Asking for recommendations for an answering service, with a live person that can answer our office phones for a week.
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posted by gemmy
on Jan 10, 2013 -
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I'm being forced to answer phones at work. I have NO clue and NO ability how to do this and I have to start NOW. How do I make this situation less horrible?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 7, 2013 -
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Our church needs a telephone service which lets us (1) receive calls (outbound calls would be made on personal cell phones), (2) record inbound messages, (3) use our existing number, and (4) have our number published in the white pages. Does such a service exist that would meet all or most of these requirements?
posted by davcoo
on Dec 5, 2012 -
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We are switching from AT&T cell phone to service to Verizon, and I'd like to perform the switch smoothly while also using one of the new phones as a Christmas gift. Your advice on the proper procedure would be welcome.
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posted by Rock Steady
on Nov 20, 2012 -
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What's a good tiny-form-factor
POTS telephone I can purchase solely to buzz people into my apartment building?
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posted by whittaker
on Nov 12, 2012 -
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What is the best (least expensive) way to setup a toll-free international business line in Canada?
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posted by rabbitfufu
on Oct 22, 2012 -
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I need a recommendation for a headset to buy to use with my Cisco IP Phone 7960 series, ideally over-the-ear (not over-the-head) and around $50 or less.
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posted by de void
on Oct 16, 2012 -
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Why is it that the phone company can't figure out whether or not an area code is needed when dialing - even when I can't - and just dial the number accordingly?
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posted by attercoppe
on Sep 5, 2012 -
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I will be traveling in Germany for a week soon, and will need a cell phone while there. I won't be able to use my personal cell phone (incompatible with Europe) but I have an unlocked GSM phone that I've used in Europe before. Please help me find a SIM card (with German phone number) that I can order now and get delivered to the US
before I leave for my trip.
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posted by intermod
on May 29, 2012 -
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My store has three locations. People often call the wrong location. Is there a low-cost way to transfer or forward a call to the correct location without forcing the customer to hang up and dial a new number?
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posted by Night_owl
on May 26, 2012 -
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How can I call an american telephone number (landline or cell) from an iPhone that 1. Has only wireless, and 2. Is behind the Chinese firewall?
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posted by Rinku
on Apr 15, 2012 -
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Did telephone companies routinely keep records of *incoming* calls in the pre cellphone days?
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posted by xetere
on Apr 13, 2012 -
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How much did long distance telephone calls cost in the late 1970s and early 1980s? I'm mainly interested in hearing about rates for the USA but data from other countries would be welcome as well.
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posted by jason's_planet
on Mar 31, 2012 -
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How can I learn to stay focused while talking (and listening) on the phone, particularly in professional contexts?
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posted by brackish.line
on Mar 28, 2012 -
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Where should I look and what should I look at for replacing our old Norstar/Meridian PBX? Should we replace the hardware or switch to a hosted solution?
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posted by MrBobaFett
on Feb 1, 2012 -
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I would like to use Audacity to record voice audio files for an automated telephone system. What kind of microphone setup (USB or standard headphone / mic jacks) that will work with my laptop do I need?
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posted by banished
on Dec 29, 2011 -
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Please help me come up with role play scenarios to assist me in practicing my telephone counselling skills.
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posted by KLF
on Nov 29, 2011 -
14 answers
I've got high-speed Internets. Also, old-fashioned Fax machines and analog phones. Is there a Voice-over-IP box which _provides a DIALTONE_ and touch-tone-dialing functionality to analog phone devices?
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posted by shipbreaker
on Nov 22, 2011 -
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Is there any VOIP or other audio-chat-over-the-internet software that doesn't massively compress the audio and flatten quiet moments into complete silence?
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posted by dmd
on Aug 17, 2011 -
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Asking on behalf of someone who may not be interested in your anwers: please tell me about basic business telephone options.
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posted by jon1270
on Aug 10, 2011 -
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I just moved to a new part of the state, and had a landline telephone installed through my local telco. I asked if they could port my old number (123)-xxx-xxxx to my new landline, and they said my old number was not in the same "Rate Center". I confirmed that they were telling the truth based on this AskMeFi
post.
I have the option to enable call forwarding from my old number to my new landline, which takes care of incoming calls.
Now I am turning to you, the hivemind, to find out how to dial out from my new landline, and have my old number, (123)-xxx-xxxx, show up on other peoples' caller ID.
I've done some searching and found a bunch of convoluted VoIP setups that would achieve this solution for me, but I'm not that technical, and I don't want to have to dial a million numbers just to make a single phone call from my land-line.
Does the hive mind have any simple solutions?
posted by WhereAmI
on Jul 6, 2011 -
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I use and love Google Voice on my Mac. I have on old dial telephone with a plastic clippy connector on the cable (so it's not that old, I guess). Is there any device that would let me connect the old phone to the Mac? I'm sure I couldn't dial through the old phone, but could I use it for talking? I want to be able to trip passersby with my sproingy phone cord, like in the olden days.
posted by largecorp
on Jun 29, 2011 -
8 answers
What's the current state-of-the-art for recording a telephone conversation?
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posted by jbickers
on Jun 28, 2011 -
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AT&T be gone. What are my options to have a land line at home? Can I use the phones I have?
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posted by snowjoe
on Apr 21, 2011 -
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My boyfriend will be in Sierra Leone this summer conducting research for his dissertation. He's looking for recommendations for satellite phone and/or internet service.
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posted by eunoia
on Feb 2, 2011 -
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My
alarm system uses one main phone line and one backup phone line to check in with the security service company by, apparently, dialing and transmitting tones to a 1-800 number. Paying $40 each month, even for two measured lines, seems quite unnecessary, if a cheaper "VOIP" replacement could help instead.
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posted by glibhamdreck
on Jan 19, 2011 -
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Require a replacement for my landline and the 30 bucks a month that it costs me as I now have 4 cell phones in the house.
Require a telephone device that (a) rings on more than one handset (b) has access to cheap long distance (c) good quality and dependable.
I realize Google Voice does a lot of this, but I'm in Canada and we don't have Google Voice available here yet or any indication of how soon it could be arriving.
Is all of this possible without a landline?
What services can you recommend to get me closer to my goal?
posted by gfroese
on Nov 1, 2010 -
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Toshiba Digital Business Telephone driving me nuts. Can you help me take control of this thing?
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posted by xiaolongbao
on Jul 22, 2010 -
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Is it possible to use call forwarding on the iPhone (3G) to route calls from specific known phone numbers straight to voicemail? If so, how?
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posted by Asherah
on Jul 7, 2010 -
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