Anyone heard of this error message?

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I've had several people say they've called me and got this message.
And they act like I wasn't accepting calls on purpose!
I called Cingular and she said I needed to turn off my phone each day for
about 3 minutes or more (which I'd NEVER done) so it can "refresh" or pick
up the updates.
She said it *should* also help me with having dropped called and lack of
signal
I've been trying to remember to that, but the above problems still happen.
Go figure....




"Fred" <agunat@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:lcyge.4125$It1.3272@lakeread02...
> Several times when I've attempted calling my brother's Cingular (AT&T
side)
> cell phone I get the recordering "the cellular user you are attempting to
> reach is not accepting calls at this time". My brother has done nothing
out
> of the ordinary with the phone. He is in his home area (Lakeland, FL)
with
> a good signal. When he calls customer care to ask about it they can only
> say that they have never heard of that error message and they don't know
> what it might be causing it! Any ideas?
>
> Fred
>
>

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In article <bel581t6lf418fl8qqfkphpvkbruo45jpa@4ax.com>,
>
> >> Several times when I've attempted calling my brother's Cingular (AT&T
> >side)
> >> cell phone I get the recordering "the cellular user you are attempting to
> >> reach is not accepting calls at this time". My brother has done nothing

> I don't know what phone you are using but that message is sent to callers
> when you have your "call forward" setting in your phone to "all calls"
> "off" and you don't answer the phone before it times out to voice mail and
> when your phone is powered off.
>

I don't think that's the message Cingular (not ATT) uses for that
though. I don't have voicemail on Cingular since I use a one-number
service--if I call the cell directly and don't answer or hit "decline
call" the caller hears "the wireless customer you are calling is not
available--please try again later" twice and then the call disconnects.
ATT might use the other message though.

I've gotten that message myself a few times lately. It plays the
message and then disconnects. In one case I know for sure it was a
Verizon customer who hadn't paid the bill on time--apparently "V" is
very quick at suspending the phone and there is a period of time between
the time it's suspended but before they totally cancel the service when
a caller would get this message. Might be the case with C/ATT also.
You'd think they'd get more action if they made it "The person you're
calling is late paying our bill--if you see him/her please tell them
we're not sending their calls through until we see some money." :-)

--
Jud
Dallas TX USA

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In article <42854BBE.BC64732C@example.net>,
Tropical Haven <email@example.net> wrote:

> > I don't know what phone you are using but that message is sent to callers
> > when you have your "call forward" setting in your phone to "all calls"
> > "off" and you don't answer the phone before it times out to voice mail and
> > when your phone is powered off.
> >
> > Also if you want to set your default amount of rings timing before it goes
> > to voice mail this is one way:
> >
> > where XXXXXXXXXX is the ten-digit voicemail system number for your area and
> > tt is the time in seconds you want the phone to ring for. Valid numbers for
> > tt are 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30. Since each ring is approx. 5 seconds
> > including the blank space between them, that means 30 seconds should give
> > you about 6 rings and that's the maximum you can do.
> >
> > For instance, to set the longest ring delay for the NYC market you would
> > dial:
> >
> > *61*+19084630020*11*30#
> >
> > After pressing the "send/call" button you should get some sort of
> > confirmation message.
> >
> > Note: If you don't know what the voicemail system number for your area is,
> > dial *#61# on your phone.
>
> These have been very helpful, thank you for sharing them.
>
> Is there a location where there I might find more "programming" options like
> these, since I'm assuming that they're all standard with GSM?

http://www.geckobeach.com/cellular [...] mcodes.asp
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