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Please note that the following datelines are not associated with Seattle Voice Systems LLC. They are independently owned and operated and are used as examples of familiar services, for those uncertain of the concept of a dateline or chatline.
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 Not to be confused with an "internet chatroom" or "internet dateline"... a telephone dateline is a telephone service which allows callers to:
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Professional telephone datelines normally consist of an "Ads" mailbox section
and/or a live "Chat" section.
The "Ads" section of the dateline allows callers to:
The "Chat" section of the dateline allows callers to:
Both the "Ads" & "Chat" sections are normally |
 Methods and extent of management are often influenced by the following:
Successful telephone datelines have been installed and managed from spare bedrooms of homes, apartments and small offices. In it's simplest form, a dateline may require no more than a few hours (1-3) each evening to maintain new or existing accounts, leaving the owner free to do as they please during the remainder of the day. Simply introduce a new (small) dateline into the market, bringing it up in the "Ads" only mode (voice personal mailboxes). Because callers tend to spend less time on the system, per-call, in "Ads" only mode, more callers have access to the system throughout the day. Once the subscriber base has grown and revenues support additional phone line installation, the live "Chat" section can be activated. Phone line bandwith into the system should be sufficient at that point to accommodate longer duration call traffic in the "Chat" section, as well as short duration call traffic in the "Ads" section. Try to limit the size of initial hardcopy advertisements in the local "Alternative newsweekly" publication. Advertisements should be competitive in size and layout, but as inexpensive as possible to minimize monthly overhead costs. Advertisements should be visible... in the "dateline section" of the "Alternative newsweekly" publication... not elsewhere where they won't be noticed. You're paying good money for your advertisements. Make sure that you receive a complete complimentary copy of each "newsweekly" you place your ads in for review of ad positioning and reproduction clarity. For a list of domestic (U.S.) "newsweeklies" refer to the web site link: http://aan.org/gbase/Aan/publicationDirectory Provide a phone number, in your advertisements, so that subscribers may contact you during the evening hours to set up new accounts, or add minutes to existing accounts. Better yet, use a phone answering machine (or phone company voice mail) to accept around-the-clock update requests for new or existing accounts. Simply instruct callers to record a message, providing the following information:
NOTE: Most large dateline services begin as a small dateline. As the small dateline becomes more established in the initial market, expanding into other markets becomes a viable option. With growth, day-to-day operations will become more organized and the business will, gradually, take on the appearance of a corporate model. Large dateline businesses are normally centralized, located in a large office space and organized into several "departments". Some of the "departments" might include:
(for all deployed systems). Some support online credit card/checking AVS verification with realtime or periodic batch uploads to their credit card merchant. Advertising may be "boiler plate" for all established dateline markets, or market specific to remain competitive at a local level. It's not uncommon for large established datelines to maintain "grandfathered account" agreements with local "Alternative newsweeklies" for favored or competitive ad placement. If you're new in the market, make sure that "grandfathered account" politics are not impacting the visibility or placement of your ads. |
 All of our scalable software products are designed for the MS Windows NT or Windows 2000 Server platforms (using Dialogic's "DNA" natural drivers). 
We support configurations employing the 16 port Dialogic D/160SC-LS(ISA slot), or 12 port D/120JCT-LS (PCI slot) analog cards on the low-end, incrementing through the family of non-retired analog, digital T-1/E-1 Dialogic/Intel voice telephony cards, supporting conferencing. Our software products are designed to run on desktop, half-height tower, or industrial grade rackmount systems. You'll require 1 or more available PCI or ISA slots in your system, to install the desired number of Dialogic/Intel voice telephony card(s). If you have any questions about configuration issues, please, feel free to contact us. For more information regarding our matchmaking software, dateline software, chatline software...Click here. Assuming you're new to the market and starting up your first 16 voice line telephony service. You may consider running the service on your own PC with 1 available ISA slot to install the required Dialogic D/160SC-LS card. |
 
Navigate the actual system - You're welcome to try out our
(deployment ready) demo dateline system "Sessions" by dialing:
Although you can navigate the system on the men's side without an account #, you can't access paymode areas. By using the account #, above, you'll have full access to the system. Women aren't required to have an account #, in the current configuration. In order to access the live chatroom, have two callers dial both the male and female phone #'s, concurrently, and select "RealTalk" from the main menu. This will allow you both to exchange real-time msg.s and engage in live 1-on-1 conferences. |