Cingular Voicemail Number Centers....

[bobolito]

If you are reprogramming your phone, sometimes you might need to know what your local Voicemail center number is for your market/region. Here's a list of numbers in several areas. If there are any errors, or there's a missing number, please let me know:

AL Birmingham
205-531-7627
205-613-4802
205-616-0660

AL Cleveland
662-347-6700
662-392-6700

AL Columbus
662-574-9928

AL Huntsville
256-683-1188
256-683-1212

AL Mobile
251-463-4248

AL Montgomery
251-591-8585

AL Starkville
662-617-0999

CA Santa Rosa
707-548-1234

FL Daytona
386-852-7000

FL Delray Beach
386-852-7000
561-926-7000
561-271-1818

FL Ft Lauderdale
954-303-7021
954-651-7000
954-913-7000
954-562-3555
954-802-1001

FL Keys
305-431-8484
305-562-7000

FL Lake Mary
386-852-7000
386-299-6611
407-760-3132
407-247-7627

FL Jacksonville
904-707-3733
904-307-3305
386-559-7000
904-563-7000

FL Melbourne
386-852-7000

FL North Broward
954-242-1222
954-913-7000

FL North Dade
305-469-7004
786-436-7001
305-332-9009
786-202-1771

FL Northside
305-951-7272
305-979-7005
786-218-7070
786-863-7002

FL Orlando
407-247-7627

FL Ocala
386-852-7000

FL Tampa
813-748-4268
352-206-7000

FL West Palm Beach
561-358-7999
561-926-7000
561-281-7003

GA Atlanta
404-310-2400
404-310-4399
404-502-0020
678-313-0788
678-313-0840
706-207-4095
770-356-5749
404-285-9944
770-595-4446

GA Macon
478-731-7077
478-731-7708

IN Evansville
812-630-6245

IN Indianapolis
317-919-4110

KY Allen
606-776-6245

KY Hopkinsville
615-512-6245

KY Louisville
606-454-6245
606-776-6245
502-641-6245

LA Alexandria
318-613-8534

LA Baton Rouge
225-933-4542
225-247-6735
225-933-9996

LA Houma
985-238-8999

LA Lafayette
337-654-4736
337-322-1789
337-344-3500

LA Monroe
318-235-5675

LA New Orleans
504-453-4184
504-256-9048
504-214-2211

MA Boston
401-580-0680

MI Detroit
248-224-0128
313-520-4244
586-504-9997

MS Jackson
601-259-1331
601-278-8088

NC Raleigh
919-412-8989
919-413-8989
919-601-8989
919-649-8989
919-749-8989
252-412-8989

NC Carolinas Region
704-451-8989

NY Albany (upstate)
518-366-6903

NY New York City
908-463-0020

OH Akron
330-257-9992

OK Oklahoma City
405-664-6359

PA Philadelphia
908-513-6245
215-285-6245
215-460-6245
302-423-6245

PR Puerto Rico
787-402-5465

RI Prov/Newport
401-580-0680

SC Carolinas Region
704-451-8989

SC Columbia
803-318-8989

TN Chattanooga
423-488-6251

TN Knoxville
704-451-8989

TN Memphis
901-491-6245

TN Nashville
615-512-6245

TX Austin
512-940-9999

TX Dallas/Fort Worth
214-384-4805

TX Houston
713-822-1599

Seattle, WA
360-388-1234

WI Milwaukee
262-498-9993

[Airb330]

Thanks. That's so odd the only Delaware # is for my area, 302423....I have a 423 number myself. I'd think there'd be one for each county at least. How does the VM work? I understood how it worked on CDMA, it was one's own # lol! I like how Verizon decided that wasn't mobile2mobile though....

[bobolito]

You can always dial your own number with Cingular. The way it works is that since any call that comes in eventually gets forwarded to voicemail, when you dial your own number from your own phone, it will forward you to the voicemail center directly, since you are making an outgoing call from the same phone. Basically, it works the same way for CDMA, GSM, TDMA, etc. but with GSM, there are some additional features that you can't do on CDMA/TDMA.

By the way, it would be a waste of resources to have one number per county. Cell phone calls are free over a large regional area anyways, so having a VM center number with a different area code is not going to cost you any more.

Why do you like how Verizon decided that VM wasn't M2M? Do you like your anytime minutes to run out quicker?

[Airb330]

I was being sarcastic about Verizon's changes. Lol

[Shizam76]

Bobo...what about the IL numbers?

[ComicalMoodyDan]

My phone is programmed to dial the Knoxville, TN Voicemail center number. One thing I like about Cingular in my area is I can check my phone by not dialing by number from any other line.

I have a 423-367-xxxx number. Ok well if I want to check my voicemail or just send a message to another Cingular subscriber here and not have their phone ring I can just dial 423-367-8989. You just dial your area code plus 3 prefix number and add 8989 here for any local Cingular number. I had a friend that had a 423-276 number with Cingular. He checked his number by dialing 423-276-8989.

