Google Voice or something else?
I'm going to be working from home 2 days a week. My job doesn't have an easy way for me to daily set-up whether calls to my work number forward or not. So, I've been looking for an alternate solution.
I signed up for Google voice and so far it does everything I want. The only thing I don't like is that when it forwards a call it stays on the Google voice network, therefore it's running on VoIP (at least from what I've read). I'd prefer to have forwarded calls do just that....forward to another number and go to the landline for the carrier. I've read that the Google voice quality isn't that great, but I haven't had any issues (yet) with quality.
Here are the features I'm wanting:
- Ability to forward calls to another number but the forwarded call is carried on the landline network
- Ability to make outbound calls that show my home office number on the other person's caller ID
- Not a necessity, but would love it if voicemails could be e-mailed to me
- Would also prefer to not have to get another phone line (even if it is just VoIP)...would like to just use my existing home landline.
Is there a different service I should try other than GV? For anyone using GV, how has the quality been for you? I of course like that GV is free but wouldn't mind paying if needed.