Wide Area Carriers vs Local Area Paging
What are the advantages of using a local response paging system for critical alert messaging over using a wide area carrier? The biggest and most crucial advantage is that a local response paging system can deliver its messages within three to four seconds. A wide area carrier can take up to three to five minutes to deliver critical messages. When time is crucial – the fasted delivery method is an important factor to consider.
Another important factor is that with local area paging YOU are in CONTROL. Since it’s your broadcasting system and your response pagers receiving the messages, you are in control of the system, its usage and its maintenance. With wide area carriers another entity outside of your facility is handling your critical messages. You have no control over their broadcast facilities, their operation or over their outages.
If you choose a local response paging system, you will also have control over the paging devices that your staff members will be using. When it comes to critical alert messaging for your facility, these two factors – time to deliver messages and control over the process – both point to a local response paging system as the superior methodology for delivering these messages.