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alasta

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#141043 27-Feb-2014 21:45
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I have been a 2degrees customer for three and a half years and have used voicemail numerous times over that period. Yesterday I called voicemail to pick up a message and received an automated prompt telling me that I haven't used voicemail before and I should therefore set up a personal greeting.

I don't know how 2degrees have managed to lose my voicemail greeting, but you might want to check your own greeting in case the problem is widespread.

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  #996288 28-Feb-2014 12:17
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SaltyNZ:
profrink: 

What does 2Degrees achieve by culling VM greetings after the 60 day period? Besides irritating customers.


We reuse mailbox licenses when an old mailbox is deleted. 60 days - 2 months - is a reasonable compromise between having unused mailboxes hanging around forever, and not annoying too many customers who just go on holiday for a couple of weeks. Any access - retrieval or deposit - resets the clock, so you've got to not receive or check for a single message in 2 months before it gets automatically deleted. That's pretty unlikely if you use your phone all the time, but I suppose it will, rarely, happen.


I'm not sure it's that unlikely at all.

To be honest, I feel this is pretty poor. If I am paying my bill, I personally don't think it is too much to expect for this greeting to remain in place regardless of my VM activity.

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