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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Doctors have to send my prescriptions to CVS by FAX<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> LCTG <lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net@lists.toku.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>OLGA P GUTTAG via LCTG<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 16, 2023 10:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> Carl Lazarus <carllazarus@comcast.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Stan Rose <stan_rose@alum.mit.edu>; Lex Computer Group <lctg@lists.toku.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Moving landline to VOIP<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You would be surprised how many govt. institutions still insist in a fax instead of an electronic document submission. It is very aggravating for those who don’t have fax machines (yes, we have a software work around but …). I always ask myself how the less well educated and people with fewer resources survive in this environment. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Olga<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Oct 16, 2023, at 10:36 AM, Carl Lazarus via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone still need fax? You can scan a document and email it as an attachment.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 10:30 AM Stan Rose via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regarding fax, I am able to use my OOMA service for fax. With the OOMA premium service, I have two numbers: one for regular voice and one for fax.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Stan Rose<br><br><a href="mailto:stan_rose@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">stan_rose@alum.mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 10:19 AM Mitchell I. Wolfe via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>We rather screen spam calls at home rather being interrupted in the car and elsewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Right out of college in the 1970's I elected the cheaper party line option. My answering machine used to pick up calls destined for the other party.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Our home phone has been on VOIP for over 10 years using <a href="https://voipo.com/" target="_blank">voipo.com</a>. The cost is less than $7 per month if you prepay for two years. The vendor sends you a free converter box. There's a ton of features. We receive substantially more spam calls than with wireless providers even with the free nomorobo integration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Most VOIP boxes do not work for sending or receiving faxes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Due to industry pressure, the FCC issued <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-19-72A1.pdf" target="_blank">Forbearance Order 19-72A1</a> which has officially granted telecommunications carriers permission to abandon outdated, degrading copper POTs lines. Consequently POT service has gotten substantially more expensive and harder to get since the August 2, 2022 implementation date.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>-- Mitch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p id="m_-6695129632391178868m_2282813127281212173v1v1v1reply-intro"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>On 2023-10-16 09:57, OLGA P GUTTAG via LCTG wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 5.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in'><div id="m_-6695129632391178868m_2282813127281212173v1v1v1replybody1"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>And how many of you had to wait for 12 yrs to get a party line in the first place? <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>As to spam:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Being incredibly lazy about making changes to our phone technology, I have kept my business line for about $10/mo. Whenever I am asked for phone by people/places I don't trust to keep my real number secure, I give out this line. Thus the daily 20+ spam calls or unwanted follow-ups by sales people from whom I bought a car/plumbing/etc. go to this line. I only monitor it if I am in the process of buying a car, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>For now this has kept the number of junk calls to our other land line and cell phone to minimum. I expect that I could port this business line to something less expensive, but for now my time is worth more than the cost of status quo. However, if you have not yet got the numbers you care about into the universe, I recommend that you establish a second line to give out to those who will increase your spam volume.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Stay well,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Olga<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 5.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>On Oct 15, 2023, at 8:43 PM, John Rudy via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>And how many of you ever had a party line?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor'><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></strong> LCTG <lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=<a href="mailto:comcast.net@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">comcast.net@lists.toku.us</a>> <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>On Behalf Of </span></strong>bhff02--- via LCTG<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Sent:</span></strong> Sunday, October 15, 2023 8:07 PM<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>To:</span></strong> Alan Millner <<a href="mailto:armillner48@gmail.com" target="_blank">armillner48@gmail.com</a>>; Lex Computer Group <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>>; Harry Forsdick <<a href="mailto:harry@forsdick.com" target="_blank">harry@forsdick.com</a>><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Subject:</span></strong> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Moving landline to VOIP<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Do you remember the days prior to cell phones when grandma called "the house", never knowing which grandchild might answer? Then, each family member had their turn speaking with her. Now, in the absence of landlines, grandma must select one of four or five cell numbers to call, often reaching mom or dad in the car, at the restaurant, shopping, or at work. As for the rest of the family, who knows?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Barry </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div id="m_-6695129632391178868m_2282813127281212173v1v1v1v1ydpe0f285c8yahoo_quoted_7885217036"><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>On Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 09:32:59 AM EDT, Harry Forsdick via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote: </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div id="m_-6695129632391178868m_2282813127281212173v1v1v1v1ydpe0f285c8yiv0223155949"><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Alan,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Thanks for this information.