The Problem Back in the 80's and 90's it was sort of a fashion statement to have a pager on your hip. Now that cell phones are the preferred method you would have thought that pagers would have gone by the wayside but that is not the case. Some of the most sensitive information is being broadcast in the clear for anybody to listen in on every single day. Hospitals use them because at the high power limits of the radio signal, the message is likely to get to the recipient even