Brett Lorenzen wrote:
> Jack Killpatrick wrote:
> >
> > Brent wrote:
> > > On 22 Oct 98, Jack Killpatrick wrote:
> > >
> > > > If someone tries to call you on your
> > > > regular line and gets a busy signal (because you're online),
> > > they can call
> > > > the Pagoo toll-free number, enter your phone number (or
> another number
> > > > that you determine during setup) when prompted, press the pound
> > > key, then
> > > > leave up to a 30 second message for you. While you're
> online, a little
> > > > program (the Pagoo "Desktop Agent") that runs on your
> system will notify
> > > > you when you get a new message.
> > >
> > > Mm. Bell Canada has a service that I use at home, called
> Internet Call
> > > Waiting: similar in function, but without the need to call a
> > > second number.
> > >
> > > Basically, I have a small Java applet that I load whenever I'm
> > > online.
>
> Just out of curiousity, do they assign you a fixed IP for this?
No. I think it works kinda like ICQ...just polls a server every once in a
while to see if there's anything new, then notifies you if there is. I'm not
sure what streaming technology they use for playing the message. I haven't
dug around my hard drive looking for temp files...and there's no
documentation that says they even download the file...so my guess is it's
probably just streamed when you hit "play". The sound quality is fine...a
little AM radio like, but gets the job done.
Jack
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