[MLUG] Don't Laugh...

[David Montminy]

Sorin Toma wrote:
> sustain_ability at 123mail.org wrote:
>   
>> Hello/Bonjour,
>>
>> Does anybody do pagers? I found one for sale on Kijiji, none on
>> Craigslist. I suspect the technology's gone to dodo-land.
>> Cheers
>> Sustain
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
> Hello,
> I use one, yes. It's easy to configure a modem to page you in case of a 
> server failure (ofc you can do the same thing to the cellphone, but the 
> cellphone is turned off while sleeping, going to a restaurant, to a 
> movie or when a boss has pissed you off, ain't it?).
>
>   

You should be aware that the old pagers did not guaranty delivery of 
message. SMS guaranty delivery, but if the message has to be re-send it 
is put last in a very long queue... It might take hours for a re-send.

Important things to know, if these tools are used to monitor any server 
(and time is important)

David Montminy