How can I access and use my voicemail?
Visual messaging now available at Fizz.
Available for IOS and Android phones, Visual Messaging is included for free with the Voicemail option in your plan.
You can listen to and manage your messages without having to "call" your voicemail. You own to have data to take advantage of it.
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To activate / deactivate your voicemail
Make sure you have the voicemail option as part of your plan, and that your plan has minutes or else you will not be able to access it whether from your mobile phone or another phone.
If your voicemail isn’t activated in your plan, you'll have to add the voicemail option.
IMPORTANT - Any change to your plan must be made in accordance with the plan change policy detailed on https://fizz.ca/en/plan-change-policy. This change will then come into effect when your next payment cycle begins. (Under: My plans > Manage plan > Make changes to this plan > Change plan > Visual messaging)
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To access your voicemail
To access your voicemail, hold the ''1'' key on your phone for a few seconds. For many phones, holding the ''1'' key the speed dial option to reach voicemail. This may vary between different phone models.
The speed dial setting "1" to access voicemail (1-514-647-0999) may vary from one phone to another since it depends on each model’s operating system. Additionally, this setting may not be editable in all phones.
If you are forwarding your calls to another number, the voicemail won’t pick up the call.
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To reset or change your PIN
Modify your access code (PIN) directly via your voicemail, or online from your Fizz account (Under: My Plans > Manage My Plan > Advanced Settings > PIN to Access Your Voicemail).
IMPORTANT: Unsafe combinations such as 1234 or 8888 will be rejected.
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To listen, save or delete a message
Start by accessing your voicemail by pressing and holding the '' 1 '' key on your phone's keypad or dial our server number: 1-514-647-0999. Once you authenticated yourself, press 1 to listen to a message. Just before you start listening to a message, the system will tell you its origin number, as well as the date and time you received it. To skip this information, press 1
To access your saved messages within 30 days:
Once your new messages have been listened to, the voicemail will suggest that you do option #2 to access your old messages.
The PIN required to access those messages remains the one you initially chose for your voicemail.
On July 8, 2021, the messages on the old voicemail will be deleted. So it’s important you check and listen to any message you hadn’t had the chance to listen to yet, as well as any archived message. Past July 8, they’ll all be gone.
While listening to a message:
- Fast play (+10 seconds): Press 3-3
- Rewind (-10 seconds): Press 1-1
- Pause (listen to timestamps): Press 5
To delete a message:
Once a message has been heard, press 7 to delete it. If you'd like to delete the message without listening to all of it, press 3-3 to go to the end, and then 7 to delete it.
To save a message
Once a message has been heard, press 9 to save it. Once a message has been saved, it'll remain in your voicemail for the 30 days that follow the time at which you saved it.
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The storage capacity of your voicemail
- If it is not listened to, a new voice message will be kept for 30 days (calculated from the date it was received).
- Once listened, a voice message is automatically deleted after 30 days.
- A saved message will be available for 30 days (calculated from the moment it is saved).
Your voicemail has a 35 messages maximum capacity. Once this has been reached, people who are trying to reach you won’t be able to leave you a message you’ll receive a text message each time someone tries to leave you a message.
You may want to delete some messages to make room for new ones.
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