Hi Elizabeth,

I have an 1-800 number from GotVMail (now called Grasshopper). It is a great service, costing me about $10 a month. When callers phone, I have the calls redirected to my cell phone so I can choose to answer the phone or redirect them to voice mail. They also offer a wealth of other options. Prior to having the GotVMail number, I had a subscription to MyFax.com which I dropped when I got my GotVMail as they offer incoming faxes. You can't send faxes with GotVmail, however, I rarely use outgoing faxes as I can always pdf whatever document I am sending and email it.

There are a number of companies out there offering similar services, I know quite a few VAs use Ring Central and have heard others use Kall8. There are a number of threads on this board discussing these services, you can do a search and read more.

Whatever you choose will end up being a matter of personal choice depending on what you intend on using the service for.

Good luck!

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Kate V. Kerans
Kerans Virtual Assistance

Awesome, thanks for the response and the helpful tips. I will research gotvmail and the others and decide from there. Thanks again,

Elisabeth Hernandez-Madrigal
Aztlan Dreams Executive Solutions
"Helping your Business be as efficient as you Dream it should be.."

Hello,

Does anyone know of any of these services that offer Canadian telephone numbers?

I know that if you are virtual it really shouldn't matter, but I would prefer to have a Canadian area code.

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Heather
Robinson Business Solutions

This is a great thing to have. I was also wondering if an 800 number would be wise for me. It's definitely a great idea and a wonderful resource, I will be checking this out. Thanks.