Verizon's Voice Mailboxes Now Give 'Shout Out' to
> Verizon Wireless Phones When New Messages Arrive
> Home and Business Customers in N.Y.C. and New England Can
> Receive TXT Alerts on Their Verizon Wireless Phones
> NEW YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon home and
> business voice mailboxes now can alert customers on their
> Verizon Wireless phone that someone has left a message.
> Starting today, Verizon voice-messaging customers in New
> York City and New England can add a feature that sends a
> text message to any Verizon Wireless short text messaging-
> capable phone with an alert that a new voice message has
> been left on the customer's landline phone.
>
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> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: What is supposed to make
> that so exceptional? Cingular Wireless has always had an
> icon on the display screen indicating voice message
> waiting, and I have always had my phone set to make three
> chirps when that icon is turned on. PAT]
The "New" feature is having the voicemail on your home phone send a message to your cellphone saying a message has been left. Most voicemail systems have had this feature for years. You could have it call your cellphone or a pager. The SMS message is sort of a new wrinkle on an existing service.
Pete Romfh, Telecom Geek & Amateur Gourmet. promfh at hal dash pc dot org