1. Imagine you are online using
a dialup modem.
2. Someone calls you on that same
phone line. Yikes!
3. With Internet Call Alert services,
you get a message on your computer screen showing the caller
(using Caller ID technology).
Call Alert Tip: Behind the
scenes, the service you're using has the call forwarded
to them. Then they send you a notification on your PC.
That's why, with some of the services, you need to pay
your local telephone company a special monthly fee.
4. Depending on which service you
use, you can decide whether to ignore the call, let voicemail
pick it up, forward the call to you mobile phone, or you
can even send the caller a special computer-generated message
telling them that you're busy but can call them back.
5. You can listen to your messages
directly from your PC. With some services, you can also
have messages e-mailed to you.
That's it in a nutshell.
But it's also important to know that these call alert
services - AOL
Call Alert, Call Wave
Call Alert, BuzMe
Call Alert, and Pagoo
Call Alert - can really change your lifestyle. For instance,
if you run a home business, and are on the road, it becomes
You can also completely switch your home voicemail
or answering machine to an Internet version. Even though they're
not expensive, the high-end versions of Internet Call Alert
software can take over the duties of your answering machine.
That makes it easier to remotely access messages, among other
things.
On the other hand, if all you're looking for is a
program to notify you when you're online and get a call on
the same line, then you've also come to the right place --
because all of these services have been designed to do exactly
that, and it shows.
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