I’m sad that radio pagers are going away. They’re a much more reliable way of getting an emergency call out than a multifunction mobile phone. Their battery life is much longer and you won’t put it on do not disturb or silent mode.

Being on a separate radio network also means that in a real emergency when mobile signal is degraded, the pagers still work.

The other thing that’s convenient is that you can hand them off physically, so people know who is responsible for them at any time.