Start with the step that matters most
Call forwarding is how your existing number reaches Call Kettle. Every other setup guide builds on it. We stay on the phone while you set it, if you want us to.
Call forwarding guides
Start here: the four ways to forward, and every carrier guide.
Your first 15 minutes
The steps from start free to a live front desk.
Troubleshooting
Pick the problem you see.
Getting ready for day one
Print this and tick it off.
Call forwarding by carrier
- Verizon (wireless and landline)
- AT&T (wireless)
- T-Mobile (wireless)
- Comcast Business (business voice)
- Spectrum Business (business voice)
- Google Voice (cloud number)
- RingCentral (cloud phone system)
- Nextiva (cloud phone system)
- Vonage (business and home)
- Grasshopper (virtual phone system)
- Ooma (office phones)
- 8x8 (cloud phone system)
- Dialpad (cloud phone system)
- Other landline carriers (traditional phone lines)
Setup guides
Your first 15 minutes
The steps from start free to a live front desk.
Set your hours, services and alerts
Hours, closed days, services and who gets alerts.
Connect your calendar
iCal busy time, your own calendar feed, Calendly, Acuity and Cal.com.
Alerts in Slack or Teams
Webhook steps for Slack, and the Teams caveat.
Upload your customer list
Recognise repeat callers by their number.
Set your price ranges
Up to 15 services, always as estimates.
When something is not right
Calls are not showing up
Forwarding, voicemail, pause, blocked list and limits.
A caller heard something odd
AI opening, automated message, press 1, voicemail, busy.
Urgent calls and emergencies
Alerts, 911 and the limits.
All troubleshooting · Contact support.
Prefer paper? Download the Call Kettle Setup Guide (PDF): every guide on this site in one file.
We read dial codes on each carrier's own help page and print them only if we could. Anything we could not confirm says check with your carrier. Last checked 2026-10-05.