Quote from: QBZappy on October 10, 2012, 06:51:27 PM
waterbuffal,
An alternative to an 800 number (which is a good idea), is to forward all your local GV numbers to a commercial voip service which is registered to an OBi. All your incoming calls will reach your warehouse on that Obi unit. Might be cheaper than an 800 service and give the impression of being local.
Forwarding a GV number is done by listing a forwarding phone. You can only list the same forwarding phone in 2 GV accounts, so you can only forward 2 GV numbers to the same place.
You can get a voip service such as Callcentric, and get multiple DIDs to forward the GV numbers to. You can forward 2 GV numbers to each DID so the cost per month would be 1 DID per 2 GV numbers. All calls will ring the Obi with caller id with name. I think a DID is $2.95 per month
Note that GV numbers are not available in every market but perhaps a Callcenric DID would be available in those markets.
Anveo numbers can be cheaper per month, but not unlimited incoming
The number of free incoming minutes for the account depends on the subscription level:
Free plan - 40 minutes each day
Starter plan - 60 minutes each day
Professional plan - 120 minutes each day
Business plan - 150 minutes each day
Usage over the free allowance is charged at $0.015 per minute