"press the £ button"!

Posts: 110 · Vonage Forum Senior Joined: Mar 30, 2005 Posts: 110

if you dial a number in the UK from the UK you expect UK standards and conventions.

if you dial a number in the US from the US you expect US standards and conventions.

if you dial a US number from the UK you expect US standards and conventions.

if you dial a UK number from the US you expect UK standards and conventions.

Posts: 605 · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject:

All I have to say is that the USA invented the telephone. Razz

Posts: 10 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Mar 26, 2005 Posts: 10

BT calls it the "square" button. Maybe Vonage can follow suit? And change the voicemail access code to 1571 whilst we're at it. Oh, and change the ringer too (I know it's the UK style, but to me it sounds just a touch too short on each ring). There's probably more stuff I'd like them to change, but I can't think of it at the moment.

Posts: 6 · New Forum Member Joined: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 6

errr KDWycha i think you should know that Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (who invented the telephone)

I belive he was in the US at the time, but was not american

Posts: 182 · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:49 am Post subject:

America and England... two nations divided by a single language.

Posts: 5 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 11, 2006 Posts: 5

Hi - I know its not ideal, but you can leave your own message for callers to hear prior to the American announcement. I left a typical message and then just added "if you are told to press the pound key, this is the hash key at the bottom right of your phone". Again not ideal, but it gets around the issue.

scorpo

Posts: 182 · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:06 pm Post subject:

KDWycha wrote:

All I have to say is that the USA invented the telephone. Razz

Although Bell was Scottish, he did most of his development of the telephone in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

So it wasn't exactly a US invention.

Posts: 508 · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject:

thats, Brantford Ontario , not Brampton ON....

he moved around alot, went from Scotland (born), to England, then to Canada (Brantford, ON), then to the US and back to Canada (to Nova Scotia) where he died..

http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Alexander_Bell.htm here's a timeline of his life..

Posts: 1123 · Vonage Forum **MVM** Joined: May 26, 2005 Posts: 1123

KDWycha wrote:

markharro wrote:

Is Vonage still giving out that merssage to callers?

They told me 2 months ago they were going to change it - why hasn't this been done - if they are offering a UK service its outrageous they haven't changed this yet!

Well I get a little annoyed when I call a UK number and they tell me to push the hash button. What the hell is the hash button!??!

Kevin, that's the button if you'd like to order CORNED BEEF hash. Very Happy

Or the other hash. But we're not talking bout that here! Eek