http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/take-back-the-beep-campaign/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Thu, 31 May 2012 23:50:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/take-back-the-beep-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-196463 Dan Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:03:48 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7172#comment-196463 IIRC, most carriers round usage up to the nearest minute. If the message is truly 15 seconds, and the average length of the seconds portion of the call is uniformly distributed, the then the odds of the message pushing you into the next minute are only 1/4. I'd like to see real data on the issue to actually quantify the whole thing. IIRC, most carriers round usage up to the nearest minute. If the message is truly 15 seconds, and the average length of the seconds portion of the call is uniformly distributed, the then the odds of the message pushing you into the next minute are only 1/4. I’d like to see real data on the issue to actually quantify the whole thing.

]]> http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/take-back-the-beep-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-196438 DoneToZen Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:33:43 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7172#comment-196438 @Ken M: I was going to suggest that, too, but I don't think it works with every company. I had to leave a voice message for one of my sister's friends, and # not only doesn't work, it wastes more time by adding a one-second pause in the message before continuing. @Ken M: I was going to suggest that, too, but I don’t think it works with every company. I had to leave a voice message for one of my sister’s friends, and # not only doesn’t work, it wastes more time by adding a one-second pause in the message before continuing.

]]> http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/take-back-the-beep-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-196380 Parasaur Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:43:01 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7172#comment-196380 It's * that skips the message and goes straight to the beep. I found it out last weekend while trying to recover my voicemail from another phone, and managed to send myself an empty voicemail. It’s * that skips the message and goes straight to the beep. I found it out last weekend while trying to recover my voicemail from another phone, and managed to send myself an empty voicemail.

]]> http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/take-back-the-beep-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-196364 Ken M Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:10:28 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7172#comment-196364 I think if you press pound (#) during that recording it skips the message. I think if you press pound (#) during that recording it skips the message.

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