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websiteadvice.com
08-13-2007, 10:34 PM
Does anyone have a home office phone that automatically shuts its ringer off after certain hours and on weekends (while forwarding to voice mail or Simulscribe?)

ps: I currently have a talkswitch24 from centerpoint, but it's wearing out and new ones are $800!

Scott
SeanAzul
08-14-2007, 11:33 PM
Hi Scott.

You may want to consider a virtual phone service like gotvmail.com.

You can set it up to ring you anywhere and it also has the after hours functionality you are looking for.

Hope this helps.

Sean
jeffstrum
08-23-2007, 02:29 PM
Try these guys, http://www.officeanswers.com. I have heard good things about them.
4mula
08-23-2007, 03:23 PM
Grand central allows lots of customization. http://www.grandcentral.com/
JonRosso
08-28-2007, 09:54 PM
I've used GotVmail (out of Florida) for 3 years, and they are very good and reliable (quality is great). (the only outages we've had is during those hurricanes in Florida a couple of years ago, so out of 3 years, we were down 3-4 hours).

You just want to watch out for reliability, you may save $5/m, but if their down 2-3hrs/month and it costs you a sale or two, it's just not worth it.
deanypop
08-29-2007, 02:22 AM
Grand central allows lots of customization. http://www.grandcentral.com/

The way GrandCentral works (and these other services for the most part), you would route your business through a "GrandCentral" phone number, which would then ring through TO your phone. You can then set Grand Central to only ring your phone 9-5 (or whenever), and then send the rest of the calls straight to voicemail. It's pretty cool. I have my normal office phone forwarding there, which rings my cell during business hours, and otherwise sends calls to VM (which I can pickup in email, and listen to on my computer from wherever.

All GC is missing (for me) is fax support, and a tie-in with some speech to text service... If they could do all that, it would be amazing.

Anyway, for now, it's a free service, and since google bought them, it's likely that the basic service as it is now will remain VERY inexpensive, if not free forever.