Bob F Howard wrote in a message to All:
BFH> You got the basic 10 mem. beep or vibrator, or the fancier
BFH> ones with 20 mems. or more with voice mail. The come in all
BFH> flavors and features, and seem to be dominated by the all
BFH> powerful Motorola, as I hardly see any other brands around.
BFH> It is the poorman's cellular phone. 
BFH> Now come prices and service. 
BFH> The worse case, is to inherit a beeper number from the
BFH> hottest hooker in town, or some emergency service number.
BFH> Excluding that, the fees vary, and seem to have come to a
BFH> time volume rate scheddule here in L.A. meaning the rates go
BFH> by 100 pages a month $6.95, and up as the number of calls go
BFH> up. This is strictly for the plain beeper, I presume the
BFH> alphnumeric message types cost more. 
BFH> Then there are activation charges, anywhere from $21-$30.00
BFH> one time fee.   
BFH> I'm thinking of getting a basic 10 mem, one called Renegade,
BFH> any pros or cons to this?
BFH> Regards,
 Bob
Here in Ct, where I sell pagers and cell phones, the price for airtime is 
only $5.50 per month paid annually and includes voice mail and unlimited 
calls! contory to popular beleafs, voice mail can be put on any pager...
the renegade pager you speek about is not a bad pager, it sells for around 50 
bucks holds 10 messages, beeps vibrates, chirps and has a nice feature of 
beeping twice then vibrating which a lot of subscribers like!
anyways maybe this info will help
TTYL   regards     Joel
         
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