NOTE: This article applies to customers with Residential service who have been upgraded to our new platform.
Below is a list of features on our legacy Residential accounts, and the equivalent features on our new platform. We hope you find this article helpful in using your new account portal.
If you have any questions that are not answered in this article, try searching the Knowledge Base, or contact Customer Support with your question.
| Legacy Feature | New Feature |
|---|---|
| Voicemail Settings and Notifications | See the article: How do I set up and check my voicemail? Voicemail can be disabled by changing your extension's "Call Routing" settings (under Services -> Extensions). |
| Absolute Forwarding Forward On Busy Forward On Unavailable Multi Ring Hunt Groups |
Your extension's "Call Routing" settings, along with the "Find Me" feature, can replace all of these. See the article: Using the "Find Me" feature |
| Filters Anonymous Block Telemarketer Block Filters |
See the article: How to route or block an inbound call based on Caller ID Number or Caller ID Name |
| International Call Block | International calling is blocked by default. To enable it, see: International Calling with VoicePulse for Business |
| Ring My Phone | This setting would determine how long your phone will ring before going to voicemail. You can change this in your Extension (under Services -> Extensions).
If "Try First" is set to Phone, change the Ring Time setting next to it. |
| Outbound Caller ID Number | You can set your outgoing Caller ID to any number on your account in your Extension settings (under Services -> Extensions). |
| Seven Digit Dialing | See the article: Enabling Seven Digit Dialing |
| Scheduled Do Not Disturb | While there is no direct equivalent, you can send callers through a Time Frame that sends them to your Extension "during hours" and to voicemail "after hours." |
| Speed Dial Contacts Always Ring Toggle Codes Distinctive Ring |
These features have no equivalent on the new platform. |
For detailed information on how these features can work together, see the Overview of Incoming Call Handling article. While it's written in a way to describe how a business might use these features, all of the same features and settings are available to you on your home account.