Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!gryphon!vector!telecom-gateway From: kenj%wybbs.UUCP@sharkey.cc.umich.edu (Ken Jongsma) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Central Office Answering Machine Message-ID: Date: 13 Sep 89 14:43:48 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 13 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 373, message 2 of 11 US West has begun to push voice mail in the Denver area. They anticipate 76% of the residential customers will sign up for the $6.95/month service. Installation is $8.50, waived for a 90 day promotional period. No details are given on how the system operates, but presumably the caller gets a recording if the system detects a busy or after a certain number of rings, and is invited to leave a message. I don't know... Almost $100 a year for an answering machine? One that you may not even be able to interrogate from another phone? I think they are way to optimistic on their sign up estimates. ken@cup.portal.com