I was watching news on TV a couple days ago, and saw the news that AT&T is increasing their price steeply on their phone services:

“The price for popular services like call waiting, call waiting ID, three-way calling, call forwarding and repeat dialing will rise Jan. 21 from $3.23 per feature to $3.99 — a nearly 24 percent increase.

The price of caller ID will jump from $6.17 to $7.99 (an almost 30 percent increase). Busy and delayed call forwarding climbs from $2.75 to $3.99 (45 percent), and anonymous call rejection ascends from $1.90 to $2.99 (57 percent).”–San Francisco Chronicle

Since this news is related to my recent post on saving money on home phone bill, I think it’s a good idea to make the news known to you, be aware of the price hike. I took a good look again at the 40 features included in all plans of Joiphone for free, they are really cool:

• Follow Me Anywhere-allows incoming calls to reach you at a different number.

• Call Blasting–allows incoming calls to find you at multiple numbers.

• Voicemail via phone-If you want to check your voicemail using a non-Joiphone, call 1-954-375-2220. When you hear the Dial tone you enter your telephone number with a 1 in the beginning, then press #. When you hear the tone you now enter your voicemail passcode and then press #. You can check your voicemail, change your greetings and make any changes associated with your voicemail. If you use your Joiphone, pick up the phone and when you hear the dial tone, dial *98 , then enter your JoiPhone telephone number with a 1 in the beginning and press #. When you hear the tone you now enter your voicemail passcode and then press #.

• Voicemail via email–You first need to configure your voicemail through JoiPhone. Once you log in using your username and password, click on ‘Messages’, go to the top toolbar and click on ‘Properties’ and then UM Preferences. Then click on ‘External Email’ and verify the mail where you want your voicemail to be sent. Select ‘Copy’ from the drop down, and then click on ‘Save’ on the top left corner. Once you receive your email just open the attachment and listen to your message.

• Voicemail via web–Just login to your account on Joiphone website and check your voicemail.

Plus a lot of common popular features, like caller ID, call waiting. The reason that I copied the detail instruction for voicemail via phone and email is because you may not find it right away on their website. I actually didn’t know how to check my voicemail until I write this post. Because I use answering machine at home, so I don’t really need their voicemail service. But there were times when my answering machine was turned off accidentally or another call unanswered right away while the line was busy and went into Joiphone voicemail, so it’s good to know the instructions of how to check voicemail. If you don’t have answering machine, voicemail service is great. If you do have an answering machine, you can turn it off when you travel, since it’s much easier to use their ” follow me anywhere” or voicemail via phone or web or email features.

I’m glad that I have dropped AT&T services.

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