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Voice
On occasion, Smithville voice customers may experience problems with calls not connecting, calls that are low quality, or calls that display incorrect caller ID. This may be a Rural Call Completion problem—a national issue impacting residences and businesses in rural parts of the nation.
In a nutshell, the problem appears to be occurring in rural areas where long distance or wireless carriers normally pay higher-than-average charges to the local telephone company to complete calls. Calls in our area are most often affected due to different call carriers in different locations trying to minimize their connection costs.
There are four actions you can take:
- Ask the person trying to call you for the name of their long-distance provider or wireless provider and file an informal complaint with the FCC against their call provider. You may complete the FCC’s online form or call 888-225-5322 and provide the following information:
– The caller’s number
– The called number
– The date and time the attempted calls were made - Call us at 800-742-4084 and press 1 when directed. Speak with one of our helpful technical support specialists and let us know you are experiencing problems with long distance calling. We will also report the call completion problem to the FCC.
- File a complaint with your state legislators in Washington, D.C. Find your legislator.
- Ask the person trying to call you to also file a complaint with the FCC.
The first time you access your Voicemail you’ll be asked to set up your mailbox, and record your name and a greeting for your callers.
- Dial *98
- Enter your Voicemail password
- If you have new messages, they’ll be identified
After hearing any new messages, you’ll be presented with the Voicemail Main Menu:
| ACTION | KEY |
| Play Inbox Messages | 1 |
| Send Messages | 2 |
| Work with Greetings | 3 |
| Mail Box Settings | 4 |
| Access Deleted Messages | 6 |
| Log On as a Different User | 7 |
| Help | 0 |
| Exit Voicemail System | * |
- Dial the Voicemail access number for where you reside:
Bedford (812) 804-1101
Bloomington (812) 918-0101
Columbus (812) 669-5101
Ellettsville (812) 935-0080
French Lick (812) 936-0080
Gosport (812) 935-0080
Griffin (812) 851-0080
Hymera (812) 383-0080
Jasper (812) 559-0101
Lake Monroe (812) 824-0080
Lizton (317) 994-0080
Lyons (812) 659-0080
Nashville (812) 200-1101
Owensburg (812) 863-0080
Sharpsville (765) 963-0080
Smithville (812) 824-0080
Stanford (812) 825-0080
- When prompted, enter your 10-digit phone number
- When prompted, enter your Voicemail password followed by #
- If you have new messages, they’ll be identified
After hearing any new messages, you’ll be presented with the Voicemail Main Menu:
| ACTION | KEY |
| Play Inbox Messages | 1 |
| Send Messages | 2 |
| Work with Greetings | 3 |
| Mail Box Settings | 4 |
| Access Deleted Messages | 6 |
| Log On as a Different User | 7 |
| Help | 0 |
| Exit Voicemail System | * |
- Access your Voicemail box
- From the Main Menu, press 4 to change your settings
- Press 3 for security options
- Press 1 to change your PIN
- Access your Voicemail box
- From the Main Menu, press 3
- To set up a personal greeting press 1
- To set up a system-generated greeting or to change the recording of your name press 3
- To change the greeting that callers hear when you’re busy press 5
Note: If you don’t record a personal greeting, a generic greeting will be played.
While listening to a message, you can call the person back by pressing 4 and selecting option 1.
This capability will not work if the Voicemail system wasn’t able to identify the Caller ID information when the original Voicemail was received OR if your phone is configured with call restrictions which prevent you from calling the originator’s number.
| ACTION | BEFORE MESSAGE | DURING MESSAGE | AFTER MESSAGE |
| Skip Message | # (skips header, goes to message body) | # (skip to next message) | N/A |
| Reply to Message | N/A | 4 | 4 |
| Save Message and go to Next | N/A | 2 | 2 |
| Delete Message | N/A | 3 | 3 |
| Play Inbox Message | 1 | N/A | 1 |
| Send Message | N/A | 5 | 5 |
| Work with Greetings | 3 | N/A | N/A |
| Mailbox Settings | 4 | N/A | N/A |
| Access Deleted Messages | 6 | N/A | 2 to save, 3 to permanently delete |
| Log on as a Different User | 7 | N/A | N/A |
| Help | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Return to Main Menu/Exit Voicemail System | * | * | * |
While listening to messages you can send a copy of the message to another recipient.
