1. Make the team-first handoff explicit
Bosseo’s published AI Answering description says calls go to your front desk first. If nobody answers within 20 seconds, the AI steps in. That makes the product a backstop rather than a replacement for your staff. For a Catalina Foothills firm, the important question is not whether the local population is large enough to justify a system; the Census record cannot answer that. Review your existing phone routing and identify the situations in which a caller should move from your team to AI Answering: unanswered calls, overflow, nights, weekends and holidays.
Recommended approach
Write a call-ownership rule before evaluating implementation. Specify who receives the first ring, when the 20-second handoff applies, which calls remain with staff, and who reviews the resulting summaries. Ask Bosseo to demonstrate the handoff using your firm’s preferred routing arrangement rather than treating “24/7 coverage” as a substitute for a documented responsibility.
