With basic landline setup will answering machine still work as normal?

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HunterT:
Thanks for the great advice. I am most likely going to go the voip.ms route. Will this solve the 25 second answering machine problem?

Rick:
Quote from: HunterT on March 28, 2013, 10:01:12 am

Thanks for the great advice. I am most likely going to go the voip.ms route. Will this solve the 25 second answering machine problem?


The 25 seconds is unique to Google.  If you're going to use another VoIP provider, you should check and see IF they have voicemail, and if so when it picks up or if it can be disabled.

Lavarock7:
I might suggest playing with Voip.Ms as I did before the cutover.

I found creating sub accounts to be the best way for me to handle my situation. If you create a subaccount for yourself and for Grandma, you can call her and vice versa with an extension number and not pay anything.

You can also be the one o fund the account and so on. In my case, I have a subaccount for my sister (and enabled the UK for for, and I fund the account. I can generate a call detail record for her and she sends me a few dollars every few months to cover her costs.

I also like the ability to set time conditions of when phones can ring or not. I noticed that the time conditions they use are all eastern :-)

Although Voip.Ms has lots of options, I think you should be able to set things up pretty easily and I think that for the small price, you will be happier than with strictly GV.

With the Obi device and a Voip.Ms account you can test connections without an actual phone number ported yet (using echo test and I believe toll free numbers, etc).

I think for the Grandma project you described, this option will be a bit more seamless and useable in this situation.

If she is not expected to make or receive lots of calls, start out with per minute and watch her usage. Then change to a fixed monthly account if you need to (per month with x number of inbound minutes, etc).

infin8loop:
Quote from: HunterT on March 28, 2013, 10:01:12 am

Thanks for the great advice. I am most likely going to go the voip.ms route. Will this solve the 25 second answering machine problem?


Yes.  With voip.ms you will be able to configure "Dial Time Out in seconds (up to 300 seconds)" meaning "The maximum amount of time a call to your DID can stay in ringing state before we cancel the call (No Answer)."
AND whether or not the call is sent to voice mail if it isn't answered in this time.  This should allow enough time for your local answering machine to pick up.

Great_Oldies_DJ:
I didn't read all of the posts in this thread closely so excuse me if this was mentioned before. This comment isn't about answering machines.

I just ported my landline from Verizon to Google and I didn't have to go through the process of first going to a cell phone then to Google Voice.

You should check your number and you might find that Google Voice will port it directly.

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