Apparantly i had signed up for an ip freedom number not the free number...ahhhh....the things that grind you down for a couple days...
SUCCESS!!!!!
with the help of this forum i was able to:
gv with sp1 -
cc with totally free number on sp2
CNAME for my gv line with the free cc number
and....
have CC with their FREE VM pick up after 15 rings and collect the vm and send to my other transcription service an an mp3 attachment AND the original call number.
TOTAL SUCCESS!!!!!
only lingering issue is i can confirm the inconsistency with how many rings you receive which necessitated the drop to 15 seconds for CC to pick up the vm...sometimes it would catch with longer intervals and sometimes GV would...
thank you all again!