[lug] Inexpensive no-ring, voicemail only phone number?

[Nate Duehr]

I guess I should add... 

I didn't list Google Voice because I'm not sure you can port the number
away from them (yet), nor port numbers to them (not an issue here for a
new number, but they're not ready for prime time... even though it's
required by law...), and you have to get an "invite" still.

It would work nicely for such a need, other than the above things,
though... it's just too new for me to recommend it, as an old
telco-head... as long as you can find an invite.  (They're not TOO hard
to find, and there's a website where you can REQUEST one, but hearing
mixed reviews about how fast/well that form works...)

--
  Nate Duehr
  nate at natetech.com

On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:02 -0700, "Davide Del Vento"
<davide.del.vento at gmail.com> wrote:
> I use Google Voice for this purpose, and find it very well done. I
> does not cost anything.
> Check on the web if it has what you need!
> Besides the voicemail, the neatest feature, IMHO, is the ability to
> re-route the calls to lot of different numbers (e.g. your cell phone,
> the church landline, etc) without the callers ever know anything about
> that - and with rules that you set - eg at a given time ring this
> phone, at this other time go straight to voicemail, etc.
> Not sure if you can subscribe right away, if not, drop me a message
> and I'll send you an invitation (others: sorry only one left).
> Bye,
> ;Dav
> 
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 13:54, Ryan Kirkpatrick <linux at rkirkpat.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I am on the board of a local non-profit[0], and we need a phone number. We
> > are small enough that we don't have an office, we just operate out one of
> > our sponsor churches. They provided us with a phone number that went
> > straight to a voice-mail for a while, but thanks to a phone system upgrade
> > they can't do that any more.
> >
> > I called and asked Qwest, but they want $36/month + usage for such a
> > setup. Now I know I could setup an Asterisk system and do this in my
> > basement, and I probably will eventually do so, but in the short term I
> > wonder if there were other options that were cheaper than Qwest?
> >
> > We don't need anything fancy, just a local Boulder number that goes
> > straight to voice-mail that we can call in and check. Now, I know there are
> > a number of companies on the web that offer something along these lines,
> > but there is no way to tell if they are reputable or not just from their
> > websites. Even the review sites don't look trustworthy. :(
> >
> > So, anyone have any recommendations for inexpensive, voice-mail only, phone
> > service? Thanks!
> >
> > [0] http://lambsministry.org/, and it is hosted in my basement. :)
> >
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> > |                                            --- Philippians 1:21 (KJV)   |
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> > |   Ryan Kirkpatrick  |  Boulder, Colorado  |  http://www.rkirkpat.net/   |
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> >
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