BT's 'Free' Answer 1571 Service

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...