On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:52:03 -0500, George <gh424NO824SPAM@cox.net>
wrote in <8neni.1206$sC6.990@newsfe14.lga>:

>I have an Airvoice Wireless prepaid phone which uses the Cingular
>network and related services. I don't use the phone very much at
>all. Today I turned on the phone for the first time in about 10
>days, and there was no notice of any waiting voicemail.
>
>However, a bit later, with the phone turned off, I called my number
>and left a test voicemail message to see if it was working. Then I
>turned on the phone, and the waiting voicemail notice was there.
>When I went to listen to it, I actually had two messages waiting,
>today's test message, and another one that I know was left on the
>8th - nine days ago.
>
>Is there a time limit on notification of waiting voicemail? In
>other words, if the phone stays off for X days, does the voicemail
>notification get lost even though the message is still there waiting
>to be heard? If so, is X an official number? If not, does anyone
>have a feel for what it might be? How often to I need to turn the
>phone on to be sure any notice of waiting messages doesn't get lost?

There's no time limit (short of old voice mail being automatically
deleted). What can happen (rarely) is that the voice mail indicator in
the phone can get out of sync with the system. What you did is a good
way to get it back in sync.

>Is it the same for incoming text messages?

No. Until they expire, they will be delivered when the phone comes on
the network.

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Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>