number of rings vs tranfer to voicemail

can the number of rings on your cellphone be set on Verizon Wireless,
or is it a constant system wide ?
Just seems like a LONG time before transfer to voicemail when phone not
answered...

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"If everything seems to be going well,
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It's done by timing , which I believe the default is 30 seconds. At least in
some areas you can contact VZW to change this setting


"P.Schuman" <pschuman_no_spam_me@interserv.com> wrote in message
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> can the number of rings on your cellphone be set on Verizon Wireless,
> or is it a constant system wide ?
> Just seems like a LONG time before transfer to voicemail when phone not
> answered...
>
> --
> ----------------------------------
> "If everything seems to be going well,
> you have obviously overlooked something." - Steven Wright
>
>

"RBM" <rbm@noemail.com> wrote in message
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> It's done by timing , which I believe the default is 30 seconds. At least
> in some areas you can contact VZW to change this setting
>
>
> "P.Schuman" <pschuman_no_spam_me@interserv.com> wrote in message
> news:YRapj.10458$hI1.1948@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
>> can the number of rings on your cellphone be set on Verizon Wireless,
>> or is it a constant system wide ?
>> Just seems like a LONG time before transfer to voicemail when phone not
>> answered...
>>
>> --
>> ----------------------------------
>> "If everything seems to be going well,
>> you have obviously overlooked something." - Steven Wright
>>
>>
>
>

I wanted a short interval, but my area in The Silicon Valley could not be
changed. However, I was told by Verizon at the time that availability
varied from area to area.

Stupid. Such an obvious basic feature...

"Cubit" <no@not.not> wrote in message news:Gzspj.10543$hI1.1289@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
>
> "RBM" <rbm@noemail.com> wrote in message
> news:47a5b324$0$15205$607ed4bc@cv.net...
>> It's done by timing , which I believe the default is 30 seconds. At least
>> in some areas you can contact VZW to change this setting
>>
>>
>> "P.Schuman" <pschuman_no_spam_me@interserv.com> wrote in message
>> news:YRapj.10458$hI1.1948@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>> can the number of rings on your cellphone be set on Verizon Wireless,
>>> or is it a constant system wide ?
>>> Just seems like a LONG time before transfer to voicemail when phone not
>>> answered...
>>>
>>> --
>>> ----------------------------------
>>> "If everything seems to be going well,
>>> you have obviously overlooked something." - Steven Wright
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> I wanted a short interval, but my area in The Silicon Valley could not be
> changed. However, I was told by Verizon at the time that availability
> varied from area to area.
>
> Stupid. Such an obvious basic feature...
>
>

"Stupid".... not really. Just the way it is, in certain areas.

It all depends on the switch manufacturer and the software.
Verizon isn't going to scrap a multi-million dollar switch,
just to add a feature such as this.

I'd guess this is one of the holdover issues (of being a bunch of providers
combined) that still haunt VZW.

As much as I disliked AT&T when I had them, I have to say their system was
much more unified than Verizon's. I had a phone in Florida and one in NY,
and the rules, features, etc were exactly the same.......years later, I used
what VZW used to call "EZ Move" to move one phone account from NY to FL, oh
boy was that an adventure----anything BUT EZ.

Dean


"Cubit" <no@not.not> wrote in message
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>
> "RBM" <rbm@noemail.com> wrote in message
> news:47a5b324$0$15205$607ed4bc@cv.net...
>> It's done by timing , which I believe the default is 30 seconds. At least
>> in some areas you can contact VZW to change this setting
>>
>>
>> "P.Schuman" <pschuman_no_spam_me@interserv.com> wrote in message
>> news:YRapj.10458$hI1.1948@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>> can the number of rings on your cellphone be set on Verizon Wireless,
>>> or is it a constant system wide ?
>>> Just seems like a LONG time before transfer to voicemail when phone not
>>> answered...
>>>
>>> --
>>> ----------------------------------
>>> "If everything seems to be going well,
>>> you have obviously overlooked something." - Steven Wright
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> I wanted a short interval, but my area in The Silicon Valley could not be
> changed. However, I was told by Verizon at the time that availability
> varied from area to area.
>
> Stupid. Such an obvious basic feature...
>

> "Stupid".... not really. Just the way it is, in certain areas.
>
> It all depends on the switch manufacturer and the software.
> Verizon isn't going to scrap a multi-million dollar switch,
> just to add a feature such as this.

Given it'd increase the likelihood of air time being used for a
conversation, instead of voicemail, it would seem like a good way to avoid
losing revenue. Seems stupid to pass on that.

Bill Kearney wrote:
>>"Stupid".... not really. Just the way it is, in certain areas.
>>
>>It all depends on the switch manufacturer and the software.
>>Verizon isn't going to scrap a multi-million dollar switch,
>>just to add a feature such as this.
>
>
> Given it'd increase the likelihood of air time being used for a
> conversation, instead of voicemail, it would seem like a good way to avoid
> losing revenue. Seems stupid to pass on that.
>
>

I'd be surprised if it required replacing an entire switch. I believe
that the switches are, at least to some degree, programmable.

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 01:25:27 -0500, "Dean" <dean173@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I'd guess this is one of the holdover issues (of being a bunch of providers
>combined) that still haunt VZW.
>
>As much as I disliked AT&T when I had them, I have to say their system was
>much more unified than Verizon's. I had a phone in Florida and one in NY,
>and the rules, features, etc were exactly the same.......years later, I used
>what VZW used to call "EZ Move" to move one phone account from NY to FL, oh
>boy was that an adventure----anything BUT EZ.

Several years ago, I can see this being a problem. They inherited or
purchased other systems and took a long time to intergrate them
together. First was the technical issue, then the billing issue.

I think, for the most part, these have been resolved. I could be
wrong, but I haven't heard any horror stories about it recently.

"Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>> "Stupid".... not really. Just the way it is, in certain areas.
>>
>> It all depends on the switch manufacturer and the software.
>> Verizon isn't going to scrap a multi-million dollar switch,
>> just to add a feature such as this.
>
> Given it'd increase the likelihood of air time being used for a conversation, instead of
> voicemail, it would seem like a good way to avoid losing revenue. Seems stupid to pass on that.
>

Simple math..... it'd be LOTS of airtime to pay for a few million bucks.