[IGGUS]

I hate the fact carriers, VZW included, charge us to dial in and access the service built into our contract, which deducts minutes, as we have to fumble through their system. Using it a few times you get saavy at running through the prompts, but to get around the $3 monthly for VizVM or minutes getting deducted, and having a system that's easier from either, I created a contact in my phonebook, made it speeddial #3, and the contact is -

6092388686,,,,#,2125551234,,,,4321#

2125551234 = my phone number
4321 = my VM pincode
6092388686 = VZW VM Backdoor
, = 2 second pause
# = I think you can figure this out

I hit speeddial, I walk away for exactly 30 seconds. I pick up my phone and VM #1 starts to play. I called Verizon's backdoor VM access (well know and documented numbers for all areas of the US available and easily searchable via Google) and setup a number once to put everything in for me after dialing a free 'Verizon to Verizon' number. Even confirmed the number falls under that plan on VZW's own website. Haven't had an issue for the 2+ years I've been doing this.

Hope this helps someone.