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Re: Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters

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Post by cdr »

gadders wrote: post #80
mcculley wrote: post #45

I'm a bit bemused by all of the voicemail hate on here. I'm 42, so I feel I'm in the area between those that hate phone calls (younger, in general) and those that hate texting (older, in general). I enjoy being reachable by people (family, clients, employees, etc.) and I don't want them to have an obstacle to sending me a message. Certainly voicemail is an annoyance but it's also often the best option. Just last nigh…

I'm 43 and I hate voicemail. It just takes so long to get the information. Dial a number, wait for connection, press more buttons, find a pen and paper to write down any important bits of the message etc. Just send me the info in written form.

"Visual voicemail" moved me from strong dislike to being mostly OK with it. At most it usually requires tapping my phone twice - open app, play message. Still need to potentially transcribe, I guess, but there's too many people and places that will never switch to texting anytime soon.

Re: Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters

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Post by unepipe »

mcculley wrote: post #87
DanBC wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm 45. I prefer sms texts or emails to voicemail. I prefer sms texts or email to actuL voice calls too - it's just easier to share information. Of course sometimes phone calls are for just chatting and voicemails fail for that too. Currently iMessages are causing considerable problems with silent fails and no option to send as SMS (which they used to have - not sure why that changed). All the other messaging solutio…

I also prefer SMS and email, for most conversations. I'm just surprised so many state that they would rather force someone else to send an SMS or email because they hate voicemail so much.

No one is being forced to send a message. If it feels like a big burden to type up 140 chars or a few lines of an email to send a message, maybe that message isn't important enough to bother someone with. (talking internal business here, not personal or external)

The reason I dislike voicemail for internal business - not sales, support, biz dev or personal calls - is because it often implies that a call wasn't planned, which means that someone wants you to make decisions on the fly or they think that your time can be interrupted whenever they feel like it. Of course there are a thousand exceptions to this - but I prefer other means of communication for internal business interactions.

Re: Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters

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Post by protomyth »

Corporate voice mail is a nightmare with the press 7 and 9 systems. If it was like a modern smartphone (e.g. Visual Voicemail) then it would be ok. At this point, I am trying to figure out what to replace the college's current Nortel[1] system. I think the mp3 e-mail voice mail would probably make people a bit happier.

1) why yes, the words "current" and "Nortel" should never be associated, but that's where we are

Re: Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters

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Post by bkev »

DanBC wrote: post #82
mcculley wrote: post #45

I'm a bit bemused by all of the voicemail hate on here. I'm 42, so I feel I'm in the area between those that hate phone calls (younger, in general) and those that hate texting (older, in general). I enjoy being reachable by people (family, clients, employees, etc.) and I don't want them to have an obstacle to sending me a message. Certainly voicemail is an annoyance but it's also often the best option. Just last nigh…

I'm 45. I prefer sms texts or emails to voicemail. I prefer sms texts or email to actuL voice calls too - it's just easier to share information. Of course sometimes phone calls are for just chatting and voicemails fail for that too. Currently iMessages are causing considerable problems with silent fails and no option to send as SMS (which they used to have - not sure why that changed). All the other messaging solutio…

On an iOS device, enable Settings>Messages>"Send as SMS" to have it automatically fall over to SMS when iMessage isn't sending properly.

Re: Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters

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Post by rocky1138 »

freehunter wrote: post #48
ryanweal wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm looking forward to the day when you can buy a SIM card from a cell carrier which offers only data and text, no voice call support. You can get these now. Get an LTE USB stick sim and add a $10 text package to it. You can add voice as well, but why bother.

T Mobile actually sells service for $30/mo that includes unlimited data and texting with only 100 minutes a month of voice. That service is basically designed for data only.

It's not the same. If someone calls it, I assume it still goes to some sort of voicemail and/or rings?

Re: Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters

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Post by rocky1138 »

_ouxp wrote: post #26
rocky1138 wrote: post #17

The first thing I do when I sit down at a new job is disconnect my landline or VoIP phone and put it in a drawer. HipChat, Skype chat, Email, text, or FB message, please. Voice is dead to me. I'm looking forward to the day when you can buy a SIM card from a cell carrier which offers only data and text, no voice call support. Also, am I the only one that is mildly disappointed that Coke's headquarters isn't shaped lik…

You might enjoy this headquarters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longaberger_Company#mediavi...

Perfect! I did, thank you.

Re: Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters

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Post by algorithmsRcool »

rocky1138 wrote: post #17

The first thing I do when I sit down at a new job is disconnect my landline or VoIP phone and put it in a drawer. HipChat, Skype chat, Email, text, or FB message, please. Voice is dead to me. I'm looking forward to the day when you can buy a SIM card from a cell carrier which offers only data and text, no voice call support. Also, am I the only one that is mildly disappointed that Coke's headquarters isn't shaped lik…

> I'm looking forward to the day when you can buy a SIM card from a cell carrier which offers only data and text, no voice call support.

Is this hyperbole? If you will suffer my pontifications for a moment, i would argue that :

Voice is a poor substitute for face to face communication, as great detail in body language is lost.

Further, text is a poor substitute for voice since great detail in inflection and tone is lost.

While it is true that a great majority of my conversations at work are by text/email, i would maintain that my most productive/useful ones are still face-to-face.

This principle applies even more strongly to conversations with my friends and family.

I am quite curious as to if you would fully give up voice for remote communication?

Re: Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters

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Post by misingnoglic »

At my internship this summer I actually had a sticky note on top of my phone to tell me what buttons to press in order to listen to my voicemail. It was like 3 different menus you had to go through, and then you had to listen to all the voicemail metadata (including the second that the voicemail was sent) just to listen to the 10 second voicemail of your boss telling you to call her back. If coke was anything like this place, they made a good decision.

Re: Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters

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Post by DanBC »

MarkSweep wrote: post #86
DanBC wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm 45. I prefer sms texts or emails to voicemail. I prefer sms texts or email to actuL voice calls too - it's just easier to share information. Of course sometimes phone calls are for just chatting and voicemails fail for that too. Currently iMessages are causing considerable problems with silent fails and no option to send as SMS (which they used to have - not sure why that changed). All the other messaging solutio…

The "send as SMS option is now hidden. If message you sent does not say "Delivered" under it, you can press and hold your message. There will be a "Sens as SMS" option in the context menu.

No, this does not work. I get [copy][more]. Selecting more just leads to a select & delete dialog, with no ability to send as SMS. This is to a contact where I had previously sent messages as SMS before.

Re: Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters

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Post by icelancer »

rocky1138 wrote: post #95
freehunter wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

T Mobile actually sells service for $30/mo that includes unlimited data and texting with only 100 minutes a month of voice. That service is basically designed for data only.

It's not the same. If someone calls it, I assume it still goes to some sort of voicemail and/or rings?

I have that plan and occasionally I block all calls. You can do it on Android like this:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-block-phone-calls...

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