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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I would like to find a hardware answering machine that has some advanced controls to manage which incoming numbers can make the phone ring.
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posted by royalchinook
on Oct 8, 2009 -
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PhoneFilter: For testing purposes I need phone numbers in the following categories: No Answer (just rings), Disconnected, Busy.
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posted by DetonatedManiac
on May 8, 2009 -
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My mom switched to land-line phone service through Comcast, but now she only has one working phone jack. How do we restore functionality to the remaining outlets in the house?
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posted by blueberry
on Dec 30, 2008 -
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I need recommendations for a good "emergency autodialer" system for my grandmother. The general idea is that should she fall and break her hip (or whatever), she can hit a button on a pendant, and the system calls some preprogrammed numbers and delivers an emergency message. CTQs below...
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posted by juliewhite
on Dec 11, 2008 -
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What can I possible do about someone that is repeatedly calling my place of employment and hanging up?
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posted by hammerthyme
on Oct 10, 2008 -
6 answers
No dial tone inside my house, but the DSL is working. When I plug a phone directly into the grey box (a.k.a. Network Interface Device) on the outside wall of the house, at the same time disconnecting the link from the phone company's incoming line to the wiring inside the house, I get a dial tone! It seems that the phone company is still providing service. The evidence is exactly what I'd expect if there were a phone off the hook inside the house... but there isn't. What else could be going on?
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posted by aws17576
on Aug 31, 2008 -
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Phone from China, SIM card in the US: what do I need to know to make sure I have a working cell phone when I return to the US for a month or two this summer?
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posted by msbrauer
on Jun 4, 2008 -
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Is there a cheap or free way to setup a phone number in Trinidad and Tobago and have it forward to an American number? Skype and Grand Central don't have numbers in that area code (868). A dozen other vaguely similar services don't, either.
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posted by Mo Nickels
on May 20, 2008 -
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For the last month or two I've been hearing noises from the flat above me. Specifically, I hear a phone number being dialled (as if by a modem), followed by the standard telephone voice saying that the number dialled has not been recognised. This voice repeats itself for a while, before the whole process starts again. This goes on for hours at a time. What's going on?
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posted by xchmp
on May 1, 2008 -
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Mathfilter: How many text messages (SMS) will fit on a floppy disk, or a CD-ROM? Once that number is derived, how much will it cost to send or receive that many messages if a consumer pays per message (American carriers or Intl carriers would be great)?
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posted by kenneth
on Mar 3, 2008 -
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Advice on hiring an Indian call center to answer after-hours calls for a law practice?
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posted by jayder
on Sep 23, 2007 -
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Is there anywhere online or in print that provides help programming Avaya Partner Messaging "Automated Attendants"?
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posted by mikespez
on Aug 21, 2007 -
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What kind of job can I get that involves working on the telephone from home and that is challenging in some way?
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posted by lunchbox
on Aug 18, 2007 -
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Looking for a device to send recorded messages over phone line via ethernet control.
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posted by MtDewd
on Jul 2, 2007 -
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How can I regain my privacy wrt telephone conversations in a shared house?
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posted by gadha
on May 2, 2007 -
13 answers
I've got a phone conversation that's going to become a podcast. How can I use
Audacity to make it sound its best?
posted by jjg
on Jan 22, 2007 -
11 answers
Can anyone suggest a cordless phone system that will work throughout an old house?
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posted by Songdog
on Nov 3, 2006 -
6 answers
Who were the first group of people to embrace SMS texting? Did any members of the group who designed the protocol accurately predict how it would be used?
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posted by rongorongo
on Oct 6, 2006 -
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