Re: Verizon voicemail backdoor number

Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2006-06-29, The Ghost of General Lee
<ghost@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On my VX4400, the voicemail access number can be
viewed/edited under Menu/Messages/Msg Settings/Edit
Voice Mail Number

It's set to "*86".

"*86" is actually the number the phone dials.

If you prefer, you can set it to dial a 10-digit
number, but by default it just dials *86.

It really should be set to your own cell number to
insure capability in extended service areas.

It's worked everywhere I've been for the past 3 years --
native or extended.

It is getting ubiquitous. But it used to be and still is, primarily
for those with plans that allow true roaming and you are doing
so, that *86 wouldn't work.

It also *used* to be the case that it was billed differently (where
the minutes came from). *86 was regular minutes for whatever
time it was and dialing your own number was M2M for those that
had it.

Now it's just a matter of if it works or not. Dialing your own number
will *always* get you to your voice mail (or at least your voice mail
system if not directly to your mailbox). I'm guessing there are still
places where you can make calls but dialing *86 doesn't get you to
voicemail (may be hard to find any more).

-Quick


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