On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:00:48 -0800, rvfulltime
<rvfulltime@_removeme_isp.com> wrote:

>I turned off my cell phone today while visiting a museum. We're not big
>cell phone users, about 100 minutes a month on average. When I turned
>it back on a "voice mail ring" occurred. When I retrieved the message I
>found 3 other messages that were dated from February 6 and 7. These
>voice mail messages were delayed 17 days.
>
>I think I figured out what happened. From February 5th to the 10th we
>were in Whistler, BC, Canada. We turned the phone on a couple of
>times while we were there to confirm it was roaming territory, as we
>expected, but 90% of the time we left it turned off. When were returned
>to the U.S. on the 10th we naturally turned the phone back on. Since
>then no one has left us a message, because we always answered the
>phone when someone called. Those messages that were queued up
>while we were in Canada, stayed queued up until another message
>needed to be delivered, which happened today.
>
>And to answer your questions in advance... Yes we checked the phone
>several times to see if any messages were waiting. There were none. Yes
>we even called voice mail to see if any messages were waiting. There
>were none.
>
>I suspect that this never would have happened if we simply never turned
>on the phone while we were in Canada.
>
>Frustrating.

I wouldn't read much into it. It happens every once in a while. I
doubt your trip to Canada had anything to do with it, since you used
it for a while after your return. I've seen it happen before and I
had not even left the county.