Orcons Phone features allow you to customise your homeline with additional add-ons. Learn how you can add and manage your phone features here.
Depending on if you are on a business or residential plan with us there are different features available.
What phone features are available for me?
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Phone features provide you with access to 3 great add-ons that you can you use to customise your landline phone:
- Voice mail
This is your personal answering machine hosted from Orcons end, this provides callers with the option of leaving a voice message if they are not able to reach you. - Caller ID
Allows you to see who is calling. Their number is displayed on the phone screen before you pick up. You will need a Caller ID compatible handset with an LED/LCD Display. - Call Waiting
Allows you to switch between calls. You will hear "beep beep beep" during a call if someone else is trying to call you. Simply hit the recall button to answer the call.
- Voice mail
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All business broadband plans come with a landline, free local calling, and the following smart phone features
- Voice mail
This is your personal answering machine hosted from Orcons end, this provides callers with the option of leaving a voice message if they are not able to reach you. Dail 789 to hear your voice messages. - Caller ID
Allows you to see who is calling. Their number is displayed on the phone screen before you pick up. You will need a Caller ID compatible handset with an LED/LCD Display. - Call Waiting
Allows you to switch between calls. You will hear "beep beep beep" during a call if someone else is trying to call you. Simply hit the recall button to answer the call. - Call Forwarding
Allows you to have your call forwarded from your home line to a number of your choice, you can even choose when it will forward the number. see the manage features below
- Voice mail
Managing Calling Features
Below you will find how to manage your calling fatures and what the Star Codes you can use directly on your handset to use the calling features too.
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In the table below you will find the number to access/listen to your voicemail and also a code to dial to turn it on and off. pretty neat right?
Star Code Feature 789 Access Voicemail *77 Enable Voicemail *78 Disable Voicemail -
To set up call forwarding, you will need to contact us and advise what number you want to have your call forwarding set up to, simply contact us here. Once set up you can use the Star Codes in the table below to turn Call forwarding on/off
Star Code Feature *71 Call Forward Always Activation *72 Call Forward Always Deactivation *73 Call Forward on Busy Activation *74 Call Forward on Busy Deactivation *75 Call Forward No Answer Activation *76 Call Forward No Answer Deactivation -
Call privacy is a free feature available on all Homeline/mobile services we offer. Depending on what you are using, we have a code that you can input before making an outbound call that will hide your number. Check out this page for the full details.