john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) (12/18/90)
From the Pac*Bell Upsell(tm) department:
Falling prey to the major advertising campaign Pac*Bell has been
running in print, radio, and TV ads, I inquired of my business office
regarding the MessageCenter(tm). This is $5/month voice mail for the
very small user, available to businesses and residences.
Bzzzzzt. Sorry. "Not available in your area." Not really surprising
since my CO equipment survived the quake (1906, not 1989). However, I
was offered an alternative: Voice Mail (at $20/month). Now how do you
suppose Pac*Bell can provide $20/month Voice Mail out of an office
that can't provide MessageCenter (a voice mail-type product)?
Is the MessageCenter real? Or is it a way to get the telephonic foot
in the door for Voice Mail? I didn't bite.
John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395
john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !
[Moderator's Note: For the difference they are asking, you could get a
nice voice mail box from Centel here and call LD each day to get your
messages. For details on Centel voicemail: 1-708-518-6000. PAT]john@uunet.uu.net (John Temples) (12/21/90)
In article <15493@accuvax.nwu.edu> John Higdon <john@bovine.ati.com> writes: >I inquired of my business office >regarding the MessageCenter(tm). This is $5/month voice mail for the >very small user, available to businesses and residences. I'm not sure if this would be of any help to you, but United Telephone has a low-cost voice mail system. Their basic package offers a mailbox with seven message capacity and four day retention for $4.45 per month. Here in Orlando, we are served by both United Telephone and Southern Bell. I've got a United message line even though I'm a Southern Bell customer. There was no setup fee, and the first three months were only $3.00 each. United's number is 1-800-347-9990. John W. Temples -- john@jwt.UUCP (uunet!jwt!john)