Now, for free, you've got voice mail

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At least three start-up firms have introduced, or plan to introduce, Internet services that allow customers to receive voice mail along with their e-mail and faxes. The service works this way: a customer is assigned a new phone number that will not ring at his home or office, but on which people can leave him voice messages. These messages are then forwarded to the customer as audio attachments on e-mails, or they can be maintained on a Web site where a password can retrieve them. Some of these services also allow the customer to get their messages over the phone. San Francisco-based Telebot Corp. has already signed up 35,000 users, after launching its service in February. uReach.com Inc., which launched its service in May, expects to have 30,000 users by the end of June. OneBox.com Inc. is about to announce its service and will begin taking registrations for its launch at the end of June. It hopes to have between two million and five million users by the end of the year. Telebot and uReach use toll-free phone numbers, whereas OneBox offers customers local numbers, starting in the New York area, Northern California and Austin, Texas.

On-Line Information Services, Videotex & Teletext, Services introduction, Services, Company service introduction, Service introduction, Voice mail, Telebot Corp., uReach.com Inc., OneBox.com Inc.

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HomeGrocer.com raises $100 million to grow on

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In the race for selling groceries on-line, there are two top competitors that are at each others heels. HomeGrocer.com and Webvan are both looking to acquire consumers who are quickly jumping into the on-line grocery shopping bandwagon.

Sales, profits & dividends, Video Retailing Service, All Other Information Services, Market share, Securities, Home shopping, Webvan Group Inc., HomeGrocer.com Inc.

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