Simviation Forum - Telephone question

Mar 29^th, 2010 at 7:47pm

Steve M Offline
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On my landline, Bell Canada, I canceled my answer service some years ago because of a 7$ a month charge. I want the old fashioned way back, where you could hear the caller say, " pick up the phone if you are there". If you wanted to answer you would just push a button and say hello. Otherwise you could just listen later. The old ones worked with a small cassete tape that could be erased. Unlike the provider junk that you can't moniter during recording and have to pay monthly for.
If you understand what I mean, do any of you have a modern version of these old inline answer machines?

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Reply #1 - Mar 29^th, 2010 at 8:40pm

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Steve M wrote on Mar 29^th, 2010 at 7:47pm:

On my landline, Bell Canada, I canceled my answer service some years ago because of a 7$ a month charge. I want the old fashioned way back, where you could hear the caller say, " pick up the phone if you are there". If you wanted to answer you would just push a button and say hello. Otherwise you could just listen later. The old ones worked with a small cassete tape that could be erased. Unlike the provider junk that you can't moniter during recording and have to pay monthly for.
If you understand what I mean, do any of you have a modern version of these old inline answer machines?

Back when I used a land line, had a cordless with a base that included a digital answering machine; worked the same way as the old tape jobs only without the tape. I'm sure you can till buy them.

I know what you mean about the "old fashioned way", but at least with only a cell phone, I can just look at the caller ID and ignore it, without having to hear "I KNOW YOU'RE THERE... PICK UP THE PHONE!!!" (remembering ex-girlfriend... *shudder*) Grin

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Reply #2 - Mar 29^th, 2010 at 9:14pm

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beaky wrote on Mar 29^th, 2010 at 8:40pm:

Steve M wrote on Mar 29^th, 2010 at 7:47pm:

On my landline, Bell Canada, I canceled my answer service some years ago because of a 7$ a month charge. I want the old fashioned way back, where you could hear the caller say, " pick up the phone if you are there". If you wanted to answer you would just push a button and say hello. Otherwise you could just listen later. The old ones worked with a small cassete tape that could be erased. Unlike the provider junk that you can't moniter during recording and have to pay monthly for.
If you understand what I mean, do any of you have a modern version of these old inline answer machines?

Back when I used a land line, had a cordless with a base that included a digital answering machine; worked the same way as the old tape jobs only without the tape. I'm sure you can till buy them.

I know what you mean about the "old fashioned way", but at least with only a cell phone, I can just look at the caller ID and ignore it, without having to hear "I KNOW YOU'RE THERE... PICK UP THE PHONE!!!" (remembering ex-girlfriend... *shudder*) Grin

I have cell, and caller ID on the landline..I just want to hear people tell me they know I'm at home! Grin

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Reply #3 - Mar 29^th, 2010 at 9:48pm