In the movie Tron Legacy, Sam Flynn finds his fathers computer still running in the old arcade. After typing on the keyboard he triggers the digitizer and is transported to the grid.
Where is the grid?
In the first movie the Tron universe is control by master control who states he has access to the pentagon and wants language files for Asia. So it's clear in the first movie that the grid is part of the world network, or at least has access to it.
In Tron Legacy it seems very isolated. Did Keven Flynn build a private network in the arcade where he created the grid, and if so, where in the movie is this clarified? If it was an isolated network, then how could CLU send a message to Alan's pager?
Answer
The Grid of the original Tron was in Encom's servers. Those servers had network access to the outside world, which is how the MCP was trying to access the Pentagon's computers.
In Tron Legacy, Flynn setup a server in the hidden room in his arcade. Next to the touchscreen that Sam uses to interact with the server, are large cylinders, this is the bulk of the server. This server must have network or phone connections, which is how CLU sent the page. At the end of the film, Sam takes what is presumably a backup or copy of this server's storage with him as he leaves the arcade.
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