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From: Peter Ceresole on 22 Mar 2010 08:11 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. -- Peter
From: Bella Jones on 22 Mar 2010 08:12 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-03-22 08:58:52 +0000, Peter Ceresole said: > > > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > >> Reemember when we didn't have phones and just went away, willy nilly, at > >> will, with no way of being contacted or telling friends about the coffee > >> bar we were in or the weather? *sigh* > > > > Ah, the good old days. Which they really were... > > I'd like to add a fnarr, please, for Bella's willy nilly. Hurrah! -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Bella Jones on 22 Mar 2010 08:15 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:32:34 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH) > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> > Buy a PAYG SIM when you get there and ensure data is enabled on it. > > >> > > > >> > That's what I do these days - saves messing about looking for hot > > >> > spots. > > >> > > >> Wouldn't she have to unlock her iphone for that to be an option? > > > > > >Yes, but that's a trivial thing these days, isn't it? > > > > Surprisingly so http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/unlockmyiphone.html > > Ooh - I missed that bit! > > That is handy. I wish I had known that before I went to the states. 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. -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Woody on 22 Mar 2010 08:17 Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:32:34 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH) > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >> > Buy a PAYG SIM when you get there and ensure data is enabled on it. > > > >> > > > > >> > That's what I do these days - saves messing about looking for hot > > > >> > spots. > > > >> > > > >> Wouldn't she have to unlock her iphone for that to be an option? > > > > > > > >Yes, but that's a trivial thing these days, isn't it? > > > > > > Surprisingly so http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/unlockmyiphone.html > > > > Ooh - I missed that bit! > > > > That is handy. I wish I had known that before I went to the states. > > 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? -- Woody
From: SteveH on 22 Mar 2010 08:18
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. -- SteveH |