Onebox.com in beta

from the extension!--I-don't-need-no-friggin-extension! dept

Wed, Jul 7th 1999 11:45pm — Prash Agarwal

Onebox.com is finally live. They plan to do to unified messaging what Hotmail did to email. One problem, I just signed up and got my voicemail/fax number. It has an extension instead of being a direct dial number. To me, that makes the fax service totally useless. I'm not going to give out special instructions to have people send me faxes. So the only other benefit is the voicemail. But what can I do with a voicemail account that is not connected to my phone number? I guess you get what you pay for.

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Dennis, 8 Jul 1999 @ 11:24am

busy busy busy
Yup.. I got my onebox yesterday, and after a whole day of "sorry, your call cannot be completed", I finally got in this morning.. The extension thing sure is annoying, and my callers are greeted with "You have reached the subscriber's OneBox" (with no obvious way of changing the greeting... grumble grumble). Anyway, it's an awesome concept, but I'm not sure if I'll use it -- my eFax number is neato too, but I rarely get a fax anyway..
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gabonj, 8 Mar 2009 @ 8:08am

onebox - new beta release
onebox forced users of their email product into using their new beta release w/o first testing it across all browsers - it doesnt work with Safari or Firefox...takes forever to load; you cannot access / respond to messages...when you revert to the "classic" look it now has a split screen that cannot be removed....support is non existent beyong messages "we are working on the problem"...the product STINKS and the support STINKS
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- zoogle, 8 Mar 2009 @ 8:11am
  
  Re: onebox - new beta release
  same here - no support...plus this costs $25/year...go with hotnmail or gmail...stay away...there is NO SUPPORT for this product!
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  - washni, 12 Mar 2009 @ 1:50pm
    
    Re: onebox - new beta release
    now the Beta isnt working......
    get your email elsewhere!!!!!!
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goobo luchi, 9 Mar 2009 @ 1:29pm

still not working...no support!!!
what's up w this? anyone out there had same issues?
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Evan B, 9 Mar 2009 @ 1:30pm

me 2 - cant get it to work
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