SkyTel 2Way pagers DOWN all US

Wed May 20 14:07:30 UTC 1998

> 
> On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 01:54:32AM -0400, Dean Anderson wrote:
> > >other .5% problem), I told her if I was ever kidnapped to call Skytel as
> > >they had to be able to track where I was.  The woman on the phone "would
> > >neither confirm nor deny" that possibility.  She referenced a privacy
> > >issue and didn't want to say more.
> > 
> > Interesting. Of course, we know from the OJ saga that Cellphones can be
> > located well enough to find a moving vehicle...
> > 
> > 		--Dean
> 
> Pagemart service is STILL down as of this time (5-20-98 8:30 AM CDT); I am
> getting neither my normal "news and weather" broadcasts or directed pages.
> 
	Still no SkyTel.  Areas where they use land based communication to
the towers are fine, but the areas where they use the "Sky" part are still
down of course.  I asked a Ham Radio friend of mine to look into it, and he'll
be posting on his web site whatever he learns:


		http://digital.net/~cheshire


			Tuc/TTSG