Comments on: Open Thread: What's Your Office Phone?

By: jeff

jeff — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:15:27 +0000

My Nokia and my onebox.com account. Why tether yourself to aging key system and phone?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:48:54 +0000

Office phone is one of those Nortel deals with the big screen and 99 buttons that don’t seem to do anything (seriously, what is all this stuff for? It has a shift key for chrissakes). For my freelance work and personal stuff I have an iPhone, which has been a blessing for my scattered brain.

By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:32:01 +0000

I use GrandCentral too… that way, no one needs to worry about whether I’m chained to my desk or on my cell. At my office, I use a POS (Piece o’ Sh*t) plantronics phone with a headset… the quality is questionable, but i can’t seem to find anything better.

By: Alana Post

Alana Post — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:38:06 +0000

I don’t use my mobile for business because I don’t find it healthy to allow work into every corner of my life, but still want to be accessible to my family and friends.

So: for work, I have a Netgear VoIP phone using Skype that I forward all unanswered mobile calls to, allowing a single voicemail box.

GrandCentral is cool, and I’d love to use it more actively, but unless I get sick of giving out my Skype phone number I just don’t have enough reasons to obfuscate my number and filter my calls.

By: James

James — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:40:42 +0000

I use a Nortel PT390, I purchased on eBay. A great phone…

By: Jeff S

Jeff S — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:27:57 +0000

I use a $14 VTech cordless phone from WalMart. I’m not big on features or settings, etc- so this model simply makes and receives calls.

By: dawn

dawn — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:19:53 +0000

I had my own cable phone number but didn’t use it enough to justify the cost so now I’m using a cell and having a hard time remembering to keep it with me. (I leave my basement office and have to had back down to get it. I hang my purse on the hook by the door and forget to take my cell phone out. Argh.) I use a bluetooth headset for client calls so I can type.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:08:03 +0000

iPhone + eFax. What more could you need?!

By: Michael Niemann

Michael Niemann — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:32:20 +0000

I use a local GrandCentral number that’s linked to my refurbished old Motorola mobile phone, no camera, no color, nothing. I like Grandcentral’s voice mail features and the old phone is nice because I can swap SIM cards whenever I’m out of the country.

For my own calls, I use Skype with the flat fee for one year in the U.S.

By: Ellis Benus

Ellis Benus — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:56:22 +0000

Cingular Cell Phone with voicemail telling all to call Skype Phone.

Skype Subscription with local phone number.

OneFax.com 1-800 fax number to make all faxes digital.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:39:08 +0000

Blackberry Pearl with a Jawbone is what I use now a days. I’ve also got a Grand Central number which is what I put on Business Cards and give to clients. I haven’t had a land line forever and my experience with Vonage was horrible so I’ve given up on VOIP for the moment. Although I have connected Gizmo to Grand Central and once I get a bluetooth for my computer will be using that to receive client calls.

By: david in portland, me

david in portland, me — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:57:06 +0000

I use one number, one phone (happens to be an iPhone) for everything. Personal and business. Voicemail greeting is generic enough to be suitable for any range of callers. I use it a lot, also. I think conversations are good. They’re not always necessary, but they are essential and not in a “necessary evil” sort of way. But talking is infinitely more multi-dimensional than anything electronic. And, we really shouldn’t look at it as a last resort — I say this because Mike’s comment really bummed me out …

“No matter how much I try to conduct my entire life via email and instant messenger, there are still times when I just need to have a voice conversation.”