Hi all,
If this is OT for the uk.d-i-y group could anyone please tell me the
name of a correct group.

I have a pay as you go mobile phone account with Virgin, and have been
pleased with the service and have had no problems during around 5 years.

I have taken over the running of a group that meets weekly, and really need
to have a phone contact number that is apart from my home landline and my
mobile phone number.
I was going to buy a second mobile phone to use for a new virgin pay as you
go account, but before I do wondered if I could just get another virgin
account sim card, and set up the account,with a voice box then just insert
the new sim card in my phone every few days to check for any messages?
Would this work?
Thanks for any thoughts.
Mick.

Mick Cant explained :
I was going to buy a second mobile phone to use for a new virgin pay as you
go account, but before I do wondered if I could just get another virgin
account sim card, and set up the account,with a voice box then just insert
the new sim card in my phone every few days to check for any messages?
Would this work?

Yes, but you may need to make a minimum number of calls within a set
period to keep the number active.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

"Mick Cant" wrote in message
om...
Hi all,
If this is OT for the uk.d-i-y group could anyone please tell me the
name of a correct group.

I have a pay as you go mobile phone account with Virgin, and have been
pleased with the service and have had no problems during around 5 years.

I have taken over the running of a group that meets weekly, and really
need to have a phone contact number that is apart from my home landline
and my mobile phone number.
I was going to buy a second mobile phone to use for a new virgin pay as
you go account, but before I do wondered if I could just get another
virgin account sim card, and set up the account,with a voice box then just
insert the new sim card in my phone every few days to check for any
messages?
Would this work?
Thanks for any thoughts.
Mick.


Set up a voip number (choose your own number) with Sipgate set to voicemail
and it will email you the message within a few seconds. Free of charge as
long as you have an incoming call every month (I think). I've got one for
my residents association - don't get calls at inconvenient times and can
compose a suitable response before returning the call - worth it's weight in
gold.

Peter

"Mick Cant" wrote in message
om...
Hi all,
If this is OT for the uk.d-i-y group could anyone please tell me the
name of a correct group.

I have a pay as you go mobile phone account with Virgin, and have been
pleased with the service and have had no problems during around 5 years.

I have taken over the running of a group that meets weekly, and really
need to have a phone contact number that is apart from my home landline
and my mobile phone number.
I was going to buy a second mobile phone to use for a new virgin pay as
you go account, but before I do wondered if I could just get another
virgin account sim card, and set up the account,with a voice box then just
insert the new sim card in my phone every few days to check for any
messages?
Would this work?
Thanks for any thoughts.
Mick.


It sounds like the callers will only be leaving voicemail messages, and
there
is no urgency in picking them up. Is that right?
If so, here is my solution, it's totally free.

Go to http://www.sipgate.co.uk don't worry that it's VoIP, you
are only going to use it for voicemail.
Create yourself an account on the registration tab.

Choose an appropriate STD area code,
you are going to get a free geographic telephone number.
Confirm you want the geo number my selecting the 2nd
radio button. Highlight the number and complete the
registration form.

Log into your account click the voicemail tab and choose
voicemail settings. Fill in a 4 digit PIN and save.

Click "configure call forwarding" and create a rule
to immediately forward to voicemail.

Now dial 020 7043 7777
when prompted dial the last 7 digits of your new
phone number and when you here "password"
dial the 4 digit PIN you created.
0 then 1 will allow you to record an outgoing
message ("unavailable" message) please do this
as the default message sounds horrable.

So there you go, callers call the local number,
hear the OGM and leave a message.

Calling the London 020 number allows you
to listen to the messages and manage the mailbox.
You can listen to the messages directly from the
website, and you can have new messages emailed
to you.


--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

"Graham." wrote in message
...
It sounds like the callers will only be leaving voicemail messages, and
there
is no urgency in picking them up. Is that right?
If so, here is my solution, it's totally free.

Go to http://www.sipgate.co.uk don't worry that it's VoIP, you
are only going to use it for voicemail.
Create yourself an account on the registration tab.

Choose an appropriate STD area code,
you are going to get a free geographic telephone number.
Confirm you want the geo number my selecting the 2nd
radio button. Highlight the number and complete the
registration form.

Log into your account click the voicemail tab and choose
voicemail settings. Fill in a 4 digit PIN and save.