- To forward the current message, press 5.
- Enter an extension number or distribution group number. Repeat this step until you’ve entered all the desired destinations.
- Press # when finished entering destinations.
- You’ll be prompted to record an introduction. After the tone, record your introductory message and press # when finished.
- Press # to send or 1 for delivery options, followed by # to send. Delivery options include the following:
| ACTION | BEFORE MESSAGE |
| Review the Message | 1 |
| Mark Message as Urgent | 2 |
| Mark Message as Private | 3 |
| Re-record your Message | 4 |
| Request a Delivery Report | 5 |
| Request a Read Report | 6 |
| Add or Remove Recipients | 7 |
| Schedule Future Delivery | 9 |
| Send Message As-is | # |
| Exit or Cancel | * |
Enhanced Voicemail offers you many additional features besides listening to messages—you get access to the Enhanced Voicemail CommPortal, which allows you to determine how you receive the recording.
To add Enhanced Voicemail to your line for just $7.99/month, contact Customer Service at (800) 742-4084.
For users in Ellettsville, French Lick, Gosport, Griffin, Hymera, Lake Monroe, Lizton, Lyons, Owensburg, Sharpsville, Smithville, and Stanford: Visit voicecenter.smithville.com.
For users in Bedford, Bloomington, Columbus, Jasper, and Nashville: Visit commportal.smithville.com.
Important Note: Change your password immediately!
Changing your password will ensure your account stays protected. As soon as you log in for the first time, go to the Settings tab, select the sub-tab Account, and change your password from the default to a personally secure password. Also on this tab, you can change your call services PIN and Voicemail PIN.
Dashboard—On this tab, you can view calls you’ve missed and the date/time they were received. You can also search through your contacts.
Messages & Calls—On this tab, you can review all messages; missed, dialed, and received calls; and deleted information.
Contacts—On this tab, you can add your own personal contacts. This will display the contact name you enter on the incoming calls you receive from that contact’s number.
Call Manager—Within the Summary sub-tab, you’ll find what rules are currently on your Voicemail. On the Forwarding sub-tab, you can change your forwarding preferences.
Checking the box Forward calls immediately allows you to forward calls to any other number (e.g. you’re expecting a call but need to leave home, you can set this to immediately forward to your cell phone). You can also set up routine Forwarding Destinations to forward your home line to rather than keying the phone number each time.
Select Ring my phone once when a call is forwarded to remind you to uncheck the forwarding box once you return home.
Settings—The Account sub-tab shows your personal details and is where you can change your password, Call Services PIN and Voicemail PIN.
On the Calls sub-tab, you can change general Caller ID options under General. You can further personalize call forwarding in this section.
The Messages sub-tab allows you to select how many rings a caller hears before being sent to Voicemail. Here you can also forward your messages to a fax number or email address(es). You also have additional Mailbox and Voicemail greeting options in this section.
Note: You must click Apply to enact a change.
Yes!
If you live in Bedford, Bloomington, Columbus, Jasper or Nashville:
If you live in Ellettsville, French Lick, Gosport, Griffin, Hymera, Lake Monroe, Lizton, Lyons, Owensburg, Sharpsville, Smithville or Standford:
Yes! Smithville offers crystal-clear voice solutions—from plain old telephone service (POTS) and Cloud Voice for small to midsize businesses, to SIP trunking for enterprise businesses.
Our Customer Service Representatives are available Monday through Friday (8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at (800) 742-4084.
If you’re having trouble with your service, you can contact our Technical Support Team 24/7 at (800) 742-4084, Option 1.