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If you have a cell phone - read this; it is the biggest and easiest to fix issue there is with wireless

Sunday, April 6 2008

 I have been in the wireless industry for almost 16 years now and the number one issue I still see with cellular service (or at least the number one that is the easiest to fix) is - "My voice mails get delayed / My calls go straight to voice mail / My voice mails alert me 3 hours after they have been left by someone".

I hear that 10 times a week; and every time my question to them is the same. How often do you turn your phone off? And, you guessed it - the answer is always the same - "I never turn my phone off".

Well, you should turn your cell phone off once a day; it doesn’t have to be off for long a few minutes is fine. Each time you power down and back on your cell phone re-registers with the network and updates. This allows it to function properly - voice mails and calls get delivered like they are suppose to. 100% of the time this solves this issue.

So, if you don't power down your cell daily - start; it will save you lost calls and delayed voice mails. Most phone have an auto no/off feature that you can set to have this happen while you sleep automatically.

You can visit www.mynationlink.com for more tips like this. Thought I would blog on this since I just got asked about for the 1000th time. Maybe it will help you as well.

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