New Features Wanted

Posts: 2 · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 12:12 pm Post subject: New Features Wanted

Vonage is very receptive and eager to hear feature requests from their customers. Perhaps if we can enumerate some of them here and multiple customers ask them about offering them, many voices might work better and/or faster than one.

Some features or options that I would like to see:

Frequently called number list(s)

Talking call-waiting or voice announce

Multiple folders on the voicemail dashboard

Voicemail reminder service

Posts: 27 · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 5:07 pm Post subject:

Here's a feature that we have on our SBC phone that we LOVE. It mostly ended the marketing calls to our home number:

Privacy Manager

What It Does
Stops unidentified callers before your phone rings and provides you with options in the event if don't want to talk. Privacy Manager is a call screening service that works with Caller ID to identify all incoming calls that have no telephone numbers. Incoming calls identified as Anonymous, Unavailable, Out Of Area or Private are requested to identify themselves in order to complete the call.

Benefits

- More control over incoming phone calls
- Stops telemarketing calls without having to write a written request or talk to them
- Enhances the value of Caller ID services
- Provides the functionality of Anonymous Call Rejection

Posts: 2251 · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 11:20 pm Post subject: Re: New Features Wanted

clss wrote:

Vonage is very receptive and eager to hear feature requests from their customers....

clss: Very valid point, Vonage does listen and react. Also, excellent suggestions for service enhancements. It opened my eyes to a few applications that I had not thought of.

Posts: 2251 · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 11:26 pm Post subject:

Nasty wrote:

Here's a feature that we have on our SBC phone that we LOVE. It mostly ended the marketing calls to our home number:

Privacy Manager

What It Does
Stops unidentified callers before your phone rings and provides you with options in the event if don't want to talk. Privacy Manager is a call screening service that works with Caller ID to identify all incoming calls that have no telephone numbers. Incoming calls identified as Anonymous, Unavailable, Out Of Area or Private are requested to identify themselves in order to complete the call.

Benefits

- More control over incoming phone calls
- Stops telemarketing calls without having to write a written request or talk to them
- Enhances the value of Caller ID services
- Provides the functionality of Anonymous Call Rejection

Nasty:

I have that also, it is great. The ONLY problem I have ever had with it, is when I receive international calls and the calling party (on their Euro) must go through the bells and whistles to get through to me.

Posts: 27 · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 9:55 am Post subject:

Do Vonage folks read these forums to look for issues/feature ideas?

Posts: 2251 · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 10:09 am Post subject:

Nasty wrote:

Do Vonage folks read these forums to look for issues/feature ideas?

Yes, they do read, but rarely post.

Posts: 1 · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:27 pm Post subject: New Features

I am new to Vonage we just hooked it up a week ago. The one feature that I am really missing is privacy manager. I really utilized when I was still with SBC. Although not having it is not a problem I would love to see it offered as I could screen telemarketing calls that way.

Posts: 188 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Mar 07, 2004 Posts: 188

How about Anonymas Call Rejection so that we can know who is calling us. And better support for modem based equipment like TIVOs and Home Alarm Systems. If we could get these features I would be happier than a puppy with two.... Very Happy

Posts: 66 · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 5:50 pm Post subject:

Anonymous Call Rejection and the ability to change the caller ID information on calls I regularly receive - instead of "Wireless Caller" and the number I want to be able to configure it to display "Jon Cell Phone" for instance.

Posts: 6 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 30, 2004 Posts: 6

I would like to see at least one additional email space (in the voicemail section) so when a voicemail is received both me and my wife can be both notified. Right now I am the only one sent an email and I think it would be nice if she could be sent an email to her address also.