1. Start with the calls your team cannot answer
Bosseo describes AI Answering as a safety net behind the firm’s team. Calls go to your people first; when nobody answers within 20 seconds, the AI can pick up. The public product description also identifies nights, weekends, holidays, overflow, and busy lines as situations the system is intended to cover. This matters more than treating Ballston Spa’s population as a proxy for demand. The village’s recorded population is 5,027, but that number cannot tell you how many people call your office, when they call, or how many calls reach voicemail.
Recommended approach
Review your actual phone handling by time and circumstance. Separate unanswered calls during office hours from after-hours calls, holidays, lunch periods, and moments when staff are already speaking with someone. Then decide which unanswered calls should transfer to AI Answering and which should follow another path. Your consultation should focus on that operating choice, not on an assumed level of local demand.
