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Thanks, Forty01.
I called Sprint & got confirmation that conditional call fowarding is FINALLY free. "Conditional Call Forwarding" is when you only forward calls if you don't answer. If you have EVERY call forwarded, they charge.
The *28 Forty01 mentioned is the code for conditional call forwarding.
I tried phone fusion, the service M-soft offers & I tried out Yahoo's Youmail. They're very similar, but with a couple of key differences.
Phone Fusion requires text messages, but really offers "visual voicemail..." a panel with your voicemails laid out before you visually. Click the picture of your mom & you hear the message she left you. See that pic of your drunk brother? Don't bother clicking it... he never has anything worth hearing, anyhow. Sweet. But, it can't provide custom outgoing messages for particular callers.
Youmail doesn't require text messages, and does provide custom outgoing messages. But, your v-mail works much like it originally does. You do get MP3s via email or text. The cool thing is the custom outgoing messages. So, for mom, you can say, "Hey ma. Love you, leave me a message!" For you sweetie, you can leave, "Hey sexy, thinking of you... nude. Leave me a message." For your pastor, "Hi, you've reached Joe's phone. Leave me a message, and remember, God loves you." LOL. Sweet.
For now, I'm going with YouMail. I can set up an email folder just for it & easily access the messages that way. Functionally, it'll be very similar to visual voicemail.
One note.. of the two services, both charge for transcribing your v-mails to text.
Good feedback Roopull. I agree with you completely. I do prefer Youmail and that's what I'm using on my cell number. I still use my Google Voice with it's number and the transcriptions are free, not as good as Youmails however. You do get the 1st 7 free with Youmail. I could just use Google Voice for all my VM, but I like both aspects, so it's cool I get to play with them both. PhoneFusion doeshave a cheap fax service for a under $2 if I'm right and you can receive faxes through your number which is pretty neat. I do have my entire Familia on YouMail and GV, just depending on which number is called. I do use my GV as the number I now give out, so I have more control. Good Luck.