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Michael - 19 Oct 2005 22:33 GMT

My Alltel contract is up and I'm considering switching carriers. Not because
of the actual phone service, which is very good, but because of the
unreliable voicemail. It's rare to get a notification that there is a
voicemail waiting within 30 minutes of the caller leaving the message. Quite
often its hours (and in a few cases, days) before I get a message alert. Is
Cingular's voicemail reliable?

Mike

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John Navas - 19 Oct 2005 22:38 GMT

>My Alltel contract is up and I'm considering switching carriers. Not because
>of the actual phone service, which is very good, but because of the
>unreliable voicemail. It's rare to get a notification that there is a
>voicemail waiting within 30 minutes of the caller leaving the message. Quite
>often its hours (and in a few cases, days) before I get a message alert. Is
>Cingular's voicemail reliable?

It is (here in Northern California at least).

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Bill Fischer - 15 Dec 2005 16:24 GMT

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> It is (here in Northern California at least).

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Bill Fischer - 15 Dec 2005 16:29 GMT

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> It is (here in Northern California at least).

I have Cingular GSM in the San Francisco area, and I'm not getting voicemail notification for voicemails received when the phone is turned off. I tested this by leaving a message on my cell from a landline, then powering up the cellphone a few minutes later. No notification, even after waiting an hour. If I call in to my mailbox, the message is there. Is this normal?

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Buck Turgidson - 20 Oct 2005 13:59 GMT

Here in DC it takes about a minute to get notification of a VM

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