With basic landline setup will answering machine still work as normal?
infin8loop:
Setup a single digit speed dial on the OBi to dial your own GV phone number. Let's say speed dial 2 because 1 is forced to a softphone in the OBiTalk portal. Then just dial 2# to check voice mail.
HunterT:
Ok so your saying to use Google Voicemail and you just gave me an easy way of checking it through the landline phone? I guess this will be an alternative solution to the one we were talking about above.
Is there a way of disabling Google Voicemail and still using Google Voice? On cell phones there is, so shouldn't it work with Landlines too?
Rick:
Quote from: HunterT on March 27, 2013, 09:38:44 am
So your saying with a Google Voice service setup to work with land-line phones will only give you up to 25 seconds before Google Voicemail service takes the message. Meaning these messages can only be checked online or on a mobile device. But if in the Vtech settings I set the phone to a certain amount of rings that falls under 25 seconds then the normal answering machine service will kick in and Google Voicemail will assume the phone was answered.
Also for emergencies isn't there like $2.49 services through voip companies?
Yes that's exactly what I'm saying.
Yes, you can buy E911 from different companies since Google Voice doesn't offer it.
Rick:
Quote from: HunterT on March 27, 2013, 09:47:51 am
Ok so your saying to use Google Voicemail and you just gave me an easy way of checking it through the landline phone? I guess this will be an alternative solution to the one we were talking about above.
Is there a way of disabling Google Voicemail and still using Google Voice? On cell phones there is, so shouldn't it work with Landlines too?
No, you cannot disable it. Yes, it's quite easy to get to retrieve messages via website, email sent to you, OR by calling your number and retrieving the messages via the phone. You can program in the number, and the pin, to a speed dial on the phone and retrieve it easily. And, when you have a message the message indicator flashes and the phone has a stutter sound.
That said, for a 95 year old to learn a new way to retrieve phone messages is a challenge. Your MUCH, MUCH bigger challenge is to teach her not to run for the phone to beat the machine. I speak from experience with a 92 and 91 year old set of in-laws. The phone rings and they run for it, even though their machine picks up like 8 rings later (no internet, no OBi). It's just in their nature.
Lavarock7:
An alternative might be to port the phone number to Voip.Ms, which has free porting at the moment.
Then just grit your teeth and pay $1 or $1.50 a month and a cent a minute or so.
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