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Voice Mail gives you the freedom to do what is most important to you; living life instead of waiting for phone calls.

Voice Mail is the perfect option for shared homes or apartments, busy families, dial-up connection. With three packages to choose from, you will never miss a message again. Access your Voice Mail from any phone, check your messages from your email account, get complete website access authorization, and have one mailbox for several phone numbers. Choose the package that works best for you.

FEATURES BRONZE $3.95/mo SILVER $6.95/mo GOLD $8.95/mo
Maximum Mailboxes 1 4 9
Max. stored messages (incl. sub-boxes) 21 28 36
Max. message length 3 3 4
New message retention (days) 10 10 10
Saved message retention (days) 7 10 10
Auto Login YES YES YES
Message Waiting Indication YES YES YES
Message Reply   YES YES
Message Forwarding   YES YES
Multiple Greeting     YES
Distribution List   YES YES
E-mail forwarding   YES YES
Website access   YES YES
Associate Number   up to 4 up to 9
Daily Notification     YES
Send Memo   YES YES

 

Description of Features

Mailboxes

Each user on a telephone line can have their own voice mailbox (Silver & Gold packages). PIN access ensures privacy. Great for roommates, family members and people who work out of their home.

Auto-Login

This feature will allow you quick access to your mailbox when you are calling from the voice mail phone. You get immediate access to your Voice Mailbox without being asked to enter a User ID or Password. Ideal for those that are not concerned with the security features and want quicker access to their voice mail. Can be turned on/off as desired.

Message Waiting Indication Back to Top

Feature activates the stutter dial tone or the message light on the phone when there are new messages in the mailbox.

Message Reply

If the caller presses the 5 key while the message is playing, the service will attempt to place a call to the person that left the message to the number they dialed from. (Local calls only)

Message Forwarding

This feature allows you to forward a message to another mailbox or distribution list. You can also record an intro message to tag to the front of the message you are forwarding.

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Allows you to record multiple greetings and select which greeting is active. You can record a default greeting for regular use and an "out of office" greeting to use on a temporary basis.

Distribution List

This feature allows you to group different lists of mailboxes. Example: If you wanted to send a memo out to everyone in your Sales Department, you can set up a list of people in that department and simply record and send your message once. It will automatically be sent to everyone you listed in that distribution group.

E-mail Forwarding

This feature automatically converts your incoming messages into email. You can then listen to, forward, save or delete your message directly from your email voicemail box. This is very useful for those who want to keep their messages longer than the maximum retention and great for those who work on line and through email. You'll get your messages even quicker if you're on line with your email program open.

Website Access

This service allows you to access your voice mail service directly from a website. You can retrieve your messages, save or delete them and make changes to your service. You will receive a user ID and Password to ensure complete privacy.

Associated Number

This feature allows multiple phone numbers to share the same voice mailbox. If a caller attempts to call any of these phone numbers, that subscriber's one voice mailbox will play it's greeting. This allows the subscriber to manage only one mailbox for several associated phone numbers.

Send Memo Back to Top

This feature allows you to send memo messages to other mailboxes within your system. The memos are sent directly to the mailboxes without their phone ringing.

Call Western Iowa Networks to order Voicemail today, at 888-508-2946.

Special Voicemail Feature Packages

Email Only package

This feature automatically forwards your voice mails directly to your email and deletes them from your voice mailbox. There is no Message Waiting Indication with this package. All voice mail is accessed, saved and deleted via your email. This package is great for those users who are concerned with their mailbox exceeding the capacity limits or want to manage their voice messages from email only.

Announcement Only

This feature is for those that want to use the service to deliver an announcement only without giving callers the option to leave a message. This is useful for schools that want to announce a school closing or late start or a business that wants to give callers a special notice.

Telemarketer Call Screening

This feature allows you to "screen calls" from telemarketers. Before you hear your phone ring a message will announce that you do not accept calls from telemarketers and instructs them to add you to their own Do Not Call List*. If they are not a telemarketer, they simply press a button to get through and the service remembers the number and they never hear the message again. You can also call the service directly and give them numbers to add to your personal blocked caller list.
*This will not add you to the federal Do Not Call registry, only to the telemarketers own do not call list.

Originating Call Management Back to Top

This feature allows you to control the type of calls that are placed from your phone and to restrict access to specific callers. Example: You can restrict outgoing long distance calls. A PIN number allows you to override the restriction so that calls normally blocked may be completed on a per call basis.