On 2016-05-27 17:58, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 05/27/2016 08:21 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-05-27 13:04, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 05/27/2016 12:07 AM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
I've tried persuading many of my friends&relations to use VoIP but to be honest, the only people who seem the least bit interested in talking to me on the phone are my doctor/dentist calling to confirm/remind appointments and headhunters who insist on phone interviews, which I consider as lame and useless as email interviews, after all so much of meaningful communication is face to face, non-verbal..
If you (and I) had a real VoIP phone replacing the old POTS in your home, you could do call screening. You could route those calls to a machine asking questions before it decides to bother you with a ring - or refusing. Just what they do to you when you call them.
I don't know what you problem is. I can do all that. And more. Like re-routing by time of day, different ring tones (particularly for people I know), "follow me", different voice messages for callers I know (e.g telling family, g/f when I'll be home), telling marketeer that this number has been disconnected so they will (hopefully) remove it from their phone books), simultaneous ringing of the various rooms I might be in, ...
And a lot more.
On POTS? I can't, without purchasing expensive equipment. And I don't even know what equipment. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)