Are you required have voicemail through your phone company or does this phone system take care of it for you?
1787043
I have both. I set the answering to three rings and the calls are picked up by my machine first
336622
No, I am sorry, I don't know about that !! It does have voice mail though! If that helps!!
141079
I believe that there is a model that does, but since we have voicemail with our phone service, that wasn't an issue for us.
1257623
I believe you have to do that through your cellphone service provider, it has nothing to do with the phone itself.
1786324
We recommend contacting your Carrier and making sure they provide their services to the phone without any restrictions.
1302141
No, it doesn't have a built in answering machine. You would need to access your voicemail through your phone carrier/provider. If you have voicemail, an envelope icon will show up on the display screen. Hope that makes sense.
101528
It does require a contact I own this phone and I had to get a contract through verizon
1691002
I have voicemail through my local phone company and I just dial *98 to get into it. Or I can dial the telephone number for the voicemail service.
874960
What I can tell you is that I have used this phone system for over a year without a single problem. I did a little research, and this is the system that best fit my needs at the time--and I was not disappointed. Hope this helps, Chuck
1957006
You need the base phone in order for this system to work. It does have call waiting.
1167286
No voice mail/answering component. This phone is being used as an additional phone in the home, which has those compents through the telephone service.
1226484
It won't do anything without a service. If you have the audible alarm then you are good.
224114
Sorry. I don't use the machine answering system. I have a voice mail account and I use that. If you buy the phone, I am sure that the instruction manual will explain all you need to know. It's a cool set-up. I recommend it.
385181
From the description of the phone's capabilities it does not appear to have a built-in voicemail or messaging system, so I wouldn't expect it to have a light to indicate voicemail on the unit. Now some folks have voicemail available through their phone service carrier (not internal through the phone itself) so I'd expect there is another way to access the phone carrier's system to check on voicemails, record outgoing messages, save/delete messages, etc.
1826964
I have caller id with my phone company...so I am not sure if it would work if you did not have that option.
1931759
Voicemail box is included with the service or you can chose to use a answering machine instead. These calling features are included also at no charge: 3-way calling, call waiting, call forwarding with no per minute charge if activated, caller number ID. My at&t box works perfect with clear calls. I would highly recommend going with at&t, no complaints.
1054721
I have never had to use the answering machine as I have MagicJack, which has its own voicemail. The caller ID does talk though, which is nice.