Verizon Wireless and voice mail

[fearlesss]

for the 1st time I went over my mins. not by much and it was only one day. Here's my question if you go over. are you charged for calling your voicemail? Cause that is what Verizon did.

[meatwad]

for the 1st time I went over my mins. not by much and it was only one day. Here's my question if you go over. are you charged for calling your voicemail? Cause that is what Verizon did.

I think any phone call is considered a call, even if it's to your mailbox.

[MetFanL]

Yes, you get charged if you call your vm from your phone. I avoid this somewhat by checking my VM from my house or work line whenever I can.

[fearlesss]

Yes, you get charged if you call your vm from your phone. I avoid this somewhat by checking my VM from my house or work line whenever I can.
ehh, I thought it was free. looks like I'm doing that way more often.

[wordsmith]

Verizon landline question...I haven't had their voicemail for my landline, but I got it like a month ago. I've been checking my home landline VM from work a lot due to a job search; is that going on my employer's bill as something more than a local call? It's just a local number to check...

[Winter Storm]

Verizon landline question...I haven't had their voicemail for my landline, but I got it like a month ago. I've been checking my home landline VM from work a lot due to a job search; is that going on my employer's bill as something more than a local call? It's just a local number to check...
I don't see why it would be anything more. Mine is also a local number.

[wordsmith]

Sweet. Not that I really care.

[CityGal]

When I got my first cell phone, I naively thought that calling my voicemail was free. Little did I know that every time I called it during peak time it counted against peak minutes. It totally sucks but yes when you call your voicemail during peak time it counts. Any call during peak time counts against peak minutes. I have Verizon so I know. :torn: :(

[caddymac]

That's what has always confused and annoyed me about mobile phone companies. Why must they charge for checking voicemail! You can make all the Verizon to Verizon phone calls in the world for free, why not voicemail? Doesn't Verizon control the voicemail, so essentially wouldn't it still be a Verizon to Verizon call for calling your voicemail? Or is there some sort of mobile phone conspiracy where competing companies own each other's voicemail? I think these are questions we may never know the answer to.

[Honey418]

Not to mention we get charged for the 5 or 6 seconds it takes to listen to the voicemail intro message as well. I think we all probably know the options by now.

[redav]

You can make all the Verizon to Verizon phone calls in the world for free, why not voicemail?
Because they can. Why do phone companies pass through federal fees & taxes? Because they can. Why do they charge by the minute anyway? Because they can.

Doesn't Verizon control the voicemail, so essentially wouldn't it still be a Verizon to Verizon call for calling your voicemail? Or is there some sort of mobile phone conspiracy where competing companies own each other's voicemail? I think these are questions we may never know the answer to.
Free mobile-to-mobile isn't due to anyone controlling anything. It's a marketing scheme first cooked up by Cingular (IIRC) and quickly adopted by Verizon & others. They do it to compete. It's the same as banks offering "free" ATMs. Also notice the new 'circle' programs where you can call any of a set of numbers free, even land-lines.