M>> 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.
But in most cases the outcalling feature is turned off because it is a huge security hole.