Although consumers have gotten along just fine for 125 years with voice-only telephones, WorldGate Communications chief executive officer Hal M. Krisbergh Hal M. Krisbergh is betting his company's future that hearing a caller's voice isn't enough.
With his children in the car, he was flipping radio stations when they heard a talk-radio caller's angry diatribe.
The other significant character is Crystal (Barbara eda-Young), Jed's loopy mother, who has fallen in love with someone she has never seen or heard, a persistent phone caller who never utters a syllable.
The 911 calls then ended up being rerouted to the bank's phone system, and callers heard a busy signal.
This time, Halle Berry has heard an intruder in the caller's house.
The F.C.C. is thought to be leaning toward a substantial notification system -- one that would require that a caller hear a message indicating what the charge will be and that would give the caller an opportunity to disconnect before incurring any fees at all.
After hearing a little about a caller's fiance, she decided, "You don't want to marry this guy".
Typically, the caller hears a prerecorded message and then has an opportunity to leave a message in return.
