TAKE BACK THE BEEP

submitted on July 30, 2009 by llocomotive in "Member's Lounge", last updated on August 4, 2009

Take Back the Beep Campaign

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com.....tructions/

David Pouge launches War
http://www.engadget.com/2009/0.....-messages/

This message (below) earns Verizon $609 million/year. Yeah, they earn by making you listen to their voicemail messages

At the tone, please record your message. When you have finished recording, you may hang up, or press 1 for more options. To leave a callback number, press 5. (Beep)

Verizon: Post a complaint here.

http://www.verizonwireless.com...../index.jsp

AT&T:

Send e-mail to Mark Siegel, executive director of media relations: MS8460@att.com

Sprint: Post a complaint here.

http://community.sprint.com/ba.....iscussions

T-Mobile: Post a complaint here.

http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmb.....id=General

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learner

Posted by seeker on July 30, 2009

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Looks like someone else might be a Consumerist fan too?

apprentice

Posted by llocomotive on July 30, 2009

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Absolutely

Down With Cellphone Companies' Mandatory 15-Second Voicemail Intros

http://consumerist.com/5326468.....ail-intros

apprentice

Posted by llocomotive on July 30, 2009

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Here are the steps to skip it - and save some money

PRESS 1*# - this will take care of the persons voicemail msg (whom you are calling).

Read more here
http://www.livedigitally.com/2.....tar-pound/

STEP ONE. Press 1. If it's Sprint, you get the beep, and you're done. If you hear an error recording, go on:

STEP TWO. Press *. If it's Verizon, you get the beep. If not:

STEP THREE: Push #. You get the beep for T-Mobile or Cingular.

You have to pause after each one, and you have to keep listening. But it's one small way to fight back. Remember: One Star Pound.

admin

Posted by YanBz on July 31, 2009

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This is funny:

T-Mobile had deleted hundreds of complaints on this topic from its forum, and even blocked any new messages containing the word “beep.”

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admin

Posted by YanBz on July 31, 2009 [reply] 0 0

The forum thread t-mobile dedicated for the complains has 27 pages to scroll through!!!

teacher

Posted by phunkeey on August 3, 2009

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This is the second largest ripoff in the history of the universe.

The first of course is charging for text messages, and that should be the next cellular consumer crusade.

admin

Posted by YanBz on August 14, 2009

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Here is an update:

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com.....an-update/

Verizon seems to be the only (major) company holding up. Others have either implemented a way to disable the instructions (Sprint) or are working on it (t-Mobile and AT&T)