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To: alydar who wrote (63321)	11/25/2001 9:24:36 AM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Re: Voice mail Yes the RBOCs are very creative in developing and marketing these services. They sell the consumer Caller ID then they sell the telemarketers ways to get around this and be anonymous. Then they sell the consumer an "enhanced" service which is supposed to offer "anonymous call rejection" and then turn around and sell telemarketers ways around this too. An escalating arms race of service plan opportunities each with its own attached revenue stream. Has anyone else noticed how despite long distance charges dropping the local phone bill somehow manages to keep growing? Yes, I too use voice mail mainly because today it is the only way to get messages while you're on the phone. But if the phone system were IP based I could buy a programmable box that would filter and process calls according to my preferences rather according to a limited set of "service plan" offerings that my RBOC saw fit to provide. The result would be better service at lower cost.

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