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From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Voice Mail vs Message Center
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Date: 17 Dec 90 18:10:39 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 888, Message 13 of 13


 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]