MediaOne(R) Launches Digital Telephone Services
MediaOne(R) Launches Digital Telephone Services in Newton, Needham, Wellesley, Watertown, Dedham, Sherborn, Weston and Wayland
Massachusetts Residents Offered Clearer Sound, all of the Most Popular Calling Features at Prices Between 26 to 59 Percent Lower Than the Competition
ANDOVER, Mass., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaOne®, the Broadband services arm of MediaOne Group (NYSE: UMG - news), today announces the introduction of local Digital Telephone Services in eight additional Massachusetts communities. MediaOne will provide a full spectrum of popular calling features at prices between 26 and 59 percent lower than the competition in Newton, Needham, Wellesley, Watertown, Dedham, Sherborn and Weston on June 8 and in Wayland on June 21.
MediaOne is offering its Digital Telephone Services with 15 popular calling features, such as Caller ID, Call Waiting and Last Call Return (*69), unlimited local calling plus touchtone service, to residents in these communities for a monthly price of $26.95.
MediaOne is also offering its Digital Telephone Services customers a choice of two regional calling plans that include unlimited calls to Metropolitan Boston and Eastern Massachusetts at a value up to 26 percent below the competition. Customers in these communities will be able to place an unlimited number of calls to the 617, 508, 781 and 978 area codes with the Unlimited Eastern Massachusetts Calling Plan for an additional monthly price of $22.95. Or, customers may choose the Metropolitan Calling Plan which enables them to place an unlimited number of calls to 84 Metropolitan Boston communities for an additional $12.95 per month.
''MediaOne is delivering on the promise of the 1996 Telecommunications Act by offering our customers a better choice in local telephone service,'' said Linda Laskowski, Vice President of Broadband Data and Voice Services. ''MediaOne Digital Telephone Services is the latest example of the power and flexibility of our Broadband network and its capabilities to deliver better, faster and clearer ways to communicate.''
MediaOne Digital Telephone Services are provided over the company's state- of-the-art hybrid fiber optic/coaxial cable (HFC) or Interactive Broadband Network, which also brings MediaOne customers quality cable television and Road Runner high-speed Internet services.
MediaOne Digital Telephone Services are compatible with any household's existing telephones and wiring, and MediaOne telephone customers may keep their existing phone number. Customers who sign up early will receive free installation, a free month of local telephone service and two months of voice mail at no charge. And, if within the first 30 days, customers are not completely satisfied with their Digital Telephone Services, MediaOne will switch them back to their previous provider at no cost.
With the introduction of Digital Telephone Services to an additional 70,816 households in these communities, MediaOne's local telephone services will be available in 40 Massachusetts communities and to over 326,000 households.
MediaOne began offering local telephone services over its Broadband network to Massachusetts residents on September 1, 1998. MediaOne's Digital Telephone Services are now available in Arlington, Andover, Beverly, Billerica, Boxford, Burlington, Chelmsford, Dedham, Dracut, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lowell, Marblehead, Methuen, Middleton, Nahant, Needham, Newton, North Andover, North Reading, Newbury, Newburyport, Reading, Revere, Rowley, Saugus, Sherborn, Stoneham, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, Wenham, West Newbury, Weston, Wilmington, Winchester and Woburn. MediaOne Digital Telephone Services will also be available in Wayland on June 21. MediaOne plans to offer local telephone services to over one million households in MediaOne's Northeast service area.
MediaOne Digital Telephone Services will be available to both MediaOne cable customers and non-cable customers. MediaOne currently offers digital telephone service in Atlanta (GA), Jacksonville (FL), Los Angeles (CA), Pompano Beach (FL) and Richmond (VA).
Pricing and Features
MediaOne's 15 standard features include Caller ID, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, Last Call Return (*69), Continuous Redial (*66), Distinctive Ring, Speed Calling and Three-Way Calling, among others.
With MediaOne Digital Telephone Services, customers will be able to choose from among three service packages, voice mail and calling plans:
RightPak One line with all of our most popular features included......$26.95/per
month
RightPak Plus One line with all of our most popular features included, plus one basic
line............$35.95/per month
RightPak II Two lines with all of our most popular features included on both lines
................$42.95/per month
Voice Mail........................$4.95/per month
Voice Mail w/ Personal Extensions...................... $6.95/per month
Voice Mail w/ Pager Notification........................$7.95/per month
Voice Mail w/ Extensions & Pager Notification...........$8.95/per month
Unlimited Eastern Massachusetts Calling Plan...........$22.95/per month
Metropolitan Calling Plan..............................$12.95/per month
30-day switch-back guarantee
MediaOne Group (NYSE: UMG - news) is one of the world's largest Broadband communications companies, bringing the power of Broadband and the Internet to customers in the United States, Europe and Asia. The company also has interests in some of the fastest-growing wireless communications businesses outside the U.S. For 1998, the businesses that comprise MediaOne Group produced $7.1 billion in proportionate revenue. On May 6, 1999, the company entered into an agreement to merge with AT&T.
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MediaOne Digital Telephone Services offers 15 Calling Features that help you keep in touch and keep life running smoothly
Never Miss a Call With:
Call Forwarding allows you to forward all of your calls to a selected telephone number.
Call Waiting allows you to take a second call without ending a conversation in progress.
Call Waiting Caller ID allows you to receive Caller ID information on calls that are presented via Call Waiting.
Preferred Call Forwarding allows you to forward only selected telephone calls to another telephone number.
Protect Your Privacy With:
Caller ID with Name/Number Delivery shows the name and telephone number of the person calling you.
Caller ID ''Per Call'' Blocking temporarily blocks delivery of your telephone number to Caller ID boxes or call return services.
Anonymous Call Rejection prevents callers who have blocked their name and telephone number from reaching you.
Distinctive Ring allows you to have separate phone numbers on one telephone line. Each number is identified by its own unique ring, so you'll know who a call is for before you answer.
Priority Ring allows you to recognize a particular calling telephone number by a special ring.
Selective Call Blocking allows you to block selected calling telephone numbers.
Custom Code Restriction blocks your telephone from being used to make certain types of calls.
Save Time With:
Last Call Return (*69) automatically redials the last incoming telephone number.
Continuous Redial (*66) will continue to dial any busy telephone number for you.
Speed Calling allows you to assign a one or two digit code to frequently called numbers.
Three-Way Calling allows you to talk to two other callers at the same time.
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