1571 - change rings (was Re: 1571 Anytime Voicemail)

[#1]

I hope you can help me just as easily.  My 1571 is working only I need to extend the rings, so far I have been unable to get to the phone before the answering service kicks in.  Not funny especially as my son insisted on trying to call be 6 times before he eventually rang my mobile
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[#2]

You'll need to order Voicemail Extra (£3/month) in order to change the number of rings:
http://www.plus.net/support/phone/call_features.shtml#voicemail
You could, instead, replace your phone with one that has an answering machine of course!

[#3]

mod:note
split topic for better visibility

[#4]

Also, you don't have to have the 1571 service at all, you can have it turned off. Your callers, unless using inclusive minutes from their providers, get charged - connection fee (where applicable) + first minute, every time that service takes their call. And note, it goes straight to that service if your line is engaged.
PS. Welcome to the forum.

[#5]

Thanks for the information I will now try and cancel my 1571.  I have an answer phone so I really dont need it.  One of the reasons I moved from talk talk was the same thing although they let you have three rings.  I should have looked into it more closely if any of you have you will find that if you look up call features it does say that you can change the number of rings via the main menu of 1571.  Obviously this information is out of date although I only joined Plusnet Phone and Broadband on the 9th June 2015 Thanks for the welcome, I am sure I will find the forum useful as I have this time.

[#6]

I can see you've spoke with us and voicemails been removed.
Let us know if there's anything else we can do to help.

[#7]

Thanks for posting this: made me check and find that I had got onto voicemail somehow by mistake, so I have cancelled it. 
I'm pretty sure I didn't ask for it (though could have got confused when I first signed up), so the 'opting-out' by default may not be working as expected.

[#8]

IIRC, it's an opted in by default. We have had the debate about that many times before and it's fallen on deaf ears. Most users would rather have Caller Display FOC by default. We did suggest that we could be given the choice of either 1571 basic or Caller Display free, but that also fell on deaf ears

[#9]

@Anotherone - I believe that 1571 service is NOT switched on by default -or at least, the call features guide say it isn't Certainly, my phone rings 6 times before my own answerphone cuts in -never used 1571.

[#10]

Maybe it wasn't when we signed up, but I'm fairly sure it is now.
Existing connections won't be affected by any change of the default.

[#11]

IIRC when I signed up (less than 1 year ago) it was an opt-out rather than an opt-in.