TellFi (YC W11) Is Google Voice For Companies
techcrunch.com
TellFi (YC W11) Is Google Voice For Companies
1–10 of 42 posts
Re: TellFi (YC W11) Is Google Voice For Companies
#2That's kind of steep pricing IMO as far as the minutes are concerned. I can get an OOMA for $200 + $100 / year with 2 lines, 5000 minutes and lots of other features.
Re: TellFi (YC W11) Is Google Voice For Companies
#3How does this improve, or differ from, Toktumi (http://toktumi.com/Whytoktumi.aspx)? At first glance, they appear quite similar, with perhaps Toktumi edging ahead on features.
Re: TellFi (YC W11) Is Google Voice For Companies
#4We (Convore Inc) were an early beta user of TellFi. In about 5 minutes we were able to get a phone number and have that phone number go straight to voicemail and email us the voicemail. Perfect!
Re: TellFi (YC W11) Is Google Voice For Companies
#5In what way is this better than any of the other hosted PBX solutions out there? I don't see the novelty here. Even the "advanced" stuff, like voice mail transcription, have been standard features at virtual PBXs for years now.
Re: TellFi (YC W11) Is Google Voice For Companies
#6How does this improve, or differ from, Toktumi ( http://toktumi.com/Whytoktumi.aspx )? At first glance, they appear quite similar, with perhaps Toktumi edging ahead on features.
One of our main focus points is usability, building something that anyone can sign up and use immediately. we actually removed a number of features pre-launch, just so it make the core functions as simple as possible.
Re: TellFi (YC W11) Is Google Voice For Companies
#7In what way is this better than any of the other hosted PBX solutions out there? I don't see the novelty here. Even the "advanced" stuff, like voice mail transcription, have been standard features at virtual PBXs for years now.
We've used existing hosted PBX systems to run our phone systems in the past, and found them bulky and difficult to setup. We're targeting ease of use and quick setup - we aren't advertising that we have new features at our core, but the method of getting to those features and setting them up is a snap.
Re: TellFi (YC W11) Is Google Voice For Companies
#8My company got a sneak peak using TellFi, and I'm pretty excited about it. We don't yet have a physical location, but using their service we were able to get a business number and setup menu systems ("for such-and-such, press 2") with appropriate forwarding to our cell phones. This gives us a legitimacy we otherwise wouldn't have.
Just as I personally don't see the point for a land line now that I've got a cell phone, I likewise don't see why I would want to worry about getting a real phone system when we have TellFi.
Re: TellFi (YC W11) Is Google Voice For Companies
#9In what way is this better than any of the other hosted PBX solutions out there? I don't see the novelty here. Even the "advanced" stuff, like voice mail transcription, have been standard features at virtual PBXs for years now.
We've used existing hosted PBX systems to run our phone systems in the past, and found them bulky and difficult to setup. We're targeting ease of use and quick setup - we aren't advertising that we have new features at our core, but the method of getting to those features and setting them up is a snap.
I'm not trying to be argumentative and I don't want to talk too much about who we use (I wouldn't want to endorse or anything) but it took like 20 minutes to get up and running with them.
Have you worked out how you compare pricingwise to the RingCentrals of the world?
Re: TellFi (YC W11) Is Google Voice For Companies
#10In what way is this better than any of the other hosted PBX solutions out there? I don't see the novelty here. Even the "advanced" stuff, like voice mail transcription, have been standard features at virtual PBXs for years now.
We've used existing hosted PBX systems to run our phone systems in the past, and found them bulky and difficult to setup. We're targeting ease of use and quick setup - we aren't advertising that we have new features at our core, but the method of getting to those features and setting them up is a snap.
How do you compete with someone like grasshopper.com ? They seem to have more features, are much cheaper for >500 minutes and I would imagine are just as easy to setup. Although, I haven't used either of you.
Then you look at something like OpenVBX, which would be significantly cheaper ($1/month for number, 1c per minute incoming) if you don't mind setting it up.