Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!ctrsol!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!wuarchive!texbell!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: westmark!dave@uunet.uu.net (Dave Levenson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Beeps During Conversation Recording Message-ID: Date: 18 Nov 89 03:44:03 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA Lines: 48 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 519, message 5 of 8 In article , kanner@apple.com (Herbert Kanner) writes: > It is interesting to note, in view of the above, that of the following > list of machine brands that I have owned (and in most cases returned > to the store) only the Panasonic emits the beep. > AT&T top of the line machine > Northwest Bell machine with time/day stamp > Cobra with time/day stamp > Record-a-Call (model over five years old) > Panasonic with time/day stamp It would be interesting to learn why Herb returned so many machines to the store. The Panasonic unit I bought was very user-friendly -- it had one button that is used to play back all of the messages. But it only plays each message exactly once. No backspace, no save it for later. No listen again to get the number down. That's why I returned it (sorry, I don't remember the model number, but it was a two-line model). I recently brought home the AT&T 1330 (from Sears). This is an answering machine with an LCD display, solid-state storage of the outgoing announcement, and a single-cassette. The LCD displays the current time, or the time the message you're hearing was recorded, or soft labels for the five pushbuttons you use to administer the machine (I think it has more customer-administerable options than some AT&T business telephone systems!) It also voice time-stamps the messages on playback, in case you can't see the display. I think I'll keep this one. Dave Levenson Voice: (201) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave [Moderator's Note: Well, as for me and my household (self, brother and his wife), we use voice mail from Centel....and love it. And they have a method of billing on miscellaneous accounts for non-Centel (phone) customers such as myself. So if you would like a 'presence' in the new 708 area code, and are willing to spring for $4.95 per month (ten messages, thirty seconds each; thirty second outgoing message) then contact Ms. O'Keefe, in the Business Office of Centel, 2004 Miner Street, Des Plaines, IL 60016. Phone 708-391-6536. You will get direct access to your mailbox with a number of the form 708-518-6xxx. For a demo of the system, call 708-518-6000. PT]