On 2008-11-14, Opra <opracan@sonic.net> 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.

There are carriers that will?

> I tried having them disable voicemail but then the phone failed-over after
> 15 seconds. Compounding this hassle, callers always got a T-Mobile
> network message.

Well, yes, that's what happens when you turn off voicemail, and again, that's
not an issue specific to T-Mobile.

> You have to wonder what the logic to this is. Verizon rings for 60 seconds
> before going to busy (or voicemail, if enabled).

OK, #1: if you turn off voicemail and don't answer your phone, the
caller will get a message from the carrier that you're not available...
unless they just recently changed... and during the four years I was with
Verizon, the phone never rang more than 60 seconds.

> Why would T-Mobile piss
> away perfectly good new customers for something like this?

They wouldn't. Why would you want to force people to listen to ringing
for 60 seconds? Would anyone even sit on the phone that long and not
hang up after five our six rings?


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