computer hardware, namely, line cards that provide an interface to one or more analog or digital telephone lines, fax cards, speech recognition cards, network interface cards, central processors, voice discs, system discs, disc controllers, back-up streaming tapes, power supplies, control modules, modems and network interface modules, all for use in providing enhanced and prepaid telecommunications services, namely, computer programs for providing enhanced and prepaid telecommunications services, namely, call answering, universal mailbox, voice message storage and forwarding and retrieval, virtual telephony, fax messaging, text messaging, integrated and non-integrated short message service, network announcements, family mailbox, closed user group, call management, personal assistant, prepaid wireless functions, integrated voice and fax message functions, voice activated dialing functions, prepaid call answering, prepaid direct dial, rapid response, prepaid voice activated dialing, and prepaid virtual telephony functions