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SlyDial: Leave voicemail without actually having to talk to anyone
Slydial lets you make a call to any landline or cellphone number in the US and go straight to voicemail. Just call 267-slydial (that's a Pennsylvania area code, in case anyone was wondering), and while listening to the somewhat amusing, somewhat offensive introduction, just enter the number of the person you want to call. Slydial will play a rather obnoxious ad and then connect you to the voicemail. The person you're calling will then get a missed call and/or voicemail message, but their phone will never ring. It's sort of like sending a text message. But with voice. And without the SMS fees.
If you want to avoid the obnoxious advertisement part of the equation, you can also register for an account and pay $.15 per call or $4.95 a month for unlimited calls. You know, in case you like to leave a *lot* of voicemails, but can't stand actually speaking with people in real-time.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Eric said 2:08PM on 7-22-2008
I don't know about other providers, but with Verizon Wireless, you can dial into your own voicemail, select 4, and leave a voicemail that way.
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Butters said 2:55PM on 7-22-2008
I first tried this from a phone that has caller ID blocked and the Slydial message said that calls can not be made from private or blocked numbers. fair enough.
I then tried it from another number and called my own cell. Not only did my cell ring, but it stopped for a few seconds and then started ringing again. Then it transferred the call to my cell's voicemail.
Perhaps there are still some glitches to work out?
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Kylogram said 7:04PM on 7-22-2008
That is right, phone rings. Great idea but didn't work
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kimla said 8:13PM on 7-23-2008
yes. this service is also available on at&t. nothing new at all.
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jeremy said 11:04PM on 7-24-2008
Worked great for me...I see so many uses for this at work!
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Jason said 7:47AM on 7-29-2008
Failed on my end, tried 2 different carriers and it rang busy on one and the other one said it couldn't do it. :-(
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