If this is still ongoing tomozo, I'm gunna have to start dropping in and or ringing all me cussies with me land line number.
Brought the question home quite suddenly and starkly to me today....how the hell did mobile business's like mine actually run before mobbies? 
Never had reason in 17 years to actually consider this before.
I set-up an answering service when I started my business in 1990.
They answered with my company name and always said I was in a meeting or unavailable.

I used to be out and about visiting my customers, er cussies and would stop at call boxes, call the answering service, get my messages then call all the cussies back. Simples.

Was a lot easier when I got my fist mobile phone tho... It was one like this: -
