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]
I had a private voicemail service that did this. Unfortunately they went bust.
As to Pat's comment, perhaps you didn't notice that this was to notify you on your cellphone when you have a message on your *landline* phone. Most all cellphones get an indication of a message left in your cellphone voicemail box either o_o or some other icon or if not an icon some send an actual text message to your handset saying "you have a voicemail dial 123 to retrieve" and also will have an audible sound to alert you that you have waiting messages.