Change to Voicemail?

Posts: 37 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 37

This morning the message waiting light was flashing on my phone. It has never done that to alert me of Voicemail before.

I also noticed that when I call my local voicemail number, it no longer prompts me to enter my phone number.

These are good changes.

Dean

Posts: 23 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Apr 06, 2003 Posts: 23

Just called in a test messge. Still no messaging waiting light yet.. Maybe my phone doesn't support it. I remember a post about that here some time ago. Some phones recognize the studdered dialtone some its encrypted into the signal. Depending on which phone you have you'll get it. I guess I don't have the rigt phone.

Posts: 37 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 37

I just tested mine again and still works. Just for the record, I have a VTECH 2421 cordless series phone system.

Dean

Posts: 83 · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 11:52 am Post subject:

We've had that functionality since March 15th. We thought that everyone had it!!

Papu Papu

Posts: 37 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 37

papu papu wrote:

We've had that functionality since March 15th. We thought that everyone had it!!

Papu Papu

I didn't have it until this weekend which isn't that big of a deal since I am at work most of the time and I just get it emailed to me but it is nice to have the flashing light so I know I have voicemail.

Vonage now needs:

1) Call blocking
2) Names displayed with caller-id
3) Anything can improve latency which occurs to calls to certain places.

Even with the delay on calls to some places, it is still much better than calls made on a cell phone.

Posts: 5 · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 10:25 am Post subject:

Don't forget:

4) work with analog modems.

This annoys me more than it should.

Posts: 37 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 37

marty wrote:

Don't forget:

4) work with analog modems.

This annoys me more than it should.

Does it not work at all with analog modems? I still have my basic line cut down to nothing and I had to use it the other night when my VPN connectivity was down.

This is food for thought on getting rid of the analog line.

Dean

Posts: 5 · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 1:55 pm Post subject:

Vonage worked with my ADT alarm and TIVO, which is all I cared about when I ditched my home phone.

Since, I purchased a gemstar ebook http://www.gemstar-ebook.com/ebcontent/devices/1150_intro.asp and it flat refuses to connect over Vonage.

There is a way to use it with a USB Windows PC, but I have none right now. I am about to purchase an old PC just to dedicate it to this task. This seems a waste.

Vonage seems to work with some modems, but not all.