For the love of Spinvox

By on March 14, 2008 in News

I haven’t yet swapped over Spinvox to my new handset. I have been meaning to do this and it’s a total arse. My voicemail is full already. And i have to listen to them alllllllll!Gahhhh.

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  • http://shkspr.mobi Terence Eden

    If you’ve signed up for Vodafone.net you can get a (very primitive) form of Visual Voicemail. You can use your phone’s browser to see who has called you and selectively listen or delete your messages. You can even download them as .mp3 through your regular web browser.

    It’s not as good as SpinVox – and it’s not as integrated as visual voicemail – but it’s free!

    https://www.vodafone.net/

    (Not speaking for my humongeous, impersonal, multinational employer)

  • http://normob.blogspot.com HeavyLight

    Bloody Vodafone!

    They’re completely crap and then they pull a little gesture towards sensible human interaction out of the bag and I feel bad for slagging them off.
    Well, almost…

    (Not speaking for my humongeous, impersonal, multinational employer)
    I think you missed off “expensive”, “intractable” and “slavishly avoiding bad publicity from prominent bloggers”?

    :-D

    HeavyLight’s last blog post..Apple, RM Battle Shapes Up

  • http://www.myadhan.com Nasser Ahmed

    Sorry Ewan, I’m not a huge fan of SpinVox. I love the technology but hate the costs. Let me explain, not only was I charged a fiver a month for the service, I found out 2 months in that my voicemail was a LIverpool number (0115 or something) that I was being extravagantly billed for. Voicemail redirect change from the TMobsters. I think I racked up extras on my bill for £25 just for SpinVox. Is that value for money?

  • http://blog.spinvox.com James Whatley

    @Nasser Ahmed,

    Not entirely sure how you ended up paying so much for two months worth of SpinVox Voicemail.
    If you like you can drop me an email at james dot whatley at spinvox dot com and I’ll look into it for you.

    Let me know,

    J.

    James Whatley’s last blog post..Friday Fun – Chinposin

  • http://www.smstextnews.com/category/ben_smith/ Ben Smith

    @Nasser: That seems strange. My Spinvox re-directs are taken from inclusive minutes and I hardly notice it on the bill.

    Ben Smith’s last blog post..My other phone(s) shame?

  • Ewan

    For me, yeah, Nasser, it is worth it. I too am charged a substantial amount of money for every redirection on Spinvox (on T-Mobile). Really annoying … but only when the bill arrives. I thoroughly enjoy and value the actual service. My voicemail is still stuffed full — I’ve only just got it enabled on my Vodafone number, … I’m not sure what they charge for Spinvox redirection.

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