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Old 02-21-2008
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Default Re: Master list: getting started - what to do?
Originally Posted by vsantiago View Post
Hi, Wahm3blessings:

A virtual phone system is a phone system that allows you to have multiple extensions, an auto-attendant and one number that "follows you" or points to multiple locations like your home number, cell phone or alternate number (like a subcontractor). They are pretty cool.

Victoria
Thanks for clarifying what you were referring to - Skype does have *some* of these features (like call forwarding, voice mail, the ability to have multiple incoming lines, etc.) and honestly, for a VA starting out I think is perfectly sufficient (and more affordable)
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