On Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:54:32 +0100, "Clive" <clive.1@nospam.net>
wrote:

>"Jon" <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message
>news:MPG.24b701c238f064949896e2@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>> 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,
>
>That is completely wrong. The voicemail handling and diversion is handled
>in the UK, so when there is no answer abroad, the system in the "UK"
>diverts to the "UK" voicemail. If you are claiming a company in France then
>charges for the call from the UK to France to be diverted back to the UK
>then this is a con. It doesn't work like that !

Completely wrong? This is what T-Mobile has to say on the
subject:

<http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/going-abroad/using-phones-abroad/set-up-your-phone/>
--
Roger