Click "configure call forwarding" and create a rule
to immediately forward to voicemail.

Now dial 020 7043 7777
when prompted dial the last 7 digits of your new
phone number and when you here "password"
dial the 4 digit PIN you created.
0 then 1 will allow you to record an outgoing
message ("unavailable" message) please do this
as the default message sounds horrable.

So there you go, callers call the local number,
hear the OGM and leave a message.

Calling the London 020 number allows you
to listen to the messages and manage the mailbox.
You can listen to the messages directly from the
website, and you can have new messages emailed
to you.

Graham.

Thank you very much Graham,
All set up and working, took me two goes to get the unavailable message
right, and set it to email the voice messages to me, so should be easy to
use.
Thanks again, Mick.

"Mick Cant" wrote in message
om...

"Graham." wrote in message
...
It sounds like the callers will only be leaving voicemail messages, and
there
is no urgency in picking them up. Is that right?
If so, here is my solution, it's totally free.

Go to http://www.sipgate.co.uk don't worry that it's VoIP, you
are only going to use it for voicemail.
Create yourself an account on the registration tab.

Choose an appropriate STD area code,
you are going to get a free geographic telephone number.
Confirm you want the geo number my selecting the 2nd
radio button. Highlight the number and complete the
registration form.

Log into your account click the voicemail tab and choose
voicemail settings. Fill in a 4 digit PIN and save.

Click "configure call forwarding" and create a rule
to immediately forward to voicemail.

Now dial 020 7043 7777
when prompted dial the last 7 digits of your new
phone number and when you here "password"
dial the 4 digit PIN you created.
0 then 1 will allow you to record an outgoing
message ("unavailable" message) please do this
as the default message sounds horrable.

So there you go, callers call the local number,
hear the OGM and leave a message.

Calling the London 020 number allows you
to listen to the messages and manage the mailbox.
You can listen to the messages directly from the
website, and you can have new messages emailed
to you.

Graham.

Thank you very much Graham,
All set up and working, took me two goes to get the unavailable message
right, and set it to email the voice messages to me, so should be easy to
use.
Thanks again, Mick.

Ah, but Peter should take the credit, he beat me with the same answer
by a whole three minutes. (Don't you hate it when that happens?) ;-)

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

"Graham." wrote in message
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"Mick Cant" wrote in message
om...

"Graham." wrote in message
...
It sounds like the callers will only be leaving voicemail messages, and
there
is no urgency in picking them up. Is that right?
If so, here is my solution, it's totally free.

Go to http://www.sipgate.co.uk don't worry that it's VoIP, you
are only going to use it for voicemail.
Create yourself an account on the registration tab.

Choose an appropriate STD area code,
you are going to get a free geographic telephone number.
Confirm you want the geo number my selecting the 2nd
radio button. Highlight the number and complete the
registration form.

Log into your account click the voicemail tab and choose
voicemail settings. Fill in a 4 digit PIN and save.

Click "configure call forwarding" and create a rule
to immediately forward to voicemail.

Now dial 020 7043 7777
when prompted dial the last 7 digits of your new
phone number and when you here "password"
dial the 4 digit PIN you created.
0 then 1 will allow you to record an outgoing
message ("unavailable" message) please do this
as the default message sounds horrable.

So there you go, callers call the local number,
hear the OGM and leave a message.

Calling the London 020 number allows you
to listen to the messages and manage the mailbox.
You can listen to the messages directly from the
website, and you can have new messages emailed
to you.

Graham.

Thank you very much Graham,
All set up and working, took me two goes to get the unavailable message
right, and set it to email the voice messages to me, so should be easy to
use.
Thanks again, Mick.

Ah, but Peter should take the credit, he beat me with the same answer
by a whole three minutes. (Don't you hate it when that happens?) ;-)

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%


.... yes, I was feeling very offended that you stole my thanks:-)

Peter

Mick Cant wrote:

I have taken over the running of a group that meets weekly, and really need
to have a phone contact number that is apart from my home landline and my
mobile phone number.

Use a personal numbering service like flextel or YAC. Mostly free (for
you) to run, but callers pay a premium for the call. You can direct the
call to your other phones, setup a voice mailbox or direct incoming
audio to email - attached as a wav file.

--
Adrian C