the 80's. I only carried it when I was 'On Call'. Later, Paul!

[@homemakingwisdom]

When I was a kid , I thought pagers were really cool and wanted one. My senior year in high school my boyfriend now my husband. My inlaws had a bag phone and it was to only be used in emergency. First cell phone I seen. We married for a few years when cell phones started being used. Those flip phone all you can do is call or send a short text. I remember the razor phone that came out. Suprising phones back then last so long. I remember dropping one in a cup of coffee and it still worked perfectly.

[@ModelA]

Yes!! I still use a flip phone (as you saw in the video) and drive a 90 year old car (see some of my other videos), so I get to relive it every day. What is stopping you or your husband from getting a pager nowadays? They're cheap! Go for it!

[@B-DINO]

Thanks for the video man. I'm 26 but all I remember if the beeper/pager era was my uncle's all had them and I thought they were cool as shit. I thought about going off grid with just a hone phone and a pager for a year as a challenge. This video made me realize the actual use of it

[@jamalanewpizza6334]

The Jones im 27 1/2, I remember these. Were all the rage. My dad had two of these.

[@B-DINO]

@@jamalanewpizza6334 yeah boy! We're the same age. One of these beepers matched up with the digital casio wrist watch to go 👌👌 talk about jealous lol

[@ModelA]

Pretty cool, right?

[@jdubsvr6]

Mossad sent me here

[@kashmirispakistan]

Same

[@kkfact7304]

Real

[@Trollcricket.]

😂

[@bluenightfury]

I'm writing a story set in the 2000's and I've never personally used a pager, so this was a super useful video! Thank you!

[@ModelA]

Glad it was helpful! Will your story be published anywhere? Feel free to give it a plug here, if so!

[@djm0us393]

Wow even after a year this man is still responding to comments what a legend also i might have to get one for myself they look like a great back up just in case of emergencies

[@ModelA]

Heck yes! I'm not stuck up. I respect people. If they take the time to write to me, I write back.

[@faridlotfi5283]

Who is here by reason what happened in Libanon?

[@zenoshima9639]

I was playing yakuza 0 and i was like what the hell is this

[@chrismontano613]

Lol watching seinfeld i always wondered how they worked so i just searched this at 1am its wild i love it thanks man

[@ModelA]

Taadaaa!! "What's the deal...?" haha

[@francisjames1377]

When I had my pager, my girlfriend loved it because she would constantly page me, but we both had a great time enjoying the service!

[@jesseblackhawk]

Everything about his video was a throwback, I never needed a beeper but the razor phone and old computer are so nostalgic

[@ModelA]

Those are my daily drivers!

[@kushandoj_zak]

The fact this dude has a razor and beeper in 2020 that's kinda insane... if he collected video games his collection would be outta this world

[@ModelA]

They would all be Atari

[@misteraon]

There’s a ham radio project that uses POCSAG pagers in the UHF and VHF bands. With a ham license you could essentially setup your own pager transmitter that is tied into an internet network. The project is called DAPNET and is popular in Germany/Europe but has been gaining traction in the US.

[@ModelA]

Interesting! I wonder what would make hams want to build (or use) a paging network?

[@misteraon]

@@ModelA could be numerous reasons. You wouldn’t necessarily have to put it on the internet, so it could be independent of any infrastructure…like good for emergency comms. I’ve also seen some use it for any sort or telemetry or info such as repeater site telemetry to let the control op know of any number of conditions, weather information, band conditions reports. The uses are up to the imagination.

[@ModelA]

@@misteraon Well, anything that keeps paging alive has my support.

[@Nik-ny9ue]

​@@ModelA I would imagine that it is mainly used as hobbyist technology

[@LukasHellmuth]

For all those who wondering, yes this device can explode (specifically the battery inside) if it was backdoored

[@ShpanMan]

Are you dumb? Did you see the video? It's literally a AA battery - that would not have caused the damage that you see on thousands of terrorists bodies. This had to have been manufactured SPECIFICALLY for this operation. Mossad are absolute LEGENDS.

[@SaapeXD]

@@ShpanMan Mossad is the terrorist.

[@clayhead78]

​@ShpanMan are you dumb? This is an old video, new pagers made these days typical use a lithium battery.

[@604roger]

They helped a lot for 2 reasons 1. Cellphones were super expensive 2. Cellphones were not widespread 3. When everyone got cellphones the reception was very poor in early 1990’s-early 2000’s. If you missed a phone call you would know for 5-10 minutes and you would be at other end of town,,, you could fwd voicemail to a pager and it would instantly beep

[@laughingvampire7555]

I’m a computer engineer and I miss this technology of the 90s. It was so amazing

[@ModelA]

It was pretty awesome, wasn't it?

[@Murph2300]

I literally just said the words "I don't know what a pager is or how it works" and looked this up

[@johnrotten3268]

Drug dealers really did love pagers back in the day... No longer needed to stand out on the corner so much. People forget that pre 90 the only way to reach someone was calling their landline... A dope dealer leaves his place to go take care of business how will customers reach him??? Communication was a lot less convenient back in the day. People really had to go look for someone if they needed to take care of something asap. NYC especially.

[@ModelA]

Excellent point! The main reason pagers were associated with drug dealers and shady businesses was because even in cellular phone infancy, before every cellphone was also a GPS, people knew that cellphones had to constantly handshake with the network, and could be tracked. Pagers are receive-only, meaning they never transmit (unless it is a 2-way pager), and therefore, completely untraceable.

[@Lucardini]

I looked up this video because I started watching The Wire a while back and in the first season the drug dealers used pagers in combination with payphones to stay discreet. Funny how every season after that the technology advances so fast that both the criminals and police are racing to stay ahead and think of new ways to communicate and listen in respectivaly. Haha

[@zeagazetotsiyon2942]

Beepers were the shit. Page me then go to a pay phone on the block, haha.

[@ModelA]

Sometimes, if we knew the person had a CB radio, we would page them with the CH channel to get on and call us back on the air.

[@ModelA]

I meant "CB channel".

[@zeagazetotsiyon2942]

@@ModelA oh, ok

[@tmacman0418]

I was born in 96 and I remember my mom had pagers up until the mid 2000s. I remember how they got fancier over the years and you could get news and sports updates on them.

[@ModelA]

yes! That was an alphanumeric pager.

[@EastCoastScott]

Paul, this takes me back!! I had many of these over the years and even still to this day, in the hospital they are still used. There are areas in the hospital that cell signals just cant penetrate too but these little buggers still work flawlessly. The sdr radios are amazing for tinkering around too and I currently use one as well but, there is constantly less and less to be able to pick up here locally unfortunately.

[@ModelA]

Thanks!!

[@produccionesBC]

Mr. Paul's video will def get more views from now on.