[So Cal Rocket]

Let me be the first to say: I'm stuned!

[evets]

Just stuned.

[ikka]

Search online at google.com and look at the ads down the side. Or use Froogle.google.com .

[chaosagent]

"Metro Call charges over $100 more per year than Smart Beep for the same service."

I guess that explains why Smart Beep is going out of business and Metro call isn't.

[kezekiel]

Smart Beep had a classic commerical of the couple on a blind date. He opens the door for her and she, thinking she's alone in the car... well, you just have to see it.

http://www.pocketmovies.net/detail_44.html

[L.N. Smithee]

This is not a surprise to me.

My first pager was a used SmartBeep model. To make a long story short, the service was pretty good. When I went to that location to pay a bill, I found the S.F. store, where I purchased it, moved to Oakland. Fortunately, I worked in nearby Emeryville, so it wasn't a problem. Then, I lost the pager, and needed to replace it. I went to the Oakland store. It was closed. The nearest location was in San Jose. I drove all the way to San Jose to find that the SmartBeep "store" was actually a check-cashing center, and they offered the service with a limited pager selection.

I saw the signs, and knew that even with the great price of roughly $4 a month, I would eventually be left high and dry by SmartBeep. I bit the bullet and got a cell phone.

[bondjamesbond]

In other news, The Almagamated Buggy Whip Company has fallen on hard times.

Does anybody carry a beeper anymore/