Thank you Brian. That works perfectly!
> Try setting the do not disturb on the line you want answered
> immediately. You should be able to set to for 999days and then you'll
> have to set it again in 2015. In theory that should make it answer
> immediately.
>
> If not, then you are trying to use a Pontiac Fiero as a moving van, it's
> just not made to do that.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On 09/13/2012 05:46 PM, joe@actionline.com 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.
>>
>>
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