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| Written by David Pogue | |
| Monday, 03 August 2009 | |
 Tainge Back the Beep Campaign., Over the past week, in The New York Times and on my blog, I’ve been ranting about one particularly blatant money-grab by American cellphone carriers: the mandatory 15-second voicemail instructions.
Suppose you call my cell to leave me a message. First you hear my own voice: “Hi, it’s David Pogue. Leave a message, and I’ll get back to you”–and THEN you hear a 15-second canned carrier message. Sprint: “[Phone number] is not available right now. Please leave a detailed message after the tone. When you have finished recording, you may hang up, or press pound for more options.” Verizon: “At the tone, please record your message. When you have finished recording, you may hang up, or press 1 for more options. To leave a callback number, press 5. (Beep)” AT&T: “To page this person, press five now. At the tone, please record your message. When you are finished, you may hang up, or press one for more options.” T-Mobile: “Record your message after the tone. To send a numeric page, press five. When you are finished recording, hang up, or for delivery options, press pound.” Read Story Take Back the Beep Campaign src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> |
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