In an attempt to stem the flow of phone subscribers away from their telco business (1.2 million to the cable companies in 3 years), Montreal's Bell has introduced a couple of new features to it's landline and cell phone clients. One new service "... allows landline customers to access their voice mail messages through any internet-connected computer. The service can also alert customers to new messages by automatically sending an e-mail or text message to their mobile phones." On the cell phone side of the equation, Bell has a new offering that "converts text messages into voice on landlines... which can be listened to on a landline by the receiving customer or sent to voice mail." Of course these new features will cost you... between $3 and $13 per month depending on your phone plan. Somethings will never change! CBC story here.
