Originally Posted by
SAT Lawyer
One thing that has always bugged me, however, is when I get voice mails while abroad: my iPhone displays the red icon indicating that I have one or more voice mails, but I've become accustomed to waiting until I land back in the U.S. to retrieve my voice mails so I don't get charged. And, of course, until then, I'm always in the dark as to whether the voice mail I know I have is time-sensitive or (most likely) not time-sensitive.
I feel your pain and annoyance. Although I have an international plan, my family members have to play the guessing game on whether to retreive VM, though usually the callerID provides a clue. As this is data it should be something you could retreive via wifi but of course that would deprive AT&T of revenue.
Originally Posted by
cwilson830
When you're overseas, you could forward your phone to your Google Voice number, and then have GV e-mail you the transcription of the message, which would save you from having to check messages.
This is what we used to do, and it works very well as the incoming # will still ring on your phone if you designate it as the receiving #.
Originally Posted by
wco81
Change your VM greeting and tell people to email you while you're abroad if it's a time-sensitive message.
Extrememly bad idea, I would not want to tip random callers as to my whereabouts.