O2 Offering Missed Call Alerts

O2 now offer a missed call alert text service like Orange and T-Mobile have for years.
If your phone is switched off or out of coverage when someone calls, but they don't leave a message, you can get a free text to say they tried to ring.

Call voicemail (901) then press *45 to toggle on/off.

Not yet available on GiffGaff (so probably not on other virtuals) but I would guess it may be soon?

JL

On Tue, 7 Aug 2012 02:14:48 -0700 (PDT), JL <newsaccount@mail2web.com>
wrote:

>O2 now offer a missed call alert text service like Orange and T-Mobile have for years.

And Vodafone AIUI. I fired O2 for incompetence.

>If your phone is switched off or out of coverage when someone calls, but they don't leave a message, you can get a free text to say they tried to ring.
>
>Call voicemail (901) then press *45 to toggle on/off.
>
>Not yet available on GiffGaff (so probably not on other virtuals) but I would guess it may be soon?
>
>JL

"Now"?

They have been doing this for years.


"JL" <newsaccount@mail2web.com> wrote in message
news:58c97b26-6346-4e37-aa62-d3b2c13c7e03@googlegroups.com...
> O2 now offer a missed call alert text service like Orange and T-Mobile
> have for years.
> If your phone is switched off or out of coverage when someone calls, but
> they don't leave a message, you can get a free text to say they tried to
> ring.
>
> Call voicemail (901) then press *45 to toggle on/off.
>
> Not yet available on GiffGaff (so probably not on other virtuals) but I
> would guess it may be soon?
>
> JL

On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 1:05:20 PM UTC+1, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
> "Now"?
>
>
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> They have been doing this for years.
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>
>
>
> "JL" <newsaccount@mail2web.com> wrote in message
>
> news:58c97b26-6346-4e37-aa62-d3b2c13c7e03@googlegroups.com...
>
> > O2 now offer a missed call alert text service like Orange and T-Mobile
>
> > have for years.
>
> > If your phone is switched off or out of coverage when someone calls, but
>
> > they don't leave a message, you can get a free text to say they tried to
>
> > ring.
>
> >
>
> > Call voicemail (901) then press *45 to toggle on/off.
>
> >
>
> > Not yet available on GiffGaff (so probably not on other virtuals) but I
>
> > would guess it may be soon?
>
> >
>
> > JL

It's definitely in the last few months.

They have offered O2 Call Alert for years but that was a service you could only use instead of voicemail, rather than alongside.

"JL" <newsaccount@mail2web.com> wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 1:05:20 PM UTC+1, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
>> "Now"?
>>
>> They have been doing this for years.
>>
>>
>> "JL" <newsaccount@mail2web.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:58c97b26-6346-4e37-aa62-d3b2c13c7e03@googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > O2 now offer a missed call alert text service like Orange and T-Mobile
>>
>> > have for years.
>>
>> > If your phone is switched off or out of coverage when someone calls,
>> > but
>>
>> > they don't leave a message, you can get a free text to say they tried
>> > to
>>
>> > ring.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Call voicemail (901) then press *45 to toggle on/off.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Not yet available on GiffGaff (so probably not on other virtuals) but I
>>
>> > would guess it may be soon?
>>
>> >
>>
>> > JL
>
> It's definitely in the last few months.
>
> They have offered O2 Call Alert for years but that was a service you could
> only use instead of voicemail, rather than alongside.


Maybe it is because mine is on a business tariff. Voicemail tries ringing
you two or three times and if you don't answer it sends you a text: -

"
O2 Voicemail. You have 1 new message, call 901 to retrieve. You can return
calls at your standard rate - just press 5 during or after the message.
"

On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 8:20:57 PM UTC+1, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
> "JL" <newsaccount@mail2web.com> wrote in message
>
> news:92ea995e-00d3-4979-b048-cf7b5c796d43@googlegroups.com...
>
> > On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 1:05:20 PM UTC+1, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
>
> >> "Now"?
>
> >>
>
> >> They have been doing this for years.
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> "JL" <newsaccount@mail2web.com> wrote in message
>
> >>
>
> >> news:58c97b26-6346-4e37-aa62-d3b2c13c7e03@googlegroups.com...
>
> >>
>
> >> > O2 now offer a missed call alert text service like Orange and T-Mobile
>
> >>
>
> >> > have for years.
>
> >>
>
> >> > If your phone is switched off or out of coverage when someone calls,
>
> >> > but
>
> >>
>
> >> > they don't leave a message, you can get a free text to say they tried
>
> >> > to
>
> >>
>
> >> > ring.
>
> >>
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> >> >
>
> >>
>
> >> > Call voicemail (901) then press *45 to toggle on/off.
>
> >>
>
> >> >
>
> >>
>
> >> > Not yet available on GiffGaff (so probably not on other virtuals) but I
>
> >>
>
> >> > would guess it may be soon?
>
> >>
>
> >> >
>
> >>
>
> >> > JL
>
> >
>
> > It's definitely in the last few months.
>
> >
>
> > They have offered O2 Call Alert for years but that was a service you could
>
> > only use instead of voicemail, rather than alongside.
>
>
>
>
>
> Maybe it is because mine is on a business tariff. Voicemail tries ringing
>
> you two or three times and if you don't answer it sends you a text: -
>
>
>
> "
>
> O2 Voicemail. You have 1 new message, call 901 to retrieve. You can return
>
> calls at your standard rate - just press 5 during or after the message.
>
> "

Ah, this is something different. This new missed call alert text is if someone calls you when your phone is switched off / has no signal and the person does NOT leave a message. If someone doesn't leave a message there would be no way to know they have called.

"JL" <newsaccount@mail2web.com> wrote in message
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SNIP

> Ah, this is something different. This new missed call alert text is if
> someone calls you when your phone is switched off / has no signal and the
> person does NOT leave a message. If someone doesn't leave a message there
> would be no way to know they have called.

Ah - I see the subtle difference and have enabled it.

Very rare for this to happen to me.

On 09/08/2012 17:23, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
> "JL"<newsaccount@mail2web.com> wrote in message
> news:e1c6a97b-9894-4d8b-89ed-f653adbbf752@googlegroups.com...
> SNIP
>
>> Ah, this is something different. This new missed call alert text is if
>> someone calls you when your phone is switched off / has no signal and the
>> person does NOT leave a message. If someone doesn't leave a message there
>> would be no way to know they have called.
>
> Ah - I see the subtle difference and have enabled it.
>
> Very rare for this to happen to me.


How do you know that ? ;-)

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"R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "JL" <newsaccount@mail2web.com> wrote in message
> news:e1c6a97b-9894-4d8b-89ed-f653adbbf752@googlegroups.com...
> SNIP
>
>> Ah, this is something different. This new missed call alert text is if
>> someone calls you when your phone is switched off / has no signal and the
>> person does NOT leave a message. If someone doesn't leave a message
>> there would be no way to know they have called.
>
> Ah - I see the subtle difference and have enabled it.
>
> Very rare for this to happen to me.
>
>
The Vodaphone system used to tell you a couple of days after the
call...waste of time it was......

TATTERDEMALION wrote:

> The Vodaphone system used to tell you a couple of days after the
> call...waste of time it was......

I just use <*#147# Send> on my VF handset, to check to see the last caller
that attempted to ring me while it's been off, out of range, or in use on
another call.


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