A stumper? Voicemail capacity

I was browsing some sites aimlessly, when I discovered that some other
wireless carriers actually specify the voicemail capacity per user of
their system. For example, on the Cingular network, users get a basic
voice mail system that gives subscribers a mailbox with a 20 message
capacity, each message being a maximum of two minutes. The system
stores these messages (whether they they have been listened to or not)
for a maximum of 14 days.

This got me curious. Does anyone have the specs for Sprint's voicemail
system? I know that the retention for messages is around the 30-day
range, and it would appear that the system has a maximum message length
of between 5 and 7 minutes (which I had the misfortune of learning first
hand when some drunk boozer called my number by mistake at 4 a.m. and
left a rambling, incoherent message about that long before getting cut
off). But for all I know, the VM inbox could be set up to allow either
multiple long messages, or just have a maximum overall capacity of 5-7
minutes and the number of messages is irrelevant as long as they stay
under that minute capacity.

Just idle curiosity. If anyone knows how Sprint's VM is set up, I'd
appreciate if they'd share.

Thanks.

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Isaiah Beard wrote:
> I was browsing some sites aimlessly, when I discovered that some
other
> wireless carriers actually specify the voicemail capacity per user of

> their system. For example, on the Cingular network, users get a
basic
> voice mail system that gives subscribers a mailbox with a 20 message
> capacity, each message being a maximum of two minutes. The system
> stores these messages (whether they they have been listened to or
not)
> for a maximum of 14 days.
>
> This got me curious. Does anyone have the specs for Sprint's
voicemail
> system? I know that the retention for messages is around the 30-day
> range, and it would appear that the system has a maximum message
length
> of between 5 and 7 minutes (which I had the misfortune of learning
first
> hand when some drunk boozer called my number by mistake at 4 a.m. and

> left a rambling, incoherent message about that long before getting
cut
> off). But for all I know, the VM inbox could be set up to allow
either
> multiple long messages, or just have a maximum overall capacity of
5-7
> minutes and the number of messages is irrelevant as long as they stay

> under that minute capacity.
>
> Just idle curiosity. If anyone knows how Sprint's VM is set up, I'd
> appreciate if they'd share.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> E-mail fudged to thwart spammers.
> Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply.

That's interesting--because I had a "mailbox full" effect when I had only 3
or so. Is the length of the message a factor?
"Disney Dan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 30 Msgs max

Lee Grupsmith wrote:
> That's interesting--because I had a "mailbox full" effect when I had only 3
> or so. Is the length of the message a factor?

Possibly. how long were these messages that you had?

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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> That's interesting--because I had a "mailbox full" effect when I had only3
> or so. Is the length of the message a factor?
> "Disney Dan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > 30 Msgs max
>

That *is* odd. Here's what Sprint has on their web site:

> When you access your voicemail, the system tells you how many new
> and saved messages you have. Your voicemail box can hold a total
> of 30 messages.
>
> New messages are retained for 20 days. If you do not save a new
> message within 20 days, it is deleted automatically. Saved messages
> are retained for 30 days. If you do not delete a saved message
> within 30 days, it is deleted automatically.
>
> If your mailbox is full, you will hear a "mailbox full" message
> when you access your voicemail. Callers trying to leave a voicemail
> will receive the same message and be unable to leave a voicemail
> until you erase some messages.

http://www.sprintpcs.com/support/help/help49.html

I'd say you should have called Customer Care at that time. Although,
from the sounds of it, you got past it just fine.

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