Subj : Re: Does Usenet still have value?
To   : Ogg
From : Vk3jed
Date : Mon Feb 21 2022 15:13:00

-=> On 02-20-22 14:24, Ogg wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 Og> Problem solved.  Apparently, I had configured "If
 Og> unreachable.." to another number (my shop number). The idea
 Og> being that if the phone was off, the calls would reach me at
 Og> the shop. But.. since I never really gave out my cell number,
 Og> it was moot!  LOL.   But that was at the early stages after
 Og> just having subscribed to a cell service (LuckyMobile) and I
 Og> was just exploring the options on the device.

Yep, that'll do it. :D

 Og> I'm not sure what you mean.. but checking vmail is easy here;
 Og> [1] call the vmail "service" [2] enter pin [3] hear messages.
 Og> It's really no different calling one's own answering machine
 Og> connected to a landline.

And that's where things differed.  I used to check the landline when I got home
- see the light flashing, press the 
play" button. :D

The act of having to call back is a deal breaker for me, because the timing may
not be right, and after that I forget. :)  And there's another variant of
voicemail ping pong that happens.

Party A calls Party B.
Party B is slow to answer, phone stops ringing just as they pick it up.
Party A leaves voicemail.
Meanwhile Party B calls Party A back, gets Party A's voicemail, leaves
message...

:D


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