Is it some new type of voicemail that they're trying out, then? I'm confused.
Thanks, Ari > On Oct 29, 2015, at 4:30 AM, 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone > <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > HD is not visual voicemail. > > > Ray T. Mahorney > WA4WGA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > englishride...@gmail.com > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:22 > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Some Information for A T & T Wireless Customers Who Recently > Enabled WiFi Calling or Who Were Recently Switched to HD Voicemail > > Hey, cool! By HD voicemail, do you mean visual voicemail? If so, I already > have that set. I'll have to call about getting the delay extended. This would > be really great for me, as I often have the problem of not being able to > reach the phone on time. > > > Thanks, > Ari > >> On Oct 29, 2015, at 1:35 AM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> As the following is extremely important to my enjoyment of iPhone and >> in so much as I think it an important tool for many of us, I am going >> to post this to both the Mac Visionaries and V iPhone mailing lists. >> >> Please note that I can only verify the following on the A T & T >> Wireless network. >> >> Generally speaking, the default time it takes for an incoming call to >> be sent to voicemail is approximately 20 seconds or, from the caller's >> point of view, 4 rings. >> >> For many years, it has been possible to increase the time it takes an >> incoming call to be sent to voicemail to as much as 30 seconds. You >> might not think 10 seconds would make that much of a difference but, >> believe me, it does. >> >> Needless to say, I had my settings set to 30 seconds. Although A T & >> T Wireless customer service representatives would change this account >> setting, upon request, it was actually possible, through a series of >> service dial commands, to adjust the setting directly from iPhone. >> >> Those of you who, like me, were using the increased value setting, >> noticed that upon having your account provisioned for HD voicemail, a >> requirement in order to take advantage of WiFi calling, lost the >> benefit of the increased value. That is to say, incoming calls, once >> again, were going to voicemail after 20 seconds, instead of 30. You >> may have also noticed that the service dial commands, once used to >> manually adjust this setting, is no longer valid. >> >> Well, as it turns out, the delay value previously set, only applies to >> the legacy voicemail system and not to the new HD voicemail system. >> >> The good news is that you can call A T & T Wireless, 800-331-0500, and >> have the customer service representatives adjust the incoming call >> setting but you must be certain to tell the rep, as many of them are >> not yet aware, to make the adjustment to the HD voicemail system and >> not the legacy system, the system that first appears when an account is >> displayed. >> >> Even better, the new system allows for even longer delay times than >> did the legacy system. I currently have my delay time set to 40 >> seconds. It is absolutely marvelous. >> >> Some of you may be wondering why one would want to have such a high >> delay time. The answer is that it gives one, more time to reach the >> phone, should she/he be in a different room than the phone or time to >> dry his/her hands before touching the phone, etc. >> >> One final thing, many representatives may not know that the new system >> delay time can be adjusted; so if they do not know how to adjust the >> time, graciously insist that it can be done and request that your call >> be escalated to the next level of technical support. >> >> I am happy to say that a couple of acquaintances, with whom I first >> shared this information, have, like me, taken advantage of this new >> feature set and, also like me, are happier than clams in clam sauce (smile). >> >> Good Luck and Enjoy, >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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