Help with Obi and GV setup for my 90 year-old mother please
Shale:
Koby's post made me think of a simple positive answer. Have the local answer machine pick up calls before the GV timeout happens. This may require the machine answering on the second or third ring.
Then the answer machine recording is talking to the caller or the machine is taking a message while your mother makes it to the phone.
Your mother can explain that she was call screening, if she likes.
carl:
BTW the phone should ring four times with GV before going into voice mail.
Another thing, she should have a cordless phone with a clip and carry it around all the time. This way she will A. able to pick it up before it goes into voice mail. B. Have a phone handy for emergencies.
Like somebody mentioned, you should get a e911 service for her as well. $ 1.50/month with Callcentric
Koby:
Quote from: carl on May 27, 2013, 06:23:15 pm
Like somebody mentioned, you should get a e911 service for her as well. $ 1.50/month with Callcentric
How would that be any better than the buck-a-month service from Anveo offered by Obihai in the Obihai portal?
giqcass:
If going the answering machine route have it pick up before Google Voice but put a few recorded phone ringing sounds before the answering machines outgoing message. The calling party might not even notice the difference.
Rick:
IMHO, utilizing an OBi as the sole phone capability for a 90 year old is a mistake. One reason is the answering time you noted. Another is no phone service if the web is down. Or GV is down. Or lack of E911 without a 3rd party that may, or may not be reliable (as Callcentric demonstrated in 2012).
Carl's idea about her having the phone with her is a good one, but she likely won't do it. I speak from experience with 90 year olds...
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