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- Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!knight
- From: knight@netcom.com (John Knight)
- Subject: Re: Which answering machine?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.201451.22436@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <41969@unix.SRI.COM>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:14:51 GMT
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- cole@unix.SRI.COM (Susan Cole) writes:
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- >I want to buy a new answering machine with at least the following features:
- > ...
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- >Any quick recommendations? I may even buy it tonight (Wednesday 1/6).
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- AVOID PHONEMATE!!!!
-
- I purchased one from Fry's Electronics, got it home, found it was defective,
- returned it for another of the same model, which has slowly been going down-
- hill ever since.
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- While it does have a nice feature set and price, it frequently cuts off
- people leaving messages (so they have to call back again) as well as sometimes
- forgetting to play the outgoing message.
-
- I have been in contact with their customer support, there line is always busy,
- and it is not a toll free number. When speaking to them, insist that it is a
- installation error, (but if I want, I can ship it to L.A. and they will check
- it out; leaving me w/o an answering machine). It's a big mess.
-
- I've been considering "The Message Center" from Pacific Bell. Has anyone had
- any experience with them?
-
- knight
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