Meredith James

Michael Arrington has written a very poignant article "Think Before you Voicemail"

"now an increasing number of people are just plain avoiding voicemail (for my impromptu and unscientific survey, see the comments here, which are predominantly anti-voicemail). It takes much longer to listen to a message than read it. And voicemail is usually outside of our typical workflow, making it hard to forward or reply to easily. "

This describes me to a tea. I personally hate listening to voice mail messages. I would much rather receive an email or Text message with details rather than have to pay to listen to the message on my mobile phone. I have toyed with the idea of turning it off but I know that some people that struggle with text messaging, or as it's also known "smsing", struggle using the text function. Also I realise that if someone is calling from a landline this is also a hassle.

So as much as I hate listening to the old voicemail, I will refrain from switching it off as I strongly believe that accessibility is the key to communication, especially when I want to hear from my parents, and the best part is hearing messages from my neice's or nephews that can't even write yet :)