I use this feature to sometimes send Cingular subscribers in my local area a voicemail message without ringing their phone. Their has been a couple of times where its 2 am in the morning or so and I don't want to ring somebody's phone that late. I just dial my local access number though and leave them a VM through it without their phone ever ringing. Pretty cool if you ask me

[bobolito]

I don't have numbers for IL....if anyone can help me with that, I will appreciate it.

[punkrockerz420]

My voicemail number is 6179627101 and i am in mass

[AllyMe88]

I need one for Tallahassee, Florida. Thanks!

[blsemp]

I got a letter from Cingular yesterday that the VM would be changing this month. I live in South Carolina. I like it the way it is.

[tarad224]

The number for the Orlando, FL area does not work. My nmber is 407-242-XXXX... Anyone have another number?


**** I just tried 407-247-7627 and that worked... just an FYI

[our3rotts]

There are no Iowa numbers there!

[Andy]

Does anyone have a UT number???

[Tony E!]

One more for California/Los Angeles:

213.300.1059

[rjackson]

Does anyone have the other numbers for Dallas/Fort Worth.

I have an 817 number

[tttlp3]

These numbers are for Centigram and Octel systems and are dated and will not work in the Southeast markets as everything but south florida has been transistioned to Lucent .

Just fyi for anybody who may be trying to still use these . The Indy ,NYC and Philly numbers may still work since they were already on Lucent

[wirles]

In DC/Baltimore it is 410-693-4248.

[Kalimotxo]

For area code 571 (northern virginia) it calls 443-280-3092

[wirles]

Originally Posted by Wumpusva

For area code 571 (northern virginia) it calls 443-280-3092

I figured there were more than 1. My number is a 571 number with a 540 LRN but still goes to the 410 VM number in the Hancock MTSO.

[kingofallcuzking]

anybody know the voicemail retrieval number for the norfolk/va beach virginia area? 757-692 npa-nxx, thanks in advance for any help!

[kingofallcuzking]

haha nevermind i took my friend's phone and found the answer already, thanks anyway fine folks!

[Jake_byrde]

So you have to call one of these numbers to get to your messages?

That's crazy.

I know i'm a newb by the way.

[elmo01]

Originally Posted by Jake_byrde

So you have to call one of these numbers to get to your messages?

That's crazy.

I know i'm a newb by the way.

no... thats the voicemail retrieval number... thats the number your phone dials to get your messages...

some people like to dial the server to avoid the airtime for checking voicemail...

dial the server...then enter the phone number... prompted for the password and you are in...

your phone does this automatically for you (up to the password part)

but if done from the cel airtime charges are incurred (deducts from your minutes)...Cingular charges this way... former ATT did not

[Jake_byrde]

Ahh, I see. Thanks!

So do you have to set this all up yourself?

[elmo01]

Originally Posted by Jake_byrde

Ahh, I see. Thanks!

So do you have to set this all up yourself?

its already set up... all you do as the subscriber is the password and greeting (if desired)

[Fire14]

Originally Posted by elmo01

but if done from the cel airtime charges are incurred (deducts from your minutes)...Cingular charges this way... former ATT did not

So you are saying if your phone calls the server vs your cell # to get your VM's it deducts from your Anytime mins?
I think this is a regional thing, since we had this discussion and there are people that get charged M2M mins to check their VM's vs Anytime mins.

[bobolito]

That's correct. It's regional. I can dial either my own number or the voicemail access number and I never use anytime minutes. It always uses M2M for me.

[elmo01]

Originally Posted by bobolito

That's correct. It's regional. I can dial either my own number or the voicemail access number and I never use anytime minutes. It always uses M2M for me.

there is a lot more to it than that...


if you are a TDMA customer (former ATT) your VM box access number is your cel number... if your rate plan has MTM and you check your VM ... its billed as a MtM call...if no MtM its airtime (peak or night & weekend as applicable)

if you are a former ATT GSM customer... you VM box is a VM retrieval number and when you check your VM it is not billed airtime (look on your bill it shows as an EVENT) the definition of a former ATT or blue account is a service that is still using an ATT SIM

if you are a cingular customer as far as I can determine you are billed airtime for checking your VM...

[Isgrimnur]

Originally Posted by TNDan21

I use this feature to sometimes send Cingular subscribers in my local area a voicemail message without ringing their phone. Their has been a couple of times where its 2 am in the morning or so and I don't want to ring somebody's phone that late. I just dial my local access number though and leave them a VM through it without their phone ever ringing. Pretty cool if you ask me

At least until they call Customer Care to complain that their calls are going straight to Voicemail and the phone isn't showing a missed call...

[Fire14]

Originally Posted by Isgrimnur

At least until they call Customer Care to complain that their calls are going straight to Voicemail and the phone isn't showing a missed call...

Hopefully the people you would call like this, know you are doing this and it doesn't create this concern. Most of my friends know I am a Cell phone nut & wouldn't think about it, if I did this & they didn't show a missed call on their phone.