Working around "no coverage" in the office

Just moved to a new office - unfortunately there is no signal in the
building on Orange (who I am with). Vodafone and O2 seem to be
marginally better (occasional signal) - but certainly not reliable.

Thinking about options I guess I could set up a divert from my mobile to
the office number but that's a bit of a pain to do pretty much every
day. I could look into divert on no coverage - will check how that
works.

Can anyone suggest any alternatives? E.g. a system that notifies me by
e-mail of calls that have gone to voicemail?

Appreciate any suggestions - many thanks.

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jeremy

"jeremy" <jeremy0505@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Just moved to a new office - unfortunately there is no signal in the
> building on Orange (who I am with). Vodafone and O2 seem to be
> marginally better (occasional signal) - but certainly not reliable.
>
> Thinking about options I guess I could set up a divert from my mobile to
> the office number but that's a bit of a pain to do pretty much every
> day. I could look into divert on no coverage - will check how that
> works.

Depending on your phone you can set it a profile that always diverts to your
office phone.

What you really need is a femto-cell (sp?) but I don't think any are
commerically available in the UK right now.

"jeremy" <jeremy0505@gmail.com> wrote in message
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: > Just moved to a new office - unfortunately there is no
: > signal in the building on Orange (who I am with).
: > Vodafone and O2 seem to be marginally better
: > (occasional signal) - but certainly not reliable.
: >
: > Thinking about options I guess I could set up a divert
: > from my mobile to the office number but that's a bit of
: > a pain to do pretty much every day. I could look into
: > divert on no coverage - will check how that works.
: >
: > Can anyone suggest any alternatives? E.g. a system that
: > notifies me by e-mail of calls that have gone to
: > voicemail?
: >
: > Appreciate any suggestions - many thanks.

As an inveterate tinkerer, I took a somewhat unusual approach. I still use
a Nokia 6310i (and will do so until the last one I have falls apart and I
can't get a replacement) so I bought a cheap CARK-91 car kit off eBay and
fitted it into a constructor's box from Maplins (I think) which has a
sloping front panel. Mounted the handset cradle on this sloping front and
also fitted a HSU-1 handset next to it.

Sockets on the back for a 12V power supply and external aerial, microphone
glued on the front of the box and hey presto a desk mounted 6310i for the
cost of about 10 quid for the box, 30 quid or so for the car kit and a
couple of hours or so of time putting it together..! I can use it hands
free or pick up the HSU-1 for a private conversation.

Daft I know, but it works, with a magnetic mount colinear stuck high up on
the metal framed window in the office..! Plus it gets comments from
visitors..!

Ivor

In article <MPG.223ef89491c7a9c498a4d7@news.individual.net> , jeremy0505
@gmail.com says...
> Just moved to a new office - unfortunately there is no signal in the
> building on Orange (who I am with). Vodafone and O2 seem to be
> marginally better (occasional signal) - but certainly not reliable.
>
> Thinking about options I guess I could set up a divert from my mobile to
> the office number but that's a bit of a pain to do pretty much every
> day. I could look into divert on no coverage - will check how that
> works.

It works as it says it does - if your phone goes out of signal calls are
diverted. If your phone is in range, calls are not diverted.

> Can anyone suggest any alternatives? E.g. a system that notifies me by
> e-mail of calls that have gone to voicemail?

You'll get voicemail alerts or missed call alerts if the phone picks up
signal briefly, otherwise you're a little stuck.
--
Regards
Jon