Whats the difference between an “on-site” paging system and a carrier-based paging system?
On-site paging systems provide large work sites the benefits of individual pagers without the air-time subscriptions charged by commercial carriers. But, there are broadcast range limitations; most on-site systems are equipped with a single small-scale transmitter only capable of reaching pagers within a one mile radius. You will have difficulties if your messaging requirements aren’t limited to the work site. Commercial carriers are licensed by the FCC for broadband signalling across a network of large-scale transmitter towers. Coverage is based upon your subscribed services, and can range from regional to nationwide messaging. Both on-site and carrier-based paging systems use the industry standard paging protocols for message dispatching, and are fully compatible with RamPage!
