Deluxe Call waiting Call waiting

Posts: 62 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jul 08, 2005 Posts: 62

i was just reading through the manual for my new TRU8860 handset and it has a section about deluxe call waiting features. does vonage offer deluxe call waiting?

Posts: 493 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Apr 29, 2005 Posts: 493

What are some of the deluxe call waiting features it mentions?

Posts: 62 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jul 08, 2005 Posts: 62

ok heres an excerpt from the manual:
"Your phone gives you new optiosn for call waiting. At the touch of a button, you can place the caller on hold, send them to yoru voice mail service, or conference them into your current call. You must subscribe to Call Waitign and Call Waiting Deluxe to use these features. Not all features are available in all areas. Check with your local telephoen company for details...
Your Phone is pre-programmed with seven call waiting option. You can select to ask the calling party to hold, send them to a busy message, forward them to your voice mail, or answer and drop the first caller. You can also select to conference them into the current call or, at any time, choose to drop the first or drop the last caller. Check with your localtelephoen company for a full list of options."

so i guess thats what i am lookign for is a full list of optiosn from vonage, if they even offer the call waiting deluxe service.

Posts: 493 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Apr 29, 2005 Posts: 493

Option List
# Dialing 911
# 3 Way Calling
# Caller ID with Name
# Call Hunt
# Call Waiting
# Personalized Voicemail
# Call Forwarding
# Call Transfer
# Caller ID Block (*67)
# Repeat Dialing
# Call Return (*69)
# International Call Block
# Network Availability Number
# Bandwidth Saver
# Vonage Click 2 Call
# Additional Lines
# Free Area Code Selection
# Telephone Number Portability
# Virtual Phone Number
# Toll Free Plus
# Fax Service
# Enhanced 411 Dialing
# Real Time Billing Information
# Vonage SoftPhone
# Online Account Management

You definitively can:
# you can place the caller on hold

You may be able to:
# send them to yoru voice mail service (transfer their call to your local voicemail access number
# answer and drop the first caller

Not sure about:
# send them to a busy message

Posts: 62 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jul 08, 2005 Posts: 62

ok well i guess i will just have to try it and see if ti works.

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: May 17, 2005 Posts: 3

bdee1 wrote:

ok well i guess i will just have to try it and see if ti works.

Vonage does not offer the "Call Waiting Deluxe" features you mentioned. It is standard Cal Waiting - hear the beep, look at the Caller ID if available. If you want to take the call, flash the switchook, if you don't want to take the call, ignore the CW tone and let call go to voicemail. That's it.

Posts: 62 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jul 08, 2005 Posts: 62

damn - that would have been pretty cool. oh well - still cant complain - vonage definitely has more features than verizon fro about half the price. woo hoo.

Posts: 1389 · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:15 am Post subject:

I know I used to be able to get that service through SWB, but not the actual phone...I did not know phones now have that built in...Sweet stuff!

Posts: 62 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jul 08, 2005 Posts: 62

yeah based on a recommendation from this forum i got the uniden tru8860 and it is great!

Posts: 482 · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:46 am Post subject:

I've been waiting for this to be supported, but as far as I know, no VoIP provider offers CWDX yet. The first one to do it will probably get my money and a number transfer from Vonage.