The New VM System And The Number Of Rings
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03-02-2016 08:39 AM - edited 01-04-2022 12:50 PM
Hi,
When my PM phone was supported by the former voicemail system, it rang 4 times before the incoming call was forwarded to voicemail. I didn't regard 4 rings as sufficient; as a result, I increased the number to the maximum allowable, namely, 5.
When the new voicemail system was implemented, I wanted to ensure that my phone would still ring 5 times before calls were directed to voicemail. To my surprise, only 2 rings were necessary before a call would be forwarded.
It's possible that the new system is forwarding calls to voicemail after only 2 rings when someone calls you.
The following applies to Android devices; other phones may or may not be similarly affected:
1: If you wish to know how many rings are necessary before a call is sent to voicemail, you can either call your PM phone from a non-PM one, or you can enter *#61# in your PM phone's dialer.
2: After learning the above, and, if you wish to increase or decrease the number of rings, enter in your phone's dialer **61*+1(your 10-digit regional voicemail number without spaces)*11*30#. In this example, 30 represents 30 seconds, which equals 5 rings, the maximum allowable. If you want 4 rings, change 30 to 25, and so forth.
FYI.
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03-02-2016 02:48 PM
@srlawren See if you can access https://voicemailexport.publicmobile.ca/
That should give you an idea of whether or not you're on the new system yet.
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03-02-2016 02:47 PM
I'm glad that the dialer input-code worked for you.
The main difference between the two voicemail systems is this: With the old one, before a caller left a message, one was presented with a choice of leaving a call-back number, along with other options. With the new system, the call-back prompt and other options are heard by the caller AFTER the message has been left. So, have a friend call your PM number, and then ask him/her if the prompts/options came before or after he/she left a message. If you have a second phone, you can call yourself and learn which voicemail system you have.
FYI.
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03-02-2016 02:24 PM
I should add: how do I know if I'm on the old or new voicemail system? I believe I signed up around the time that PM was starting to migrate people; to the best of my knowledge, I've never received notification of being migrated, but I'm not sure if I started in the old system or possibly directly in the new? I signed up on I believe Sept 29, 2015, if that helps...
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03-02-2016 02:22 PM
Awesome tips, @Martin! I just tried the *#61# and it indeed reports to me that it will callforward after 25 seconds to 7785804002. Cool.
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03-02-2016 09:57 AM
@Martin wrote:If you want 4 rings, change 30 to 25, and so forth.
I think it's 6 seconds per ring. So 4 rings would be 24 seconds, and 3 would be 18.
