[net.general] answering machines - a survey

@pesnta.UUCP (10/15/83)

i would like to hear from people who have used phone answering machines.

1) what model did you use?
2) how much did it cost?
3) how long was the recorded message that callers heard?
	a) what the length of time fixed, or variable?
4) what nifty features did it have?
5) what misfeatures did it have?
6) etc.

chongo /\../\

@pesnta.UUCP (10/15/83)

#R:nsc:-39800:whuxlb:400014:000:614
whuxlb!Anonymous    Sep 18 10:18:00 1983

i would like to hear from people who have used phone answering machines.

1) what model did you use?
	Cobra AN-3200
2) how much did it cost? 
	Fordham Radio,  800-645-9518, $US109 thru 10/15/83
3) how long was the recorded message that callers heard?
	a) what the length of time fixed, or variable?
	20 seconds, variable
4) what nifty features did it have?
	remote 'beeper' that lets you listen to your calls from any phone
	dial-tone detect & speech detector on incoming call
	dual-cassette
	adjustable ring count
5) what misfeatures did it have?
	none yet...
6) etc.

N. R. Fildes, Bell Labs, Whippany, NJ 07981