penguin@gnh-igloo.cts.com (Mark Steiger) (10/29/90)
US West has started a new service in the Minneapolis area. It is a service which you record a message on thir computer. When your phone is busy or not answered, the computer at the phone Co. office catches the call, plays your message, then listens and records the messages. They say you can check on your messages from anywhere with touchtone and change the message at any time. It sounds kinda good, but I am too far away to get it. Also, I don't need Bell keeping track of who is calling me. [ Mark Steiger, Sysop, The Igloo 218/262-3142 300/1200/2400 baud] ProLine.:penguin@gnh-igloo America Online: Goalie5 UUCP....:crash!gnh-igloo!penguin MCI Mail......: MSteiger Internet:penguin@gnh-igloo.cts.com ARPA....:crash!gnh-igloo!penguin@nosc.mil [Moderator's Note: You silly fellow! Bell already has all the mechanisms in place to 'keep track of who is calling you'. What makes you think their new voicemail service would make it any easier or more likely? Under voicemail, they'd only get the ones who left messages. Whatever switch they are running now, if it is capable of handling voicemail then I'm sure it already keeps plenty of audit trails. PAT]