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Pogue's Posts: Take Back the Beep Campaign

By By David Pogue

Published: July 30, 2009

You don’t have to sit there, waiting to leave your message, listening to a speech recorded by a third-grade teacher on Ambien.

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/the-mandatory-15-second-voicemail-instructions/