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#97188 13-Feb-2012 13:28

Hello XT,

if you would consider giving free voice mail for post paid customers that would be nice.

I don't expect an answer, but maybe a show of +1 s from current and non customers who would move over if you did that.

so: type "+1" for current customers
"+1 switch" for non customers who will switch

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#580842 13-Feb-2012 13:28

+1 switch

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#580848 13-Feb-2012 13:37

Or a option to turn off Voicemail

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#580850 13-Feb-2012 13:41

sleepy: Or a option to turn off Voicemail

All carriers do this anyway

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#580856 13-Feb-2012 13:52

In South Africa we had this service which use to send all voicemail to email.

It worked really well. With all the smart phones these days it would be even better.

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#580857 13-Feb-2012 13:53

BraaiGuy: In South Africa we had this service which use to send all voicemail to email.

It worked really well. With all the smart phones these days it would be even better.

I use it now and it works great

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#580859 13-Feb-2012 13:56

johnr:
BraaiGuy: In South Africa we had this service which use to send all voicemail to email.

It worked really well. With all the smart phones these days it would be even better.

I use it now and it works great

Really, how do u get it?

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#580861 13-Feb-2012 13:59

BraaiGuy:
johnr:
BraaiGuy: In South Africa we had this service which use to send all voicemail to email.

It worked really well. With all the smart phones these days it would be even better.

I use it now and it works great

Really, how do u get it?

Time to hide under my desk and exit stage right :P

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#580866 13-Feb-2012 14:22

johnr:
BraaiGuy:
johnr:
BraaiGuy: In South Africa we had this service which use to send all voicemail to email.

It worked really well. With all the smart phones these days it would be even better.

I use it now and it works great

Really, how do u get it?

Time to hide under my desk and exit stage right :P

I'm sure he would just use Nate's setup for voicemail to email.

I actually find voicemail very annoying. I will very rarely ever leave a VM for any friends. If they don't answer the phone they're either busy or ignoring me.

With VF now offering free VM retrieval on their new plans, I guess only time will tell if Telecom also go with this.

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#580868 13-Feb-2012 14:25

sbiddle:
johnr:
BraaiGuy:
johnr:
BraaiGuy: In South Africa we had this service which use to send all voicemail to email.

It worked really well. With all the smart phones these days it would be even better.

I use it now and it works great

Really, how do u get it?

Time to hide under my desk and exit stage right :P

I'm sure he would just use Nate's setup for voicemail to email.

I actually find voicemail very annoying. I will very rarely ever leave a VM for any friends. If they don't answer the phone they're either busy or ignoring me.

With VF now offering free VM retrieval on their new plans, I guess only time will tell if Telecom also go with this.

same. If a call goes to voicemail I will hangup and send a txt instead.

a) more conventient for the person receiving it (quicker to read a txt than listen to a VM and can be done discretely)
b) free for the person recieving it

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#580869 13-Feb-2012 14:35

joker97: Hello XT,

if you would consider giving free voice mail for post paid customers that would be nice.

I don't expect an answer, but maybe a show of +1 s from current and non customers who would move over if you did that.

so: type "+1" for current customers
"+1 switch" for non customers who will switch

I actually switched away from Telecom due to this VM access charge

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#580878 13-Feb-2012 14:50

Virgil:
joker97: Hello XT,

if you would consider giving free voice mail for post paid customers that would be nice.

I don't expect an answer, but maybe a show of +1 s from current and non customers who would move over if you did that.

so: type "+1" for current customers
"+1 switch" for non customers who will switch

I actually switched away from Telecom due to this VM access charge

Where did you switch to .?? Voda and 2D charge for VM access..

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#580883 13-Feb-2012 14:57

I am pretty sure this is not going to happen, look at the current situation:

All the telcos make $xxx from voicemail charges. If one telco drops the charge it is very very likely the other 2 will follow suit to stay competitive.

That basically means they all lose their $xxx income without any benefit to any of them.

On top of this they are all now losing money as it does cost to run a voicemail service.

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#580893 13-Feb-2012 15:12

old3eyes:
Virgil:
joker97: Hello XT,

if you would consider giving free voice mail for post paid customers that would be nice.

I don't expect an answer, but maybe a show of +1 s from current and non customers who would move over if you did that.

so: type "+1" for current customers
"+1 switch" for non customers who will switch

I actually switched away from Telecom due to this VM access charge

Where did you switch to .?? Voda and 2D charge for VM access..

I'm on vodafone and don't pay to access voicemail. It is included in my plan.

Hmmmm

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#580894 13-Feb-2012 15:14

old3eyes:
Virgil:
I actually switched away from Telecom due to this VM access charge

Where did you switch to .?? Voda and 2D charge for VM access..

Vodafone - all their Smart plans include free voicemail calls ... throw in 3 NZ best mates, and a $15 per month discount, and it was a no-brainer

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#580906 13-Feb-2012 15:27

sbiddle: I'm sure he would just use Nate's setup for voicemail to email.

Actually vodafone have for years had the capability to send you emails with your voicemail message as a *.wav attachment, they just don't offer it to us customers as far as i know

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