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Hi all,

Can somebody tell me what the answering machine service with voip.co.uk
is like? My DECT phone is behaving rather strange when it comes to
answering machine so I'd like to start using the answering service
voip.co.uk is offering.

1) Can you set up your ATA/DECT (I've got a PAP2) to pick up messages or
atleast display answering waiting message on your phone? (I've read
something about this, but not seen it in practice, or heard anybody
using it)
2) Does their SMS-when-message-left service work OK?
3) Can you listen to your messages from any phone, provided you dial
your access code?

Cheers.

After serious thinking Scope wrote :[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> Can somebody tell me what the answering machine service with voip.co.uk is
> like? My DECT phone is behaving rather strange when it comes to answering
> machine so I'd like to start using the answering service voip.co.uk is
> offering.[/color]

It is very basic - AFAIK, once you've listened to a message, you cannot
listen again, without going to your account webpage & listening online.

I've found MWI to not work - p'raps someone can confirm this?
[color=blue]
> 1) Can you set up your ATA/DECT (I've got a PAP2) to pick up messages or
> atleast display answering waiting message on your phone? (I've read something
> about this, but not seen it in practice, or heard anybody using it)[/color]

MWI (Message Waiting Indicator) is what I've struggled with.
[color=blue]
> 2) Does their SMS-when-message-left service work OK?[/color]

Didn't know they had one. email-when-message-left performs fine.
[color=blue]
> 3) Can you listen to your messages from any phone, provided you dial your
> access code?[/color]

Think so. By way of an 0845 # (Could be wrong on this tho')

"Jono" <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
news:mn.93327d6befb10b57.48968@blueyonder.invalid...[color=blue]
> After serious thinking Scope wrote :[color=green]
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Can somebody tell me what the answering machine service with voip.co.uk
>> is like? My DECT phone is behaving rather strange when it comes to
>> answering machine so I'd like to start using the answering service
>> voip.co.uk is offering.[/color]
>
> It is very basic - AFAIK, once you've listened to a message, you cannot
> listen again, without going to your account webpage & listening online.
>
> I've found MWI to not work - p'raps someone can confirm this?
>[color=green]
>> 1) Can you set up your ATA/DECT (I've got a PAP2) to pick up messages or
>> atleast display answering waiting message on your phone? (I've read
>> something about this, but not seen it in practice, or heard anybody using
>> it)[/color]
>
> MWI (Message Waiting Indicator) is what I've struggled with.
>[color=green]
>> 2) Does their SMS-when-message-left service work OK?[/color]
>
> Didn't know they had one. email-when-message-left performs fine.
>[color=green]
>> 3) Can you listen to your messages from any phone, provided you dial your
>> access code?[/color]
>
> Think so. By way of an 0845 # (Could be wrong on this tho')
>
>[/color]
You can pick up your voicemail from any phone by dialling 0845 034 5000 and
entering your mailbox number followed by the # key. You can also get them to
email you it as an attachment.

Jono wrote:[color=blue]
> After serious thinking Scope wrote :[color=green]
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Can somebody tell me what the answering machine service with
>> voip.co.uk is like? My DECT phone is behaving rather strange when it
>> comes to answering machine so I'd like to start using the answering
>> service voip.co.uk is offering.[/color]
> It is very basic - AFAIK, once you've listened to a message, you cannot
> listen again, without going to your account webpage & listening online.[/color]

Yes I've realised. Perhaps Theo, who used to post here when voip.co.uk
first started up can pick up on this and make some changes.

We should be able to listen to old messages (up to X days), and at the
very least, when listening to messages, it should say something like
"Message left at XX:YY on the DATE", rather than just "Message".[color=blue]
>
> I've found MWI to not work - p'raps someone can confirm this?[/color]

I think im nearly there, but not quite yet. I have a flashing icon on my
phone now, which, according to the manual means I have messages in the
"operating mail box". I also get 4-5 quick rings when I call out from my
phone, probably to indicate I have a message waiting.. The problem is,
even though I have deleted all my messages I still get this, the icon is
still blinking.

I have emailed support at voip.co.uk, so hopefully they will get back
with some useful information.
[color=blue][color=green]
>> 2) Does their SMS-when-message-left service work OK?[/color]
> Didn't know they had one. email-when-message-left performs fine.[/color]

Yes they do, on the Voicemail Profiles page. I have found the email one
works fine aswell.

