Re: Weird Happenings

On 9/26/05 9:33 AM, in article WvydneGBPbtTiaXenZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
"RVer Don" <burallymaster@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sometimes when my cell phone is called the caller will immediately get the
> voice mail message. The phone will ring once but there will be no one there
> when answered. I was told this might be because the phone was in a weak
> signal area. So I tried calling it at home from my landline. The signal
> there is four or five bars.
>
> Sometimes it will ring more than once and can be answered before going to
> voice mail. Other times, with the cell phone in the same exact place, it
> will immediately go to voice mail. It will ring but one time only and there
> is no chance to answer the call before it goes to voice mail. Anybody got
> any idea what's going on here?
>
> Don in Tracy, Calif.
>
You sure you're on VZW and not Sprint PCS? Just kidding, but this is
extremely common problem on Sprint, but I've never heard anyone on VZW have
this problem. I was on Sprint for 5 years in Dallas, TX and always had this
problem on both my wife's and my phones. We constantly get a beep telling us
we had voicemail when we know the phone didn't ring. I've been on VZW in
Colorado now for a couple years and have never had this problem once. My
boss and another co-worker on Sprint (in Dallas and Atlanta areas) always
complain about this problem on their Sprint service and I've heard it from
several others on Sprint elsewhere.

I've seen advice on the web about adjusting a tunable parameter in phones to
have them check in with the towers more often, but I can't say whether that
helps or not. But as someone else mentioned, you might try googling for your
phone model and look for web pages dedicated to it that document the
programming/service menus of your phone. Just heed any warnings they
mention.

Steve


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