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From: think!ames!icus.ICUS.COM!lenny@eddie.mit.edu (Lenny Tropiano)
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Subject: New AT&T Service -- AT&T VoiceMark Messaging
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Date: 27 Feb 90 19:50:52 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 133, Message 6 of 10


Information Week Magazine, February 26, 1990, page 63.

Phone Fun

   "Hi, it's me.  Sorry to call so early, but my flight's been
changed, and I need you to pick me up sooner.  (mmmmphrrrrw, whoisthis
mmmmfffrrmm).  Honey, wake up.  Hello?  Hello?"

   Have you ever phoned the West Coast from New York to convey a
change of flight plans and woken up your wife/husband/faithful friend
at 4 a.m.?  AT&T's VoiceMark allows you to let sleeping spouses
lie -- and still not get stranded at the airport.

   Voice Mark Messaging Service lets callers record and send messages
to any telephone, whether it's across town or across the world, at any
hour.  Karen Antonucci, VoiceMark marketing manager, says, "You no
longer have to endure the frustration and time delays associated with
friends and associates who aren't at home or time zone differences."

   There are no sign-up fees or monthly charges.  Customers dial
1-800-562-6275, follow the instructions and leave a one minute
personal recording.  Messages can be scheduled for delivery
immediately or up to one week later, and recipients can record a
one-minute reply at no extra charge.

   Voice Mark costs, $1.75 for automated delivery; the fee for
person-to-person delivery, in which an attendant personally introduces
the message to the specified person, is $2.50.  There are no toll
charges -- the distance the message travels does not affect the price.


[Moderator's Note: Does anyone know if they are still incapable of
accepting their own (AT&T) credit card for these calls from other than
the Atlanta area?  PT]