Word is that Google Voice (formerly GrandCentral) will be launching within a
couple of weeks. It looks very, very cool (and free for domestic use).
The idea is you have one phone number, which you pick, that you give out to
everyone (business AND personal). Using caller ID, it will ring any of your
phones based on rules that you set up online. Even if you change your real
numbers, the Google number stays the same ("one number for all your phones,
for life"). It can transcribe voice mail, record conversations, route text
messages to your cell, tell you who's calling before you decide to answer,
and provide custom per-caller greetings. It can block individual callers'
numbers, and it has a "telephone spam" filter that can identify and block
telemarketers based on community input. It can send voicemail notifications
via email, and you can listen to the voicemail from your computer. Pretty
nifty stuff.
http://tinyurl.com/bpwypk
http://www.grandcentral.com/howitworks
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