Landline Voicemail - 1571

[JoRo]

I am changing from Sky to BT for broadband and landline. 
I am finding it difficult to establish if voicemail is provided for the landline. Everything on the BT website seems to relate to Digital Voice and, unfortunately, I am not being offered this. 
So, is the 1571 facility available for non-digital phone lines?  
Your advice will be appreciated. 

[jac_95]

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[rbz5416]

Yes, the basic service is free with a charge for the enhanced version.

[JoRo · Accepted solution]

Thank you very much for your prompt reply to my query.  

I didn’t want to buy an answering machine only for it to be redundant when digital technology eventually finds its way to the far southwest of England!

[JoRo]

I have now had my landline and broadband connected. Unfortunately, voicemail is not provided without a charge.  I believe that will be the case when there is the digital switchover, but at the moment whilst there are still PSTN connections it is pay up or buy an answerphone.

[imjolly]

1571 is free whichever type of connection you have.  you can hear your messages but there will be a cost if you then try and connect while using 1571.  there is another similar post on the forum recently where customer was charged 35p but that was because they returned a call while using 1571

[iniltous]

I think there may be some confusion , 1471 , is last number called , if it’s not withheld,  with the option to return the call at a cost , 1571 voicemail including call protect is a paid for answer service , I have a BT cordless phone/ answer machine , the ‘voice’ is actually the same persons voice BT uses in its network announcements , when 1571 stopped being ‘free’ a few years ago , I started using the built in answer machine with the cordless phone. 
https://www.bt.com/help/landline/all-about-bt-answer-1571-voicemail