no vmail indication on the phone
skoa330
Newbie

When I was on digital Comcast if someone left a vmail the light would blink on the phone indicating we had a message.  With Verizon  FIOS this does not seem to work - why?

How are you supposed to know when you have vmail?

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Re: no vmail indication on the phone
DerekB
Enthusiast - Level 3
With Verizon, the way to know that you have a voice mail is a stutter dialtone when you pick up the phone.  Also they offer visual message waiting indicator, I am not sure if its an extra charge, but it is available.
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Re: no vmail indication on the phone
skoa330
Newbie
Thankyou for the reply - do you now what steps I need to take to see how to gain access to this visual message waiting indicator?
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Re: no vmail indication on the phone
Beckie0000
Newbie

I have the opposite problem! We switched from Comcast to Verizon and now our light will not stop blinking. Any thoughts?

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wdbass99
Newbie
DITTO HERE BECKEE, IF U GET A FIX LEMME KNOW
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Re: no vmail indication on the phone
ftfaj
Newbie
My voice mail indicator light was not blinking too, you have to call Verizon Billing and ask them to add it on, i just called and they did it for me.
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Re: no vmail indication on the phone
nmilot
Contributor - Level 1

Similar problem here.  With comcast my panasonic phone used to display "new voicemail message" on the display screen whenever I had a new message.  This does not seem to work with FiOS.  I've called support twice and they have been no help.  They state that if I have a voicemail and I pick up the phone and receive the "stuttered" dial tone, then everything is set up correctly on their end.

I haven't changed any settings on my phone since I got this new service.  Any thoughts?  It's a real pain to have to pick up the phone and listen to the dial tone every time I want to see if I have voicemail.

FYI, I have a panasonic KX-TG1033.

Thanks.

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Re: no vmail indication on the phone
Carl
Specialist - Level 1

@nmilot wrote:

Similar problem here.  With comcast my panasonic phone used to display "new voicemail message" on the display screen whenever I had a new message.  This does not seem to work with FiOS.  I've called support twice and they have been no help.  They state that if I have a voicemail and I pick up the phone and receive the "stuttered" dial tone, then everything is set up correctly on their end.

I haven't changed any settings on my phone since I got this new service.  Any thoughts?  It's a real pain to have to pick up the phone and listen to the dial tone every time I want to see if I have voicemail.

FYI, I have a panasonic KX-TG1033.

Thanks.


I just called the Verizon phone billing line (for So Cal - 800-483-4000) this afternoon, and within an hour I had visual voicemail indicators on both lines (one POTS on FIOS, and one POTS on Copper). 

Message Edited by Carl on 01-23-2009 09:46 PM
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Re: no vmail indication on the phone
nmilot
Contributor - Level 1
They didn't give you a hard time?  I've called twice, but they assure me that everything is set up correctly on their end.  I know I haven't changed a thing on my end since I've had comcast.
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Re: no vmail indication on the phone
Carl
Specialist - Level 1

@nmilot wrote:
They didn't give you a hard time?  I've called twice, but they assure me that everything is set up correctly on their end.  I know I haven't changed a thing on my end since I've had comcast.

Not at all. The guy I spoke was at first unsure about what I was asking for and I did have to tell him that I had phones with voicemial indicator lights. He put me on hold for a minute or so to check. Once he came back, it took a couple of minutes for each line, and he told me to wait for an hour or so. I went to play a round of golf, and upon my return the lights were a blazin'. 

The only "lssue" was that the CSR told me I didn't have voicemail on my main line (FiOS). I had to tell him that I do. 

Message Edited by Carl on 01-24-2009 07:55 AM
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