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- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 01:58:16 -0500
- From: Joe.Bergstein@p501.f544.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Bergstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: New AnswerCall Features
- Message-ID: <telecom13.6.10@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: TELECOM Digest
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 6, Message 10 of 10
- Lines: 41
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- I thought TELECOM Digest readers might be interested in some new
- features announced by C&P Telephone for their Answer Call CO based
- voicemail service. As an Answer Call customer, I received an
- announcement that there will be a price increase in February from
- $5.00/month to $6.50/month. The letter included news of the following
- new features:
-
- Optional Busy Greeting: You can have two separate personal greetings
- -- one to let callers know when you're on the phone, the other to
- indicate when you're not available to answer. The Optional Busy
- Greeting will be a standard AnswerCall feature with no additional
- charge.
-
- Reminder Service: You can program Answer Call to call your home number
- and play a pre-recorded reminder message at a set time that you
- choose. This option will be introduced on a free trial basis, after
- which time a small usage charge of $0.15 per activation will apply.
-
- Special Delivery Service: Answer call will call you if you're away
- from home when an urgent message arrives in your AnswerCall mailbox.
- This service will be free for a limited time after which a $0.35 per
- activation charge will apply.
-
- [Note that the announcement does not clarify what an "urgent" message
- is, and whether callers will have an option to flag a message as
- "urgent"].
-
- Although not mentioned in the letter, the price list includes a Pager
- Notification option at a cost of $3.00 per month for up to 65 activa-
- tions plus $0.20 per activation over 65.
-
- [Note, too that these prices are for residential users only. I
- believe that these services are available for business users at
- slightly higher prices].
-
-
- [Moderator's Note: Answer Call appears to have some additional
- features not being offered by IBT in their voicemail service, such as
- the Pager Notification, and reminder service. It sounds nice. PAT]
-
-