Re: Any way to get 60 seconds of ringing on a T-Mo phone? Opra wrote:
> I just returned my G1. Nice phone for the most part, but two things about
> it killed the deal.
>
> 1) T-Mobile will not ring my phone for more than 30 seconds. When
> connect time is subtracted this means that I get an average of 2.5
> rings before the caller is forwarded to T-Mobile's voicemail network.
> Problem is I can't always answer the phone in that time.
I don't know if this works with T-Mobile US, but when you call ##002#
all diverts could be erased. That has nothing to do with the handset.
> You have to wonder what the logic to this is. Verizon rings for 60 seconds
> before going to busy (or voicemail, if enabled). Why would T-Mobile piss
> away perfectly good new customers for something like this?
The GSM standard only allows diverts in five second increments, maximum
is 30 seconds.
Cheers Dirk |