Dalton has dealers in radio paging equipment. This is a one-way communication system. It is often used by professionals who may need to report to duty at odd hours, such as doctors. It allows communication of information, provided the person has a pager and is within the network area. A number of specialized equipment and technology is needed for setting up a paging network. This includes paging terminal, controller, the outbound control and paging information channel, transmitter network, communication links and the devices themselves. A number of these are manufactured by various companies, one or more of which are available in Dalton. In particular, a wide variety of pagers are available.