Seighard, That’s correct. So say you have 10 people workng for you and you want 5 of those to answer the calls then call blasting would basically blast all of those at the same time and then whoever picks up would take the call.
> On May 16, 2016, at 7:46 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > If you have an 800 number from Grasshopper, Ringcentral or any other company > that offers cloud-based business grade phone systems they can be forward to > whatever you want. I am going to try out Grasshopper and set up an account > yesterday with a toll free number and I set it up so any calls to the toll > free number will be forwarded to my cell phone. You can even set it up to > only forward during certain hours during weekdays and weekends or make a > complete custom schedule. > You can then make outgoing calls from the Grasshopper app and the people you > call will see my toll free number on their call display and not my cell > number. > For $10 a months you can add SMS to this as well. > Call blasting is another $10 a months, this will I believe allow you to set > up multiple phone numbers and any calls will simultaneously ring all the > numbers you set up and I guess whoever picks up first is answering the call. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Cristóbal > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 5:29 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: RE: accessible 800 phone service? > > I’m a bigtime Google Voice user and use the texting as well as call > forwarding/filtering features with a separate Skype number as a backup and > secondary number for my business. > I’ve been contemplating getting an 800 number as work has expanded beyond my > local area to more state wide. > Can anyone comment on how flexible any of these 800 number services are in > regards to forwarding to other numbers and or texting? I know worse comes to > worse, I can always keep my GV number for strictly texting purposes, but GV > being able to forward to multiple numbers is incredibly helpful. I have it go > to my Skype number at my main desktop as well as my dedicated business cell > in case I have to step away from the PC. The Google Voice as well as the > GVConnect iOS apps for iPhone are completely accessible which facilitates > things too. > Any input would be helpful. > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 3:20 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: RE: accessible 800 phone service? > > The reviews between two of the big cloud-based phone service companies, > Ringcentral and Grasshopper, seem to indicate the both have comparible > features, but a slightly different approach. It seems Ringcentral’s support > is rated somewhat better although I tried Ringcentral a few years ago and > wasn’t overly impressed. As with many companies and this is mentioned online, > Ringcentral is outsourcing support mostly to the Philippines and I certainly > had a few people on the line back then where there was a bit of a language > barrier. Grasshopper claims their support is in the US (Florida) and that > they encourage customers to call support any time whereas Ringcentral > encourages customers to use the Ringcentral.com <http://ringcentral.com/>for > support first and only if really necessary to call support. > > My guess is that Grasshopper may have stepped up a bit because in todays > connected world online reviews can be very damaging and I don’t think in the > long run any company can afford to have consistently bad reviews. I signed up > for a Grasshopper toll free number and will try it for 30 days since they say > they have a 30-day money back guaranty. I have downloaded the app and it > seems very accessible where with Ringcentral there were a few issues if I > remember correctly. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Michael Malver > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 1:50 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: accessible 800 phone service? > > The American Council of the blind of Minnesota used to use grasshopper, and > we found they had absolutely horrible customer service. We use magicJack now, > but all we do is lie phone support. We don't meet or have mailboxes. > Hopefully, grasshopper has improved. It really did have some very cool > features. > > On May 15, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Scott Berry <sb356...@gmail.com > <mailto:sb356...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Why not take a look at www.grasshoper.com <http://www.grasshoper.com/> and > see what they say. 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