Hello - I've tried to forward a voice mail from my Cingular voice mail to a co-worker that has AT&T Wireless service but it will not go through. I assume it's because you can not forward a voice mail across different wireless carriers. Am I correct?
Also, when the AT&T merger is completed, will the AT&T subscribers automatically be switched to Cingular?
"BD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>Also, when the AT&T merger is completed, will the >AT&T subscribers
automatically be switched to >Cingular?
There have been conflicting reports that Cingular will have 6 months to
complete the switchover after the acquisition is complete, and that they can
still use the AT&T logo during that time. I doubt that it would be possible
to switch everyone over all at once.
Cingular has indicated that they will honor all ATTWS deals and bonuses.
BD wrote:
> Hello - I've tried to forward a voice mail from my Cingular voice mail
> to a co-worker that has AT&T Wireless service but it will not go
> through. I assume it's because you can not forward a voice mail across
> different wireless carriers. Am I correct?
Forwarding a VM message can only be accomplished between VM systems of
the same carrier. Some carrier VM systems package the outbound message
into a .wav file and transport it across their internal IP network.
Other carrier VM systems without this capability will simply use a land
line to dial-up the other system's land line interface and play the
outbound message while the receiving system records it. Again, in all
cases, this is only possible between VM systems of the same carrier.
Considering the above, it is technically possible to do cross-carrier
message transfers. All that's needed is for each and every VM system to
know how to contact all the other VM systems in the world, properly
communicate their intentions, and agree to allow this event to occur.
Simple, really. But can one imagine the chaos this would cause?
Considering a carrier's capacity to screw things up, I don't even want
to think about it.
>
> Also, when the AT&T merger is completed, will the AT&T subscribers
> automatically be switched to Cingular?
According to recent rumours, yes.
>
> Thanks
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jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'
"All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of
what we know." -- Richard Wilbur
I haven't tried it but I see no reason why this wouldn't work. If instead
of forwarding voice mails that have already come in, you use simple call
forwarding (you should be able to forward to any number land or cell) that
way the message will be left on the second number in the first place. Of
course you are aware there could be substantial charges for the call
forwarding depending on how many calls are involved.
Fred
"Jer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> BD wrote:
> > Hello - I've tried to forward a voice mail from my Cingular voice mail
> > to a co-worker that has AT&T Wireless service but it will not go
> > through. I assume it's because you can not forward a voice mail across
> > different wireless carriers. Am I correct?
>
> Forwarding a VM message can only be accomplished between VM systems of
> the same carrier. Some carrier VM systems package the outbound message
> into a .wav file and transport it across their internal IP network.
> Other carrier VM systems without this capability will simply use a land
> line to dial-up the other system's land line interface and play the
> outbound message while the receiving system records it. Again, in all
> cases, this is only possible between VM systems of the same carrier.
>
> Considering the above, it is technically possible to do cross-carrier
> message transfers. All that's needed is for each and every VM system to
> know how to contact all the other VM systems in the world, properly
> communicate their intentions, and agree to allow this event to occur.
> Simple, really. But can one imagine the chaos this would cause?
> Considering a carrier's capacity to screw things up, I don't even want
> to think about it.
>
> >
> > Also, when the AT&T merger is completed, will the AT&T subscribers
> > automatically be switched to Cingular?
>
> According to recent rumours, yes.
>
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
> --
> jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'
> "All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of
> what we know." -- Richard Wilbur
>
> I haven't tried it but I see no reason why this wouldn't work. If instead
> of forwarding voice mails that have already come in, you use simple call
> forwarding (you should be able to forward to any number land or cell) that
> way the message will be left on the second number in the first place. Of
> course you are aware there could be substantial charges for the call
> forwarding depending on how many calls are involved.
>
> Fred
I think the original poster wanted to receive a voice message at one
number, and subsequently transfer that message to another voice message
system. This is not the same thing as just forwarding inbound calls to
a more preferrable VM system.
--
jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'
"All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of
what we know." -- Richard Wilbur
>Considering the above, it is technically possible to do cross-carrier
>message transfers. All that's needed is for each and every VM system to
>know how to contact all the other VM systems in the world, properly
>communicate their intentions, and agree to allow this event to occur.
>Simple, really. But can one imagine the chaos this would cause?
>Considering a carrier's capacity to screw things up, I don't even want
>to think about it.
All that is needed is an interchange standard, which isn't that big a deal --
it's what drives the Internet after all. What would seem to be lacking is
business justification.
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