Telephone Service

Posted by Jim on September 26, 2009, 5:54 am

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:47:24 +0000, Han wrote:
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I found a similar savings using Ooma. Like many I use my cellphone for
nearly everything but still wanted a home phone. With Ooma you pay a one
time fee then nothing.
A feature I really enjoy is the multi-ring service. Simply any call to
the home also rings on my cellphone. Sure is handy when you are waiting
on a delivery call and need to run errands. Plus the cellphone is set to
forward calls to the home number if I don't answer in 6 rings. The two
together means I can shut one off and still get the incoming calls. Neat.

Posted by HeyBub on September 26, 2009, 9:34 am

Jim wrote:
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You might investigate Google Phone. Free. You get a number. Thereafter any
calls to that number are routed to one or more other phone numbers, which
you can change at will. Sort of number portability. It has other features,
too.

Posted by The Daring Dufas on September 27, 2009, 8:06 pm

Walter R. wrote:
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I have a magicJack and a VOIP service from http://www.viatalk.com/
I don't recommend the magicJack for regular phone service but it's
a good supplement to any phone service and for $20.00 a year it's
quite useful. My magicJack died but I still keep the number for
something to give anyone who may give the number out to a telemarketer
or collection agency. The voice-mail messages are Emailed to me and
I don't have to worry about being disturbed by pests. A magicJack
requires a computer to be on and connected to a high speed service
if you wish to make and receive calls, voice-mail is remote/web based.
My ViaTalk uses a stand alone adapter plugged into my router and gives
me two phone lines with one number. One of the lines can be provisioned
as a fax line.
TDD

Posted by Oren on September 29, 2009, 6:37 pm

On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:06:17 -0500, The Daring Dufas
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How long did it last?
6th Florida Inf`ntry, Co G, CSA 1861-1864 Confederate States Army

Posted by The Daring Dufas on September 29, 2009, 9:19 pm

Oren wrote:
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Almost two years, I think an anti-virus program trashed
the software. I just haven't taken the time to fool around
with it or ask tech support about it. I just renewed the
number for another year because I give it out to people
I don't want pestering me. It still records voice mail
on the server and sends it to me via Email. I can forward
the number to anywhere. I had it forwarded to an AT&T
test number for a while when a collections agency was
calling every day. Having a private phone number for $20
a year isn't bad at all.
TDD

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