How do I check my voicemail from a regular phone?

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Blade - 21 Nov 2005 02:33 GMT

Is there a phone number I can dial from a regular phone to check my
messages. I really don't want to dial my mobile phone number because I give
my phone to my wife sometimes, but I am the only one who gets messages on
it. It would be nice if I could dial a backdoor number and enter my mobile
number and passcode to get into the sytem.

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DecTxCowboy - 21 Nov 2005 05:18 GMT

> Is there a phone number I can dial from a regular phone to check my
> messages. I really don't want to dial my mobile phone number because I give
> my phone to my wife sometimes, but I am the only one who gets messages on
> it. It would be nice if I could dial a backdoor number and enter my mobile
> number and passcode to get into the sytem.

Wasn't it <your area code> + <your exchange prefix> + MAIL (5245)

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Tinman - 21 Nov 2005 16:24 GMT

>> Is there a phone number I can dial from a regular phone to check my
>> messages. I really don't want to dial my mobile phone number because
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> Wasn't it <your area code> + <your exchange prefix> + MAIL (5245)

Not always the case, and getting less and less reliable due to number
portability (e.g., your prefix may not be the block originally
designated to Sprint). It's worth a try though. If he doesn't mind
dialing LD 928-486-MAIL will work.

Now if the OP was using another SPCS phone, he could dial
1-1-XXX-XXX-XXXX to another SPCS phone and the call would go straight to
VM (where you could then hit "*", enter his VM PW, and listen to the
messages). But this obviously won't work from a landline.

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DecTxCowboy - 21 Nov 2005 16:53 GMT

> Not always the case, and getting less and less reliable due to number
> portability (e.g., your prefix may not be the block originally
> designated to Sprint). It's worth a try though. If he doesn't mind
> dialing LD 928-486-MAIL will work.

Yeah...Portibility is like USB ports...they are anything but universal

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Notan - 21 Nov 2005 17:03 GMT

> > Not always the case, and getting less and less reliable due to number
> > portability (e.g., your prefix may not be the block originally
> > designated to Sprint). It's worth a try though. If he doesn't mind
> > dialing LD 928-486-MAIL will work.
>
> Yeah...Portibility is like USB ports...they are anything but universal

OK, you've piqued my curiosity...

How are USB ports "anything but universal?"

Notan

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DecTxCowboy - 21 Nov 2005 19:27 GMT

>>Yeah...Portibility is like USB ports...they are anything but universal
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> Notan

USB is based on a "client/server" relationship.

Need to connect two USB "servers" together? You need a smart adapter
cable that emulates a server and one end and client on the other. And
then ya gotta deal with the driver issues - ever try to install a USB
device that refuses to let you install it and keeps saying its a USB
plug-n-play device and installation is automatic - but it won't and with
no recourse for a forced manual installation?

Need to connect two USB clients like a PDA to printer - not gonna happen.

With RS-232 serial ports, the "data terminal" and "date device" are
interchangeable. I connect my laptop (a "terminal") to a PBX phone
system (a "device") or modem (a "device") or printer (a "device"). If I
want to connect the PBX to the printer (both "devices"), I use a null modem.

Its not as fast...but that's a moot point when USB won't do it.

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