[kwlug-disc] Voicemail by email

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Don't worry about it. Just tweak the very few options you need (Paul's 
message has good steps.), then forget about it.

We forward voip.ms voice mail to a group account (nothing says it can't 
be forwarded to a group) - multiple recipients get every voice mail 
message via e-mail. i.e. Multiple cells and workstations, 
simultaneously. It just works. (One thing that might be nice, in 
hindsight, is an automatic text transcription, too!)

Given the initial $25 required, we figure it will get used up in 
something like 6 years. (Sort of kidding.) It's just that cheap, easy, 
and fire and forget.

As for need for POTS - put a UPS on your router and VoIP and you're good 
to go. Anything that lasts longer ... you're going to use your cell, 
anyways. (And in that situation the UPS should keep the phone up long 
enough to put a forward to your cell on the main line, anyways.) Put a 
2nd UPS (I bought two CyberPower 425VA's on sale at Canada Computers for 
something like $35 ea.) on your cordless base station, and you have 
multiple handset VoIP phone ability even in a power out situation. The 
routers and base station really draw very little power - you should be 
safe for many hours. Usually for the duration of the outage, and more. 
(And for any long duration, you're probably not home to catch the call, 
anyways. Or sleeping.)

Given POTS cost ... for the benefit -potentially- gained in that rare 
situation ... it's not worth holding on to it.

Two easy ways to test / exercise it - get a VoIP number. Forward it to 
your POTS. Acquire happiness over its reliability (or not). Alternately, 
forward your POTS to the VoIP, same exercise. Upon reassurance, port the 
number. Once ported, cut the cord.


On 14-03-26 03:47 PM, Darcy Casselman wrote:
> Okay, follow-on question:
>
> voip.ms, callcentric, etc. have a rather overwhelming number of options.
>   For your favourite provider, what's the cheapest way to *just* get what I
> want: a public, local Kitchener phone number with voicemail sent to email?
>
> Darcy.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I use voip.ms, I've used their voicemail over email reliably, but now I
>> use the FreePBX Asterisk distro on a little box.  It hasn't let me down.
>> *crosses fingers*
>>
>> I'm amazed at how many voip options are available now.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Chamunks Arkturus <chamunks at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> VoIP.ms has a pretty good system for voice to email.
>>> On Mar 20, 2014 11:16 AM, "Darcy Casselman" <dscassel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of a service that will give you a phone number and send
>>>> you voice mail messages by email?
>>>>
>>>> I know you can DIY this with Asterisk or something, but I'd like some
>>>> modicum of reliability.
>>>>
>>>> Darcy.
>>>>
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