Voice Mail - Can't dial using 88 anymore?

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In <%F3df.10954$0l5.10325@dukeread06> on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:30:05 -0500,
Tropical Haven <[email protected]> wrote:

>wkearney99 wrote:
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>>>But...if the message was left while your phone was off, it will not show
>>>up on the recently called list.
>>
>>So don't turn it off, use the Silent profile.
>>
>Sometimes, that's not an option, as phones can cause interference.

What interference?

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John Navas wrote:

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>In <%F3df.10954$0l5.10325@dukeread06> on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:30:05 -0500,
>Tropical Haven <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
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>>wkearney99 wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>But...if the message was left while your phone was off, it will not show
>>>>up on the recently called list.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>So don't turn it off, use the Silent profile.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Sometimes, that's not an option, as phones can cause interference.
>>
>>
>
>What interference?
>
>
>
Ever been on a conference call and your phone rings, it's on silent, but
you hear the buzzing on the call? Well, everybody on the conference
call hears this. The last thing I need is someone in the headquarters
complaining they can't hear anything for 30 seconds because of rythmatic
static.

Tropical Haven wrote:
> John Navas wrote:
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>> In <%F3df.10954$0l5.10325@dukeread06> on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:30:05 -0500,
>> Tropical Haven <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> wkearney99 wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> But...if the message was left while your phone was off, it will not
>>>>> show up on the recently called list.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So don't turn it off, use the Silent profile.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sometimes, that's not an option, as phones can cause interference.
>>
>>
>> What interference?
>>
>>
>>
> Ever been on a conference call and your phone rings, it's on silent, but
> you hear the buzzing on the call? Well, everybody on the conference
> call hears this. The last thing I need is someone in the headquarters
> complaining they can't hear anything for 30 seconds because of rythmatic
> static.


Back when I'd spend hour after hour on conf calls, etiquette dictated
conferees turn their phones off to avoid that. Voicemail was handy.

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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

> As I explained: just access the "envelope", listen the calling number, and
> then dial it from memory. Is that so hard?

Probably not as hard as resisting pointing out the obvious... again.

The feature used to be there, folks that new about it, liked it. Now
they've taken it away as part of so-called upgrades. Hardly sounds like a
good thing.

To tell people they can go back to doing it manually really doesn't help.

I agree the old feature is nice, and wish it would stay.
Just to mention something different...
The "New & Improved" <vbg> feature mentions " Cut-Thru Paging/Numeric
Paging"

http://www.cingular.com/voicemail_southeast

Looks like it could be helpful only in a few special circumstances.
Here in Florida, we'll be switching before the end of November.
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> John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Press "33" while in the message to jump to the end, and then press "5"
>> for the envelope, which will include the calling number if available.
>
> You can't call that number back, but it should appear under
> "recent"-"received calls", where you can dial it, totalling several more
> key clicks than the old way, and some mental correlation between the VM
> and
> the call listing, but better than pencil and paper.
>
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> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
>

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In <[email protected]> on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 00:14:51 -0500,
"wkearney99" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> As I explained: just access the "envelope", listen the calling number, and
>> then dial it from memory. Is that so hard?
>
>Probably not as hard as resisting pointing out the obvious... again.
>
>The feature used to be there, folks that new about it, liked it. Now
>they've taken it away as part of so-called upgrades. Hardly sounds like a
>good thing.

That depends on the total package. Overall I personally find the new
voicemail system to be better than the old one. As always, YMMV.

>To tell people they can go back to doing it manually really doesn't help.

I was simply stating that manual dialing isn't that big a deal to me. Also,
automatic return dialing is still available when the caller is a Cingular
subscriber.

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In <Ucsdf.11903$0l5.8104@dukeread06> on Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:25:43 -0500,
Tropical Haven <[email protected]> wrote:

>John Navas wrote:
>
>>In <%F3df.10954$0l5.10325@dukeread06> on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:30:05 -0500,
>>Tropical Haven <[email protected]> wrote:

>>>Sometimes, that's not an option, as phones can cause interference.
>>
>>What interference?
>>
>Ever been on a conference call and your phone rings, it's on silent, but
>you hear the buzzing on the call? ...

No.

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Dana DeLouis wrote:

>I agree the old feature is nice, and wish it would stay.
>Just to mention something different...
>The "New & Improved" <vbg> feature mentions " Cut-Thru Paging/Numeric
>Paging"
>
>http://www.cingular.com/voicemail_southeast
>
>Looks like it could be helpful only in a few special circumstances.
>Here in Florida, we'll be switching before the end of November.
>
>
It says in there, "All customers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Evansville, Indiana" are affected. However, that also
notes, " You will receive a letter alerting you of your upgrade date and
broadcast voice mail messages 30 days, 14 days, and 48 hours prior to
the upgrade."

I have received niether a written notice nor a braodcast vm message.
I'm a blue customer. Maybe it's only affecting orange customers?

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In <1APdf.12737$0l5.9334@dukeread06> on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:00:34 -0500,
Tropical Haven <[email protected]> wrote:

>Dana DeLouis wrote:
>
>>I agree the old feature is nice, and wish it would stay.
>>Just to mention something different...
>>The "New & Improved" <vbg> feature mentions " Cut-Thru Paging/Numeric
>>Paging"
>>
>>http://www.cingular.com/voicemail_southeast
>>
>>Looks like it could be helpful only in a few special circumstances.
>>Here in Florida, we'll be switching before the end of November.
>>
>>
>It says in there, "All customers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
>Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina,
>Tennessee and Evansville, Indiana" are affected. However, that also
>notes, " You will receive a letter alerting you of your upgrade date and
>broadcast voice mail messages 30 days, 14 days, and 48 hours prior to
>the upgrade."
>
>I have received niether a written notice nor a braodcast vm message.
>I'm a blue customer. Maybe it's only affecting orange customers?

I think that's correct.

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