Hello Shawn!

That's pretty drastic. What if that message was "Hey Shawn..
my new phone number is <nnn-nnn-nnnn>. Give me a call!"

Why didn't they text it to me? ;) Even my mother texts.
Even my work phone; I disabled voicemail on it. They can email
or send me a teams chat message.

Ah... OK, then text is an alternative that you support.
Excellent.

Personally, I would tend to NOT bother with texting unless it's
the only way to reach someone in the USA since my Luckymobile
plan only includes Canada-wide calling and international
texting.

my BlackBerry Q10 could support. :( My Q10 is my principal
phone for business, so I *have* to answer most "Unknown caller"

Different thing for sure, when I had a cell phone from work I would
asnwer it when I was on the clock. Once I packed up my laptop I
shut down the cellphone and left it in my desk.

Hmmm.. nice to be able to leave "work" at the office! My
nights are filled with biz-related stuff.

Probably why the boss just re-assigned that phone and told
me to give myself a "dialpad" number, so I did. ;)

Dialpad is some overly buggy poorly designed voip software.

I use the free Fongo as an alternative/standby. It has come in
handy a few times when I would misplace my other phone. If the
misplaced phone is "on", then a call from Fongo would succeed
in ringing the missing phone nearby. :D

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August Abolins wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

Ah... OK, then text is an alternative that you support.
Excellent.

I just have a thing about voicemail. It's never important and
I don't want to listen to it. LOL

Personally, I would tend to NOT bother with texting unless it's
the only way to reach someone in the USA since my Luckymobile
plan only includes Canada-wide calling and international
texting.

On the weekend when I'm on my flipphone in the woods I don't text
either. If you call me and I happen to hear it I will answer. If
I don't... call my wife she can get a hold of me. (She's more of a
phone person then I am.)

Hmmm.. nice to be able to leave "work" at the office! My
nights are filled with biz-related stuff.

Yes, I was like you for many many many years. Self employeed from
20 years old to 50 years old. This is my first "job" since I was a
teenager.

I use the free Fongo as an alternative/standby. It has come in
handy a few times when I would misplace my other phone. If the
misplaced phone is "on", then a call from Fongo would succeed
in ringing the missing phone nearby. :D

ALways a use for another phone. :) I lose mine all the time. :)

Shawn


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To: Shawn Highfield
Re: Re: vmail or not vmail
By: Shawn Highfield to August Abolins on Thu Sep 12 2024 06:30 am

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August Abolins wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

Ah... OK, then text is an alternative that you support.
Excellent.

I just have a thing about voicemail. It's never important and
I don't want to listen to it. LOL

i have visual voicemail. it reads the fuck stick's msg.

handy a few times when I would misplace my other phone. If the misplaced phone is "on", then a call from Fongo would succeed
in ringing the missing phone nearby. :D

ALways a use for another phone. :) I lose mine all the time. :)

Shawn

i use google find my phone.
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On the weekend when I'm on my flipphone in the woods I don't text
either. If you call me and I happen to hear it I will answer. If
I don't... call my wife she can get a hold of me. (She's more of a
phone person then I am.)

I miss my flip phone from ~10 years ago. It was so compact compared to any other phone I've used. Wasn't great for texting but, back then, I didn't
do that hardly ever.

Mike


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Re: Re: vmail or not vmail
By: Mike Powell to SHAWN HIGHFIELD on Thu Sep 12 2024 09:32 am

I miss my flip phone from ~10 years ago. It was so compact compared to any other phone I've used. Wasn't great for texting but, back then, I didn't do that hardly ever.

For me, peak tech was a Nokia 8260 - dinky little phone.Black and white display, single earbud, Battery lasted around a week.

https://www.phonearena.com/phones/Nokia-8260_id31

It was a TDMA phone, with fallback to analog. I swore by that thing for years. Then, in a series of odd developments, Pacific Bell Wireless became Airtouch, then bought AT&T Wireless, shut down the actual AT&T Wireless network, renamed their GSM network AT&T Wireless, and replaced a rock-solid TDMA/Analog network with a crappy GSM network.
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It was a TDMA phone, with fallback to analog. I swore by that thing for years. Then, in a series of odd developments, Pacific Bell Wireless became

Airtouch, then bought AT&T Wireless, shut down the actual AT&T Wireless network, renamed their GSM network AT&T Wireless, and replaced a rock-solid TDMA/Analog network with a crappy GSM network.

I mean, these are the Baby Bells we're talking about here. They aren't known for having great business acumen.

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Jas Hud wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

i have visual voicemail. it reads the fuck stick's msg.

Had that on the work phone before I gave it up. It couldn't
translate 99% of the people who left me voicemail.

i use google find my phone.

I have all that disabled, not for any security reason just
because.

Shawn


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To: Shawn Highfield
Re: Re: vmail or not vmail
By: Shawn Highfield to Jas Hud on Fri Sep 13 2024 06:33 am

From Newsgroup: micronet.chat.general

Jas Hud wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

i have visual voicemail. it reads the fuck stick's msg.

Had that on the work phone before I gave it up. It couldn't
translate 99% of the people who left me voicemail.

i use the google voice shit. works good.

i use google find my phone.

I have all that disabled, not for any security reason just
because.

Shawn

turn it on!
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