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Originally Posted by MBK
This is what I am thinking as well.
Oh, right! (unfortunately I can't edit the comparison post anymore).
This is a great option, indeed!
I am surprised you can't change this in the GV settings, but so be it.
The Callcentric delay is also 60 seconds.
I have been looking at the SMS issue and have tested several providers. I haven't tested Anveo enough with SMS, but to me it seems to be the only one that might be able to do it properly. All the others I tried had issues delivering messages to certain countries.
Please report back with your findings.
Anveo, Voip.ms and callcentric all can do this, and divert back to voicemail after everything else fails / doesn't pickup if you don't press a defined key to answer the call (i.ex: you hear :"Incoming call from number xxxxxxx, press 1 to take this call". If you don't press 1 it goes back to voicemail, or continues ringing other phones, as you wish).
The simplest and most convenient to use, while also being one of the top quality voip providers with highest reliability is callcentric (look for the "call treatments tab" which does what you want).
Callcentic offers less options and fine tuning than Anveo or Voip.ms, but I think it has the best interface as is easier to use for most users. (it doesn't handle SMS incoming though, but can send SMS alerts i.ex on new voicemail).
Summary: if GV is really limiting you at 25 seconds, and if you need incoming SMS forwarding, Anveo is your only reliable (?) and (relatively) simple option as far as I know.
Please come back to tell us how it works out.
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Thanks for your tips! Great information!!
I'm currently trying to build the desired "call flow" in my anveo account, but it seems like transfering incoming sms is nog yet possible (created a support ticket).
So having my callcentric pick up my GV seems a good alternative to keep one number with sms. I only have only question as I'm familiar with callcentric:
- How do you force the incoming call to be "picked up" before starting call hunting?
And then a additional improvement point would be to have a good solid US number provider for sms with cheap forwarding to Estonia. Because now I have GV send an email for each incoming sms and forward email that to sms by email-to-sms of SMSmail (5cpm)
...and is MobileVoip btw not a cheaper version of callcentric.com/support/device/iphone/callcentric? Maybe that explanation can help others.