On 2008-11-15, Opra <opracan@sonic.net> wrote:


>>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.

I'm amazed that you'd rather have a busy signal. If I called someone I did
business with and got more than a couple busies, I'd stop calling them and
go find someone else. But... your choice.

> 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.

I see. So you want all calls to go to your Asterisk voicemail; makes sense
to me, only one box to check.


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