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BT's 'Free' Answer 1571 Service

 
Description: "With BT's, free to subscribe to, 1571 service you get an answering service for your telephone line with the following ... more
BT's 'Free' Answer 1571 Service ... features:
messages of up to 2 minutes can be recorded; stores up to 10 messages at any one time; after being listened to, messages are automatically saved for 20 days. Also, managing your messages is easy: a stutter tone alerts you to your new messages; dial 1571 to access and edit messages for free; a recording tells you when your mail box is nearly full."

Newest Review: ... service = rubbish. 10 call limit is feeble Can't access the messages remotely Calls aren't forwardable as MP3 recordings to an email address Traditional ansaphone 100 times better. Cheeky when ask for you if you want to use BT for callback at a hugely premium rate. I wish I could cancel BT forever, but I have to use them for my Broadband. BT = Con trick for this service. 1471 equally ... more

 ... rubbish service. The braindead run BT....more

James+R
BT's 'Free' Answer 1571 Service: 1571 sucks (85 words)
by James R - written on 09/09/07
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1571 service = rubbish. 10 call limit is feeble Can't access the messages remotely Calls aren't forwardable as MP3 recordings to an email address Traditional ansaphone 100 times better. Cheeky when ask for you if you want to use BT for callback at a hugely premium rate. I wish I could cancel BT forever, but I have to use them for my Broadband. BT = Con trick for this service. 1471 equally rubbish service. The braindead run ...

Prospector
Beware: useless for some users (116 words)
by Prospector - written on 07/06/07
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A problem with the 1571 Text Alerts system that BT's website fails to point out at this date (7/6/07) is that if you have retained your mobile phone number and transfered it from another provider to either Virgin or T-mobile, the text alert sytem will not work. In other words, you may have messages on your landline, but you will not be texted to inform you of the fact. BT confirmed this to me today. So if you have ported your number to Virgin or T-mobile, the text alert system is virtually useless. The only way to resolve the problem is to either cancel your mobile contract (expensive!) or change your mobile number ...

dave+e
BT's 'Free' Answer 1571 Service: callers get charged for engaged line. (76 words)
by dave e - written on 01/11/06
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i dread dialing someone and getting bt 1571. i get charged even though the recipient hasn't answered. if i leave a message, will they know i have? - as they have to finish their call and then pick up the phone again to check the dial tone, which will tell them they have a message. it's a very clever way of bt making money out of callers for what should be a free engaged ...

 
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