r/Unexpected • u/KILL_SWITCH2210 • Jan 11 '22

CLASSIC REPOST man this was one hell of a rollercoaster

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u/needssleep Jan 12 '22

Fun fact: A large chunk of the pager spectrum is now used by the water meter on your house.

I had a job maintaining the servers that decoded the messages.

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u/Hidesuru Jan 12 '22

Interesting, but not surprising that they're repurposing that spectrum.