Disabling voice mail - how do I do it?

[snowshoer]

They didn't even tell me they were setting me up for this or that I had to activate it (even though people could leave messages, I coudn't retreive them). 

How do I deactiviate or set the # of rings to a higher number, such as 10.  If I'm home I want to turn it off but can't figure out how.  If I'm in the basement or outdoors I don't even get to the phone before it goes to voice mail.

Why does Verizon make things so hard?  With my answering machine I can either turn it on or off with a tiny touch of the finger.

[Seeker1437 · Accepted solution]

I beleive you can control some aspects of your phone service (if you have Fios Digital Voice) using the Fios Voice Account manager https://www.verizon.com/fiosvoice otherwise, you can calll into tech support maybe and they might know.