In article <7b3qtrF21pb0aU1@mid.individual.net>, jb@invalid.com says...
> In the latest MSE e mail, there's a bit about roaming charges and that you
> will get charged to *receive* voicemails and then again to listen to them.
>
> I've never been charged to receive a voicemail on my Orange contract
>
> Is he wrong, (which is unusual)?

Worth explaining a bit about how voicemail works - basically it's a call
divert. When you divert a call your handset pays for the diverted leg of
the call, but when you're in the UK you don't get charged for diverting
to voicemail.

When you're abroad you do get charged for the diverted leg of the call,
including if it gets diverted to voicemail. Hence a call coming out to
you in France which you divert to voicemail will then go back to the UK,
hence you are getting charged while that call is in progress and the
person is leaving a voicemail message.

If you actually want to listen to that message you make a call back your
voicemail number, which is a UK number, so you pay again.

The lesson here is disable your voicemail service before you leave the
UK.
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Regards
Jon