Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!telecom-request From: theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu (George A. Theall) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Bell of PA Answer Call Standardization Message-ID: Date: 24 Mar 91 13:53:55 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 26 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 237, Message 8 of 10 Bell of Pennsylvania says it will standardize its Answer Call voice mail service in April. Essentially this means the numbers one presses when retrieving messages will be rearranged. In the announcement, which Bell of PA left on subscribers' mailboxes yesterday, this standardization will make it easier to interact with other voice mail systems, at work, in businesses, etc ... details on the new rearrangement will be sent to subscribers shortly. Does anyone know what standard Bell of PA is referring to? Is there really a committee somewhere weighing such matters as to whether, say, one should press <4> or <7> to delete a message? And exactly what sort of compliance can realistically be expected of other, existing voice mail systems? George theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu Dept. of Economics theall@ssctemp.sas.upenn.edu Univ. of Pennsylvania gtheall@penndrls.upenn.edu Philadelphia, PA 19104