Steve Sobol <sjsobol@justthe.net> wrote:
>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?

You must not have read the original post.

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

Well yes it is because I'm still with Verizon, who did disable voicemail
the first time I requested it, still rings for 60 seconds, and doesn't
announce "You've reached the Verizon network" under any circumstances.

I have no particular fondness for Verizon. They've done nothing but lower
service quality (1G) and raise rates for the past several years. I'd dump
them in a minute for these 2 reasons alone, especially as T-Mobile's
data plan is reasonably priced. But if I can't answer calls, as occurred
over the week I tried to use T-Mobile's network, it'd be a net loss.

>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.

One reason is that I don't want telco announcements/advertising on my
business line.

Another is that I already have voicemail (an Asterisk PBX). Sure it's
easy configure Asterisk to only ring the T-Mobile number for only 29
seconds, but then I'd still be stuck having to answer the phone in less
than 2.4 rings in areas with good coverage and 1.8 rings on average.

In accounting this is known as penny-wise and pound foolish. I suppose
they make it up, as do other telcos, by lobbying congress and the FCC
for protection from the competition.

Opra