Digital voice piece of crap

What a piece of crap this service is.
Dial local area code for all local calls, are you kidding me? This is 2010 not 1910.
Cisco Call Manager and Vonnage have been doing this for years... Why can't verizon's piece of crap software do it?

I agree with the previous poster. You can't blame Verizon for that. I've had 10-digit dialing for about 10-15 years in MD. Also had Comcast's Voice service and had 10-digit diualing as well. I will admit that with Verizon having to dial a "1" should be fixed. Nothing like going on your caller ID and hitting redial and then getting the tone saying you have to dial a "1" first. Then you have to memorize the number from caller ID and redial it with a "1".
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see:
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Great....upgraded my bundle and was forced into digital voice. Now I've lost my 2nd phone line

I'm beyond frustrated yet again with Verizon and trying to do an upgrade. I upgraded my bundle and was forced into digital voice. Really didn't care to change my phone but went ahead. So today I wake up to no 2nd phone line or distinctive ring line. I've spent 2+ hours on the phone trying to get someone to get my phone line back and I'm so sick of being transferrred, calls dropped, wrong department, etc. I don't have time for this **bleep**! Plus...the online chat isn't working either. I give up!
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Signed up for FIOS Digital Voice days ago. Already getting telemarketer calls!!! Did I opt in?????

I switched to FIOS this week. As part of my triple play bundle, I have FIOS Digital Voice.
I signed up online to take advantage of some nice bundle savings.
The install went well and everything is working fine, with one MAJOR exception now:
I am getting several telemarketing calls daily on my FIOS Digital Voice line. I will need a larger timeframe to confirm this is not just typical fluctuating telemarketing call volume, but the fact that I a didn't notice it before porting my home phone number to FIOS implies something is amiss.
1. My first important question:
When I signed up for FIOS online, I recall a checkbox during the ordering process (at a cost of $10) not to have my number published or listed in some Verizon directory or other type of phone directory (can't recall which it was).
I apparently selected the option to save $10 and thereby have my number published or listed.
Did I, unknowingly (hindsight is 20/20) attract these telemarketing calls that way?
I would appreciate it If someone can shed some light for me on whether that $10 I saved when signing up for FIOS was for opting out of (i.e.. for not signing up) for one of the following [apparent since I don't recall for sure what exactly the checkbox was:
(I recall something to the effect that it said we won't publish your name if you check the box and pay $10 for not publishing you name???]:
Here is the official distinction from FIOS' site:
Non-Published, Non-Listed, and Additional Listings Non-Published, Non-Listed, and Additional Listings Non-Published Service
Your name, address, and telephone number are not published in the Verizon Directory White Pages.
Your telephone number is not available from Directory Assistance (411).
Non-Listed Service
Your name, address, and phone number are not published in the Verizon Directory.
Your telephone number is available from Directory Assistance (411).
Their site notes both of these have a monthly fee.
http://www22.verizon.com/residentialhelp/generic/phone+generic/phone+product/questions/124388.htm
Anyway, back to my questions:
2. Does what I did make a difference anyway (hinges on the response to question 1 and on what it really means since i thought I read somewhere that telemarketers will get numbers even if they aren't officially listed and / or published).
Any feedback from the community on what EXACTLY that checkbox said and what implication it may, or may not, have as far as getting telemarketing calls as a result is concerned would be appreciated.
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EDIT - After posting this, I got a few more telemarketing calls already.
Today alone I am averaging roughly one telemarketing call every 45 minutes (different telemarketers mostly with a few repeats).
I have had this number for numerous years while under Cablevision's Optimum Voice service and I was getting less than 5% as many telemarketing calls while under Optimum Voice, even though I ported it to Verizon just two days ago!!! As others have noted, this is very frustrating.
The worst part is now there is nothing that can be done by Verizon even if they wanted to since my number is already out there and being passed around!!!
Anyway, I do want to know if the item I checked (or left unchecked) when ordering FIOS online had to do with either opting out of my number being unlisted or unpublished?
I am pretty sure it mentioned something about a directory listing if I did not pay the $10 to opt out, but I don't know if it was unlisted or completely unpublished....
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It seems like several / most of them are ADT dealers.
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Too bad Verizon and other telecom firms do not automatically block these calls on their end for consumers who wish to opt out of telemarketing calls.
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Verizon FIOS Digital Voice's current 10 number block list is not nearly enough, as many others have stated here.
They should increase that to 200 or more if possible (in any case, at least 100) per phone service customer.
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Check out THIS post in relation to this:
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1701754
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"Ok , I have this issue resolved but still requires more data to present to Avaya. Thanks to yankblan for pointing me in the right direction. This is a MWI burst of information. The fibre fed ONT device has a back end(at least with Bell) of Broadsoft as opposed to dms-100. I spoke to our techs in that department and they had run into a similar situation in Quebec. He was able to turn off the MWI indicator. Note that the customer did NOT have voicemail active on the line. The MWI is separate and left on whether or not they have have voicemail. After having it disabled I remained on site and no phantom rings for over an hour. He confirmed that this is standard operation of the Fibre to the business line. The burst occurs every half hour.
Going forward the people in that department will be testing with Our Avaya support group to see what can be done in future releases to stop the Avaya from ringing. Obviously there is an issue here with the Avaya as it only rings on certain releases. If I hear any more info I'll post here."

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I can understand your frustration, but nobody on this forum
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Detailed manual for the Digital Voice Recorder ICD-PX333?

I've found great detailed instruction manuals on line for older Digital Voice Recorders but not for this one.....
I've found a site that makes me search for a word to learn what I want, but I like it the way it was earlier; arranged by chapters and or topics; quite often well over 100 pages at times, depending on the model.
Where is it for the ICD-PX333?
thx,
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

What a great little machine....
And what limited documentation.
Here's a no-brainer: Use the manual for the ICD-PX312--as far as I can see, it is the identical unit, with the -333 having 4 gigs memory built in, while the -312 has (only) 2 Gigs.
http://www.docs.sony.com/release/ICDPX312.pdf Here is the link.
The -312 has been discontinued, and a buyer should get the -333 instead.
Once again, great machine. I cemented a plastic block to the battery door with a 1/4" tapped hole--this way I can use it on a stand/clamp/tripod...

Digital Voice Recorders and the Mac

Hi,
I am wanting to buy a Digital Voice Recorder. The ones I have come across all come with software that is Windows compatible but makes no mention if it is mac compatible as well. Does anyone have any experience with Digital Voice Recorders and/or are there any that will work out of the box with the mac?? Thanks!!!

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