By this time next month, Sean and I will be living in a new place. This brings up an important decision:

Who gets their phone tied to the entry system?

Rather than using the classic hardwired intercom system of yore, this place uses an entry system that calls a set phone number, requiring someone to answer and push a button to open the door. This system works great with landlines, but not so much with cellphones wielded by people who can’t always answer them.

I want to find a service that allows the system to ring both of our phones when somebody punches our number. The initial plan was to tie the entry system to a google voice number, and have that number forward calls to both of our phones. Unfortunately, GV doesn’t let users forward numbers to phones that already have a GV number going into it. Since Sean and I both use Google Voice numbers for business, this is a complete bust.

The challenge now is to find a method that will forward one single number (the entry system) to both phones. I considered using the podcast’s Skype number, but their forwarding system has no way of being selective with forwards.

Current options:

• Get a landline just for the gate
• Set the entry system’s GV voicemail to just play the tone that opens the door

The first option costs money, and revokes us of “I don’t have a landline!” cred. The second option is a security issue. What am I missing?