Calls going directly to voice mail

[cameo]

In the last few weeks several calls to me went straight to the voice
mail without ringing me first. After googling around I found several
similar complainst but no real fix for it. Because it does not happen
with all calls, I can't really go for help to T-Mobile with it. As a
matter of fact, one T-Mo rep I ran into in a bar dismissed the issue by
saying that this thing would not have happened if I bought the phone
from them. They feel not responsible for unlocked international phones.
I suspect some recent network change is causing this problem because the
phone used to always ring first before going to VM.

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In article <peibem$kqd$1...@dont-email.me>, cameo <ca...@unreal.invalid>
wrote:

usually that's because the cell you're on is at capacity and can't
establish a voice channel to the phone, so it rolls to voicemail, which
is why it doesn't always happen.

[cameo]

Thanks. I still find it interesting after all the network enhancments
lately. But your explanation makes sense.

[Rick]

Another possibility is that you're not in range of a cell tower at the
time the call is made.

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In article <UlaPC.325581$PE5....@fx37.iad>, Rick <rick...@gmail.com>

wrote:

> >>> In the last few weeks several calls to me went straight to the voice
> >>> mail without ringing me first. After googling around I found several
> >>> similar complainst but no real fix for it. Because it does not happen
> >>> with all calls, I can't really go for help to T-Mobile with it. As a
> >>> matter of fact, one T-Mo rep I ran into in a bar dismissed the issue
> >>> by saying that this thing would not have happened if I bought the
> >>> phone from them. They feel not responsible for unlocked international
> >>> phones. I suspect some recent network change is causing this problem
> >>> because the phone used to always ring first before going to VM.
> >>
> >> usually that's because the cell you're on is at capacity and can't
> >> establish a voice channel to the phone, so it rolls to voicemail, which
> >> is why it doesn't always happen.
> >>
> > Thanks. I still find it interesting after all the network enhancments
> > lately. But your explanation makes sense.
>
> Another possibility is that you're not in range of a cell tower at the
> time the call is made.

except that if he wasn't in the range of a cell tower, he wouldn't get
the voicemail notifications.

[danny burstein]

[snip]

> In the last few weeks several calls to me went straight to the voice
> >>> mail without ringing me first.

I've had this happen, too, and it's been for a year or more now.

It's led me to... routinely checking v-mail at least once/day
(more often when I'm expecting a call...)

I first discovered this when I heard my phone ring and
deliberately let the call switch over. Then, when I checked
the message, founc a bunch of older ones.

No obvious answer. But at least I can confirm to you
it ain't just you.



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[(PeteCresswell)]

Per cameo:

>In the last few weeks several calls to me went straight to the voice
>mail without ringing me first. After googling around I found several
>similar complainst but no real fix for it. Because it does not happen
>with all calls, I can't really go for help to T-Mobile with it.

They were all legitimate calls, right?

If not, check out http://tinyurl.com/y7hf56ol
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringless_voicemail
--
Pete Cresswell

[cameo]

Yes, legitimate. In fact the caller, with whom I just exchanged numbers,
was right next to me and I asked him to call me so his number gets in
my call log. Then I hear nothing for about a minute, and then I noticed
my Visual Voice Mail indicator showing up. Sure enough, it was his call
in there.