ATLANTA-Paging Network Inc. launched its VoiceNow voice paging service in Atlanta. The service allows subscribers to receive a caller’s voice message. Service packages begin at $10 per month and the VoiceNow pager may be purchased for $180 or leased for a smaller monthly payment, the company said.
The messages are stored at a central location rather than being broadcast like typical paging messages. A locator message is broadcast first to search for the subscriber’s pager. Within about a minute, the locater page is acknowledged and the voice page is sent to the transmitter nearest to the pager and forwarded. VoiceNow uses PageNet’s narrowband personal communications services network.
Atlanta’s extended coverage includes Marietta, Roswell, Alpharetta, Suwanee, Decatur and Fairburn, Ga. VoiceNow also is available in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and parts of California and Nevada.
