Choosing the right pager During my search for pagers, I looked into various services. Some paging services are inexpensive but limited in what they do. It's essential, I've found, to choose a good service because it can upgrade your pager as your needs change and technology evolves. The pager I chose displays alphanumeric messages on a small screen. By checking the messages, I can determine which ones I need to act on right away.
Some pagers also offer a larger screen that displays four lines at a time.
Both types of pagers have a vibration setting to signal that a page is waiting to be read, an option that makes them ideal for a school setting. I alone know when the pager is going off, so I can go into classrooms or meetings and not have everything come to a standstill when I get paged. When my secretaries need to reach me, they use the basic beeper number. I know to come to the office when I see the school phone number on the pager screen. With the pager, I can keep phone tag to a minimum.