i would like to request a no fee feature to every public mobile member. when the phone is off or during travel in the subway, a caller message of the number that called with a time stamp!
The way I look at it - if somebody is so petty that they won't leave me a voicemail when I don't answer their call (Hey, maybe I'm in a meeting at work? Or in some other scenario where I can't immediately pick up the phone?), I'm REALLY ok with not calling them back. 😛
I already have my PM line set up to use FreePhoneLine.ca to forward my voicemails to me via email, so no worries about disappearing voicemails after 7 days for me. But I could see that some people might not want to take that step. Though, frankly, if I'm ever in a situation where I've got no phone service and I'm not able to fetch my voicemails for 7 days, I'm hoping that anything important will be sent to me via alternate means.
I think whocalled is a very good idea - the demand for this service is there given that in Toronto many people travel in tunnels and commute via subway. It should be included in this day and age.
10 years ago, called ID was an add-on. Practically everyone has it now. Whocalled should be the natural extension of that.
@Balanceman agreed, it should be a standard throw-in feature on all talk plans like caller ID and call waiting. And it's not just Toronto--I missed a call yesterday in a transit tunnel* that only has Rogers network service (due to an exclusive agreement--I sure hate those sometimes!). I would never have known if the caller hadn't tried again several minutes later. It may not be something everyone uses often, but I just think having more info is better than not.
* More info: we don't technically have subway service in Vancouver, but we do have a "skytrain" light rapid transit system. Most of the older line that's been around since the mid-1980's is above ground, but there are a coupe of short underground tunnels between the burbs and downtown, and then one longer one that runs about half the length of the downtown core--from Stadium station to Waterfront--which is only serviced by Rogers as I mentioned. There is a newer line built about 10 years ago that is almost completely underground--though still called a Skytrain--but being newer, it's underground sections are fully serviced by all carriers to the best of my knowledge.
