Hi, Ok, that makes sense. Thanks! In Christ, Miranda
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kliphton Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: A google voice question That's why I suggested that you put all your personal contacts in a group, and have your business vm as the default one, that way when someone calls your business, and they are not in a group, they get the business vm. As for family and friends, you create a default vm for them, and assign it to them, and that's what they hear when they call. Hope I explained it a little more clear. HTH Kliphton Senior (Twitter&Skype) kliphton72 (iMessage&facetime) [email protected] (Life Journal) Kliphton.wordpress.com (Sharrie's ScratchPad) missie844.wordpress.com http://facebook.com/kliphandsharrie On Aug 22, 2012, at 6:35 PM, "Miranda B." <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Hmmmm... I wonder if this would work if I made my business phone > number be a group all it's own, since that's what I have showing up as > my caller ID when someone calls (this way I know which business they're calling)? > I can't put all of my business contacts as a group, because I get > calls from people who I don't yet have contact information for, ETC. > Thanks for this idea and any other help you can give, and have a great week! > > In Christ, Miranda > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Kliphton > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 6:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: A google voice question > > Your right when you say it's not possible to have 2 separate voice > mails for > 2 separate numbers. But what you could do is create groups in your > google voice account, and then set up custom messages for each group. > I've done this, and it works flawlessly. So if you know who you want > to be in each group, say your family and friends, have a custom voice > mail for them, and when someone for your business calls, make that the > default voice mail, and they will get a greeting about your business. HTH. Good luck Kliphton SR. > K&S Vending > (Office/Fax) 218-451-9881 > (TXT) 218-332-7542 > [email protected] > http://twitter.com/KSVending > http://facebook.com/k.and.s.vending > > On Aug 20, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Miranda B. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'm not worried about the 9 rings part, as I don't have any other >> phones to forward to except my cell phone. The only reason I >> mentioned this in my original post is that this was a suggestion I >> found on some Google support forums, and I don't agree with using it. >> Sorry for the > confusion! >> What I am trying to do is have my calls from my Google Voice number >> go to my Google Voice voicemail when unanswered, and the calls to my >> cell phone (which my google voice number is forwarded to) go to my >> cell phone carrier's voicemail when unanswered. >> Thanks, and have a great week! >> >> In Christ, Miranda >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Kelly Pierce >> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 5:05 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: A google voice question >> >> With Google Voice, there is no need to forward calls, ring all the >> phones at once and you will avoid nine rings before voice mail starts. >> >> On 8/20/12, Miranda B. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have an iPhone 3GS running IOS5.1, and I have a Google voice question. >>> >>> This isn't app specific, rather it's service related. >>> >>> I own 2 businesses, and my cell phone number directs customers to >>> one of my businesses. Currently, I use another phone for my second >>> business, but I'd like to save $15-$20/month on my phone bill and >>> combine these 2 businesses on one phone by using Google voice for >>> the second business number/voicemail. >>> >>> Everything works great except the voicemail. If I have my carrier's >>> conditional call forwarding turned off, all calls (including calls >>> to my Google voice number) are routed to my carrier's voicemail. >>> However, if I have my carrier's conditional call forwarding turned >>> on, all calls (including calls to my cell phone) are routed to my >>> Google >> voicemail. >>> >>> I have deactivated Google voicemail on my cell phone, as this was >>> recommended in many Google support forums I researched in the past >>> week or so. >>> >>> I'm to the point of thinking that having 2 voicemails simply isn't >>> possible, because the phone can't distinguish the separate voicemail >>> services attempting to be used on one phone at the same time. >>> >>> I know I could possibly set my Google voice number to ring "my other >>> phones" >>> before sending unanswered calls to my Google voicemail, but that >>> would make customers sit on the phone through 9 or so rings and no >>> one in their right mind would wait that long. >>> >>> I did discover that our cell phone carrier has a virtual >>> receptionist service, but that is twice the price of what I'm >>> currently paying for the second business phone and I'm trying to save money not spend more. >> LOL. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice, and have a great week! >>> >>> >>> >>> In Christ, Miranda >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> -- >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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