5. A method according to claim 1 including the step of allowing access to a subscriber mailbox via the private base station only after a predetermined identification number is entered into a keyboard located on the private base station.
1. A method of delivering a voice mail notification to a subscriber of a voice mail system to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox, comprising the steps of receiving within a cellular phone network a voice mail notification from a voice mail system that indicates a voice mail message is waiting for a subscriber, and forwarding, without subscriber intervention, the voice mail notification through the cellular phone network to a private base station used by the subscriber to indicate a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox of the voice mail system, and including the step of incorporating within the voice mail notification forwarded to the private base station a calling number of the calling party that left the voice mail message, a name of the calling party, if known, and an index of the voice mail messages waiting in the subscriber mailbox.