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From: Sara on 25 Mar 2010 09:20 In article <1jfr890.rcfxn9kuvl4eN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > >> Good point, I'd forgotten about answering machines. I've never really got > > >> the hang of the whole dial-in-and-listen-to-your-messages bit. > > > > > > You needed a bleeper to generate the DTFM tones. > > > Pulse dialing (or singing) didn't work, > > > > Uhuh. I've personally never really had a need for it. > > Oh, the technology works fine, it's just... We have an answering/FAX > machine at our hovel in Geneva, from the time 15 years ago that Anne was > running Sotheby's educational courses. It's still there. I've tried > accessing the messages from here- there are always a few when we arrive > there, usually from the Geneva utilities. It works fine. But really, > there's no immediate need for any of them. No message we get nowadays is > urgent. We get a few whacky wrong numbers... So you're right. No use at > all. When my last ansering machine died I didn't bother replacing it. Anyone I want to talk to knows my work and mobile numbers, both of which have voicemail. It's nice to come home and not have a string of messages clearly meant for an optician. -- Sara Hurrah - the weather has cheered up
From: Peter Ceresole on 25 Mar 2010 10:45 Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > It's nice to come home and not have a string of messages > clearly meant for an optician. Ah? Ours tend to be for a local plumber. Not the one we use, either. -- Peter
From: SteveH on 25 Mar 2010 11:29 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > It's nice to come home and not have a string of messages > > clearly meant for an optician. > > Ah? Ours tend to be for a local plumber. Not the one we use, either. We get messages for the local council housing office. Always nice to come home to chavs complaining about their free houses. -- SteveH
From: Woody on 25 Mar 2010 11:54 SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > I thought I couldn't do it for a while after getting it on pay > > > > > monthly. Either way, it's too late to do this now. > > > > > > > > Why - are you there yet? > > > > > > Takes up to 14 days. > > > > > > I've just put in for mine now. > > > > I tried, the form messed up trying! > > Their webservers are buggered, it took ages to get anything done. > > I'm 10 months into my 12 months free data on PAYG, but haven't really > used it - an unlocked phone is much more useful to me. I tried again when I got home, and just got a text telling me the phone is now unlocked! -- Woody
From: SteveH on 25 Mar 2010 12:16
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > I'm 10 months into my 12 months free data on PAYG, but haven't really > > used it - an unlocked phone is much more useful to me. > > I tried again when I got home, and just got a text telling me the phone > is now unlocked! <runs to find phone and SIM> -- SteveH |