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Does this ring the Panasonic "landline" phone if a call comes in to your cell phone? Or only the reverse -- ring your cell phone if a call comes in on the Panasonic "landline" phone?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>In our case we don't want to have a "landline". Rather we would like to buy some portable phones installed in various places around our house so that even if we didn't have our cellphones in our pockets we could answer the cellphone if we were near one of the fixed locations where a Panasonic (or any other) phone was located.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>I suspect this isn't the way these bluetooth Panasonic phones were intended to work, but I hope I am wrong.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>-- Harry</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=5 cellpadding=0 style='background:#EEEEEE'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:1.9pt 1.9pt 1.9pt 1.9pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/resume/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>Harry Forsdick</span></a><br><a href="http://lexingtonphotoscan.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>Lexington Photo Scanning</span></a><br><a href="http://lexingtontmma.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>Town Meeting Member Precinct 7</span></a><br><a href="mailto:harry@forsdick.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>harry@forsdick.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></td><td width=5 style='width:3.75pt;padding:1.9pt 1.9pt 1.9pt 1.9pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.9pt 1.9pt 1.9pt 1.9pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://goo.gl/xZXT2F" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>46 Burlington St., Lexington, MA 02420</span></a><br><a href="callto:17817996002" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>(781) 799-6002 (mobile)</span></a><br><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>www.forsdick.com</span></a><br><a href="http://forsdick.weebly.com/home/my-websites" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>click</span></a> to see my other websites</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-6695129632391178868m_2282813127281212173v1v1v1v1ydpe0f285c8yiv0223155949yqt79804"><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 8:44 AM Alan Millner <<a href="mailto:armillner48@gmail.com" target="_blank">armillner48@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor #cccccc'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Our Panasonic cordless phone system ( our landline) has bluetooth connection to our cellphones, so we can answer a cell call at any of its 6 handsets, if the cell is sitting near the base unit on its charger.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Alan Millner</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:amillner@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">amillner@alum.mit.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>home 781-862-7893. cell 781-999-4346</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/48+North+St.,+Lexington+MA+02420?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">48 North St., Lexington MA 02420</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>On Oct 15, 2023, at 8:36 AM, Harry Forsdick via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Our solution to this has been to get rid of our "landline" when we got rid of cable and just use our cell phones. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>It wasn't difficult — it had already started to happen because we discovered that the predominant users of our landline were telemarketers.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Now calls come to the person being called. It does require that each of us to carry our phones on our person. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>I have yet to find a way to combine my cellphone to a fixed wired phone so that each of our phones could be picked up at fixed locations in the house. If anybody has leads on this I would love to hear about this.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>— Harry</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 6:56 PM BARRY HASS via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor #cccccc'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>I have the premium plan which gives me a second inbound line. It also calls two numbers of my choice for notification purposes when I dial 911. All voicemails appear on the phone but are also emailed to my wife and myself. We have the OOMA app on our phones which allow us to call US phones from anywhere in the world at no cost as long as I have an internet connection. OOMA premium has call forwarding, and call forwarding on network or power failure. There are other features which I don't recall at this moment.<br><br>Barry<br><br>> On Oct 14, 2023, at 5:41 PM, Shelly Lowenthal via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>> I've been using OOMA for 12 years. I've recommended it and people have been happy with it. Let me know if you have questions on porting - very simple. Base plan is $7/month - all of it taxes. They have a premium plan with more features.<br>> <br>> Shelly Lowenthal<br>> <br>>> On Oct 14, 2023, at 5:16 PM, Peter Shaw via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> Thoughts on the best options to move my landline over to my Internet service?<br>>> <br>>> Google Voice, Ooma, probably others.<br>>> <br>>> I confess, I'm too late to be even a normal late adopter, but that's where I am.<br>>> <br>>> Thanks.<br>>> ===============================================<br>>> ::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>>> Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br>>> Send to the list: <a href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br>>> To subscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" target="_blank">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" target="_blank">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br>>> Future and Past meeting information: <a href="http://lctg.toku.us/" target="_blank">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br>>> List information: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br>>> This message was sent to <a href="mailto:shelly.lowenthal@gmail.com" target="_blank">shelly.lowenthal@gmail.com</a>.<br>>> Set your list options: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/shelly.lowenthal@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/shelly.lowenthal@gmail.com</a><br>> ===============================================<br>> ::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>> Reply goes to sender only; 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