Ring Central (800 numbers and e-faxing)

Expat · 04-06-2008, 11:57 PM

Originally Posted by GreenSky

Concerned about what?

Rick

Maybe they are concerned, that I am concerned as to the safe arrival of the fax I sent.

theinuranceguy · 04-07-2008, 12:06 PM

K7.net is for free. Free Voicemail and Fax...

Never used em though, I have toll-Free through At&t and yes Im paying too much....

ims · 04-09-2008, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by GreenSky

Concerned about what?

Rick

that was a typo, i mean to say when a fax is delivered, it will send you an email confirmation

the do · 05-14-2008, 01:13 AM

Hey guys how many minutes do you use for ring central? It seems trying to monitor the minutes to stay under 2500 minutes per month would be too frustrating. I like being unlimited with Verizon. Its also $100. Whats the advantage with ring Central? I think I missed something.

Gregb3104 · 09-12-2008, 02:07 AM

My partner and use an average of just over 1500 toll free minutes per minutes. Note that we also give out our direct phone numbers and our cell phone numbers. About half of the inbound minutes that we receive are directed to those numbers.

SalemInsuranceGuy · 06-30-2009, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by Melmunch3

Ring Central

If you need a 1-800 number for your business, but don't want to pay the crazy rates that your local company will charge, you need to sign up with Ring Central.

Along with the 800 numbers, they offer a terrific fax to email service that allows you to send receive faxes directly on your computer.

They are currently running a promotion where you can try them free for a month. At that price, you can't afford not to try them.

In addition, if you decide to use them, you can get a free months worth of roll-over minutes to use anytime over the course of your first year if you sign up with this link.

I use ring central for an 800 # tied to my existing local number. I also have an 800 # through them for my fax. I like the service and the options on how to set everything up and change to forward to your cell number or any other number. It's all web based and easy to use. Plus fast and outstanding customer service.

Freddie · 07-03-2009, 01:40 AM

Originally Posted by SalemInsuranceGuy

I use ring central for an 800 # tied to my existing local number. I also have an 800 # through them for my fax. I like the service and the options on how to set everything up and change to forward to your cell number or any other number. It's all web based and easy to use. Plus fast and outstanding customer service.

I wonder if this will work with T Mobile's $10 a month VOIP service.

If you have a T Mobile cell phone and pay at least $39.99 a month you can get a phone line for $10 a month more - it is VOIP using your DSL or cable. They say the voice quality is very good and much better than say Magic Jack.

I was think switching to T Mobile for the cell, getting the $10 a month VOIP phone service and use Ring Central for incoming 800 number and fax (?).

SalemInsuranceGuy · 07-04-2009, 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by Freddie

I wonder if this will work with T Mobile's $10 a month VOIP service.

If you have a T Mobile cell phone and pay at least $39.99 a month you can get a phone line for $10 a month more - it is VOIP using your DSL or cable. They say the voice quality is very good and much better than say Magic Jack.

I was think switching to T Mobile for the cell, getting the $10 a month VOIP phone service and use Ring Central for incoming 800 number and fax (?).

You can forward it instantly through your web based interface to any number so it should work. You can also program your office hours and have it ring to your office during those times and to your cell phone during the off hours. Of if you're on vacation you can program it to another number. It's really unlimited with what you can do with it. They also have it to where it goes into a voice message and asks for them to enter an extension if you like. So you could split different extensions to ring different numbers. I'm happy with it.

Freddie · 07-07-2009, 02:29 AM

Originally Posted by SalemInsuranceGuy

You can forward it instantly through your web based interface to any number so it should work. You can also program your office hours and have it ring to your office during those times and to your cell phone during the off hours. Of if you're on vacation you can program it to another number. It's really unlimited with what you can do with it. They also have it to where it goes into a voice message and asks for them to enter an extension if you like. So you could split different extensions to ring different numbers. I'm happy with it.

I think I will go with the Ring Central 500 minutes $24.99, $39.99 for my cell phone from T-Mobile plus $10 a month for T-monile line. Or their Ring Central Office for $99.95.

Is the VOIP sound quality good? Thanks.

txagt39 · 10-14-2009, 10:16 PM

We have been using Ring Central for about a month now. I transfer my business line to the 800 number at night. When I come in each morning I have voice mails left along with the caller's phone number. Don't have to worry about whether I can clearly understand the phone number or not, works great. I only use it for after hours and weekends for now. I may switch all calls to it eventually, will see how it goes. Pricing is very competitive to other vendors offering same services. Good reputation not a sham.

txagt39 · 10-16-2009, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by healthagent

Unless you're running child porn site I can't think of any reason to pay extra for a private domain registration.

I can give you some logical reasons why to pay for a private domain: If you change internet providers you would not have to notify past/present clients and/or prospects that you also now have a new email address. You won't lose out on communication you may not have been expecting. It also helps clients/prospects easily get to you, and it elevates your image of professionalism. Know what I think when I meet a professional who uses throwaway email addresses like johndoe@yahoo.com or johndoe@hotmail.com, I think they are in it for the short haul or may intend to thow this address away and get another for some reason - they are called throw away email addresses and I have one for online purchases so I don't give out my business email address.
Oh, and by the way I'm an insurance agent, not into porn.

rayholt · 11-18-2009, 01:19 AM

I use Google Voice, it has been working great so far. I've noticed most people don't care too much about 1 800 numbers with the emergence of nationwide long distance from most all cell phone carriers. I'm looking around myself for an eFax number. Anything I can do to reduce the amount of paper I'm for. As for emails being secured, I integrated Google's Apps into my website to manage my corporate email accounts.

About having a private domain. I think it is imperative that you have one. @aol, yahoo, hotmail, or live is too shady nowadays. To set up a domain name, email, and simple website takes only an hour or two. This level of professionalism is a must in the insurance industry.

txagt39 · Yesterday, 09:47 AM

I agree with your comments 100%. When I see an agent with a hotmail or yahoo account I automatically have the image of a snake oil salesman. For efax you might take a look at rapidfax, I've been using them for a while. Not for all my faxing solutions but for some applications it works really well. I use it when I order loss runs so once I type up the loss run request I just save it to my desktop then go to rapidfax and send it, I never have to leave my desk. So it's more about time efficiency than anything else. I don't use it for incoming faxes but might need to consider it, right now I use a Canon Imagerunner multi-function machine that has cut my cost per page down on printing to zilch and I never have to worry about replacing costly ink cartriges. Once your volume gets up there inkjet or desktop laser printers are not sufficient and get very costly due to the ink refill prices.