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...high school sophomore, made a habit of staying out late with her steady boyfriend, her parents bought her a beeper. Whenever she is 15 minutes past her 11:30 p.m. curfew, her parents dial a telephone number that causes a tiny electronic device stashed in her purse to beep, reminding her that it is time to go home. The elder Grenewalds also take the beeper along on their frequent trips to New York City. Says Susan Grenewald: "The kids can just buzz us if anything important happens. It means we're all in touch as a family...
...seven-digit number on an ordinary telephone. Like all beepers, it carries a monthly rental fee. Depending on the area, the cost will be about $4 to $8 a month, paid to the common carrier that transmits the signals; some carriers add a surcharge of 20? or so per beep. The pager was introduced in the Dallas-Fort Worth area last month, and should be available nationwide by the end of this year. Tandy expects to sell "a good deal more" than...
...past month, Metromedia Telecommunications, a division of the big television-and radio-station owner, has been blitzing the New York metropolitan area with an advertising campaign for its new rental beeper, fittingly named the Li'l Bugger. Suggests a newspaper ad: "Lose 'em, beep 'em-find 'em, keep 'em." The Li'l Bugger, which is powered by one A A 1.5-volt battery and has a range of 30 miles, rents for $39.95 a year with a $5-a-month broadcast fee and a 25? charge per call. Metromedia says it has been getting...
Some experts worry about the strain of staying in touch 24 hours a day. Marilyn Komechak, a Fort Worth psychologist who has clinically studied stress, believes that prolonged use of beepers produces anxiety and probably high blood pressure. "I have never seen anyone respond to a beep with a smile or a less than strident comment," she says...