1. Make the team-first routing rule explicit
Bosseo’s public AI Answering page describes a team-first setup: calls go to the firm first, and the AI steps in when nobody answers within 20 seconds. It also describes coverage for nights, weekends, holidays and overflow. That distinction matters for a Williamstown firm because geographic service area and office hours are not the same thing. Williamstown is a municipal town in Berkshire County; neither that relationship nor the town’s population establishes when your callers will contact you. Review your actual phone schedule instead. Identify ordinary office hours, lunch coverage, court days, meetings, holidays and any periods when the team is technically open but unable to answer.
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to map your existing number and unanswered-call rule before deciding whether AI Answering should act only after a missed ring, during selected hours, or for overflow. Keep the decision tied to your staffing pattern and call records, not to population as a proxy for demand.
