Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!telecom-request From: rborow@bcm1a09.attmail.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: New AT&T Digital Answering Machine Message-ID: Date: 1 Apr 91 19:48:21 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 21 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 263, Message 9 of 16 Chris Petrilli discussed AT&T's new digital answering machine. Actually, it's not that terribly new, since they were in the stores back in November of '90. I was seriously considering purchasing one (and at our employee discount the price was great :-) ); however, the big drawback for me was that the outgoing message is limited to a maximum one minute in length; and, with the type of business I run out of home, I occasionally must leave outgoing messages of greater than one minute. All in all, though, I was impressed with the machine: remote programmability (even with rotary or pulse phones), voice prompts, time and date stamps, LED message indicator, personal memo feature, auto disconnect (of machine) when picking up any extension, etc. Another tidbit: the machine is tapeless; it uses two digital chips to do its job -- and no, it's not a computerized voice. You can record your own messages. Like Chris said, it's thin: about seven inches tall, one inch thick, and six inches wide and stands vertically. Randy Borow AT&T Communications Rolling Meadows, IL.