Cheers,
Rune

Scope wrote:[color=blue]
> Jono wrote:[color=green]
>> After serious thinking Scope wrote :[color=darkred]
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Can somebody tell me what the answering machine service with
>>> voip.co.uk is like? My DECT phone is behaving rather strange when it
>>> comes to answering machine so I'd like to start using the answering
>>> service voip.co.uk is offering.[/color]
>> It is very basic - AFAIK, once you've listened to a message, you
>> cannot listen again, without going to your account webpage & listening
>> online.[/color]
>
> Yes I've realised. Perhaps Theo, who used to post here when voip.co.uk
> first started up can pick up on this and make some changes.
>
> We should be able to listen to old messages (up to X days), and at the
> very least, when listening to messages, it should say something like
> "Message left at XX:YY on the DATE", rather than just "Message".[color=green]
>>
>> I've found MWI to not work - p'raps someone can confirm this?[/color]
>
> I think im nearly there, but not quite yet. I have a flashing icon on my
> phone now, which, according to the manual means I have messages in the
> "operating mail box". I also get 4-5 quick rings when I call out from my
> phone, probably to indicate I have a message waiting.. The problem is,
> even though I have deleted all my messages I still get this, the icon is
> still blinking.
>
> I have emailed support at voip.co.uk, so hopefully they will get back
> with some useful information.[/color]


I have had a reply back from voip.co.uk, quick as usual. They say they
are aware of the problem (telling my ATA I have a message waiting, even
though I havent), and their development guys are working on it.. He also
said they are working on some new features to do with the voicemail and
areas around it (getting MWI working is one of them I guess), so
hopefully we will have this soon.

I passed my suggestions (see above) to them, so hopefully he will pass
them on to their dev team.

Scope wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> Can somebody tell me what the answering machine service with voip.co.uk
> is like?[/color]

Note that voip.co.uk offer one voice mailbox per account - not per PSTN
number.

John Geddes

Scope presented the following explanation :
[color=blue][color=green]
>>
>> I've found MWI to not work - p'raps someone can confirm this?[/color]
>
> I think im nearly there, but not quite yet. I have a flashing icon on my
> phone now, which, according to the manual means I have messages in the
> "operating mail box". I also get 4-5 quick rings when I call out from my
> phone, probably to indicate I have a message waiting.. The problem is, even
> though I have deleted all my messages I still get this, the icon is still
> blinking.[/color]

That's exactly what I meant when I lazily said "I found MWI to not
work"
[color=blue]
> I have emailed support at voip.co.uk, so hopefully they will get back with
> some useful information.
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> 2) Does their SMS-when-message-left service work OK?[/color]
>> Didn't know they had one. email-when-message-left performs fine.[/color]
>
> Yes they do, on the Voicemail Profiles page.[/color]

WHat's the cost?

Jono wrote:[color=blue]
> Scope presented the following explanation :
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>
>>> I've found MWI to not work - p'raps someone can confirm this?[/color]
>>
>> I think im nearly there, but not quite yet. I have a flashing icon on
>> my phone now, which, according to the manual means I have messages in
>> the "operating mail box". I also get 4-5 quick rings when I call out
>> from my phone, probably to indicate I have a message waiting.. The
>> problem is, even though I have deleted all my messages I still get
>> this, the icon is still blinking.[/color]
>
> That's exactly what I meant when I lazily said "I found MWI to not work"
>[color=green]
>> I have emailed support at voip.co.uk, so hopefully they will get back
>> with some useful information.
>>[color=darkred]
>>>> 2) Does their SMS-when-message-left service work OK?
>>> Didn't know they had one. email-when-message-left performs fine.[/color]
>>
>> Yes they do, on the Voicemail Profiles page.[/color]
>
> What's the cost?
>[/color]

Apologies for replying to myself....and reviving an old thread, however,
does anyone know if voip.co.uk have fixed their VMWI?

"Jono" <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
news:mn.1d1b7d71937d406f.48968@blueyonder.invalid...[color=blue]
> Jono expressed precisely :
>[color=green]
>>
>> Apologies for replying to myself....and reviving an old thread, however,
>> does anyone know if voip.co.uk have fixed their VMWI?[/color]
>
> No they haven't.[/color]

And I was wondering why I could not get it working ;-)

Jono expressed precisely :
[color=blue]
>
> Apologies for replying to myself....and reviving an old thread, however, does
> anyone know if voip.co.uk have fixed their VMWI?[/color]

No they haven't.