Phone Message Waiting Light

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Phone Message Waiting Light

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Well I took the plung and got one of those cable bundles which includes phone service.
Now I find I need a battery backup (system does not come with one and it can't be added) a new electrical outlet in the basement and the most annoying thing is a new phone.
Of course they say you don't need anything just plug it into you old phones.
Well thats just great if you don't want to know if your spiffy new voice mail has a message waiting for you.
The only way for me to know right now is to pick up the phone and if the dial tone stutters there is a message.
Like anyone in my house is gonna pick up the phone all day to check. So I need a new phone. I was looking at the new ATT Detect 6.0 expandable, but so far have not been able to verify that it has a voice mail indicator that will work with Charter phone service.
I was wondering if any of you have phones that have a working voice mail light on cable telephone. Ya, your probably gonna say all new phones have it grandpa :D

So far the only cool thing about digital cable is I get to watch Combat!, 12 OClock High and Rat Patrol!!!!
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Oh, this was kind of funny. I was chatting online with a Charter rep about the phone asking if it supported FSK, stutter tone or both so I could get a phone with a message waiting light and all she could say was her co-worker got a GE phone at Walmart that seemed to work.
I asked what model and they did not know, but suggested I buy a GE at Walmart and keep taking them back until I got one that worked.
Now thats tech support :D
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OMG...

I have Comcast Dig voice, and was wondering why when I picked up the phone it would go beep 8 times before the dial tone came on. I have uniden digital phones and the read out states when a new voice mail comes in.

Verizon is coming on Dec27th to install everything FIOS and Yes... I will be getting the free 19: HDTV LCD 8)
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Nice! What model Uniden do you have?
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Hello,

Got the 5.8 4 phone set @ BJ's

Model# i6785

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I wandered around BJ's for 3 hours shopping the other night with this one in my cart Panasonic 5 Handsets, but then got depressed about spending $130 on a phone and put it back. I was not really sure if the message indicator would work. I guess I could try it and see.
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