so wait a second... google e same area but not if you are going to be moving.voice is just a redirection number! very good if you are going to stay in th :-)~MIKE~(-: On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 5:46 PM, wrote: > > > I think you misunderstand what Google Voice is. > > Is it wrong of me to want to use the many good features of Google Voice > that I very much appreciate in the way that I want to use it (and keeping > my 20-year established and widely published land line number as my > primary, ring-first number)? I do not want to go through the nuisance and > annoyance of changing my primary, published telephone number everywhere. > > > 1) It is NOT voicemail. It has voicemail, but it's intended > > to function opposite to a voicemail service. > > To each his own. > > > 2) People should be calling your Google Voice number directly; it then > > forwards to (rings) one or more actual phones (home phone, cellphone, > > gmail, etc...) and redirects to voicemail if you don't pick up. > > That is just not what I need or want. > > > The idea is that you give everyone your Google Voice number, but not your > > home or cell number(s). Then you can change home or cell service without > > impact to people who want to call you. > > Again, that is not what I need or want. > > > You also gain control options, such as setting some callers to only ring > > through on weekdays, or setting some callers to ring the home phone but > > not the cellphone. > > Again, that is not what I need or want. > > > So the reason it doesn't work the way you want is that your concept has > it > > behind your normal phone; it's actually the reverse in that your normal > > phone is *behind* Google Voice. > > Again, I just want my "normal" land-line phone to be my primary telephone > and my primary telephone number. Is it wrong to want that and to want to > use Google Voice in the way I want and need to use it? > > I have two different Google Voice numbers for two different applications, > one personal and one business. For the business application, *all* calls > to my toll free number are forwarded instantly and directly to my business > Google Voice number and I need that number answered by voice mail on the > *first ring* because that toll free number is *never* answered "live" and > the 25 second (five+ ring) delay is a serious detriment. All calls *must* > be recorded for my business application and the transcribing that Google > Voice does for those calls is extremely valuable. The 25-second five-ring > delay is extremely detrimental. > > Judging from the many posts on the 'net on this same subject, many, many > other people have the same need that I have. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >