View Full Version : way around rogers voicemail?
steveblue
06-27-2010, 03:51 PM
Not to sound cheap but paying $8/month for voicemail in 2010 is ridiculous. I have a family plan with 3 phones so that's a bit of change every month (actually $12month x3 for the voicemail, caller id bundle). Given that I have smartphones (sony x10s) and computers galore, is there a workaround where I can not use rogers lame viocemail, and use "my own or alt version" and safe money. Like an Android app. I guess the real question I am asking is, is their a way to setup a rogers call , if no one answers (say 4 rings) to get it forwarded to my own voicemail setup. My bill for the family was a lot more than we thought and I am researching a way to bring the cost down.
underwhere
06-28-2010, 09:01 AM
yup - the only way is the cancel it and have none ;)
LastEmperor7
06-28-2010, 11:11 AM
That's a great idea...and I know Windows Mobile used to have apps that could do stuff like that...but I don't know if anything exists for Android :(
Brendanmurphy
07-04-2010, 04:04 AM
When google voice comes to Canada that is your solution set up call forwarding to forward it to your google voice voicemail and your done. But until then no luck. Don't you just love the canadian wireless industry =(
steveblue
08-07-2010, 04:38 PM
As the original poster, I should say I got rid of rogers voicemail for my family ($10 x 3 people x 36 months = $1080!!) and have our smartphones 'call forward' when we do not pick up to our home phone's voice mail - where we say please leave a message or message our cell phone for immediate notification ( we have unlimited messaging). As a bonus our home phone ( shaw digital phone) saves all voice messages to a file and email it to an email account. I am now looking for a tool that sits on my computer that will send a text message back to the phone that is called. Or if google voice comes soon to canada ...
Hybrid
08-13-2010, 10:53 PM
If you have call forwarding on your line you could set up call forwarding when busy/unanswered and direct it to the answering machine on your home phone or something like that. If Google voice was available in Canada I'd say point it to one of those numbers, but they haven't expanded past the US yet :(.