Having your own IP PBX lets you do a great many things that Google Voice cannot...
Time conditions Ring groups IVRs DISAs conference bridges automatic call recording call recording based on unique conditions or special configuration for recording of only certain types of calls handling of many DIDs and unique routing for each of them multiple SIP trunks to multiple providers On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 11:04 PM, Trey Scarborough <[email protected]> wrote: > google voice does all the things your wanting. > > On 07/14/2016 04:37 PM, Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] wrote: > >> I have my cellphone forward busy/unavailable calls to a DID on our VoIP >> PBX. That DID rings my desk phone and goes to my desk Voice Mail which is >> e-mailed to me. >> >> Does that help? >> >> Jim Bouse >> Owner >> Mobile IT Pro - Brazos WiFi >> 979-985-5912 >> [email protected] >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof >> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 4:35 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [AFMUG] OT - alternative to VZ voicemail >> >> I have a Motorola RAZR Maxx HD phone and depend heavily on Verizon's >> "Visual Voicemail" (although I'd sure like to increase the 40 message >> limit). >> >> VZ was sending me these confusing text messages about $2.99 Visual >> Voicemail going away and the replacement Visual Voicemail would be the same >> but free or something, I couldn't decipher what they were trying to tell me. >> >> Well, today my voicemail reverted to standard VM where you have to dial >> *86 and step through the messages one at a time using the voice prompts. >> That just won't work for me. After about 10 minutes on hold with VZ >> customer support, they discovered the alerts should have said "our >> outsourced voicemail vendor will stop supporting your device". So one >> option would be to buy a new phone. >> >> Anybody have another suggestion? Is there a third party app in the >> Google Play store that would work with VZ voicemail? The VZ support rep >> implied that might be the case but VZ wouldn't support it. >> >> Or is there some kind of spiffy third party voicemail service that I >> could set up my phone to forward to when busy or unavailable (a lot of my >> VZ calls seem to go straight to VM without the phone ever ringing)? With >> an Android app, and maybe lots of cool features and storage for more than >> 40 messages? >> >> Or am I stuck buying a new phone just to get a working voicemail app? >> >> (Obviously the phone is more than 2 years old, but I won't sign a 2 year >> contract for a phone anymore, if they even do that. I would end up buying >> the new phone outright, so not talking chump change.) >> >> >> >> > >
