Do I need to disable incoming GV to take advantage of voip.ms CNAM?
AlexW:
Thank you everyone for your excellent (and super-speedy!) help :) I've now disabled Chat in the GV interface so I should be good to go!
Thanks, again!
(And I'm having more fun with this than anyone has any right to... ;) )
Taoman:
Quote from: AlexW on August 21, 2015, 08:30:05 pm
(And I'm having more fun with this than anyone has any right to... ;) )
Well, if that's the case and since you're using GV and VoIP.ms I'll give you a couple more options to think about. I believe SteveInWA refers to this as "male answer syndrome." Unfortunately, I'm afflicted.
IMHO, there is a better way to route incoming GV calls to VoIP.ms and/or get CNAM with Google Voice. If you are willing to pay a one-time fee of $6 you can sign up for the Simonics GV gateway which connects to your GV account (via OAuth 2.0) and converts XMPP to straight SIP. The Simonics gateway allows you to register directly with your OBi and/or forward to a SIP URI address and supports CNAM for all incoming GV calls.
By forwarding your incoming GV calls to VoIP.ms via PSTN (as recommended above) you are paying VoIP.ms per minute for all incoming calls and getting charged a CNAM lookup fee for every call (unless the number is in your VoIP.ms phonebook). In my view, that kind of defeats a primary purpose for having a Google Voice account/OBi device in the first place.........not that VoIP.ms rates are excessive by any means.
If using the Simonics gateway, you can register directly and get CNAM for all incoming calls. You can also call out via the Simonics gateway. I have experienced great sound quality, reliability, and no detectable lag on both incoming and outgoing calls via the gateway.
But let's say you want to forward your incoming GV calls to VoIP.ms (I do). You can forward your GV calls from the Simonics gateway to your VoIP.ms number via SIP URI as opposed to PSTN. There is no charge for calls forwarded to your VoIP.ms account via SIP URI. You could also turn off CNAM charges at VoIP.ms since your incoming GV calls from the Simonics gateway would include CNAM. And you can still use the CNAM override function VoIP.ms supports with their phone book that BigJim_McD was alluding to above.
And if you want even more fun it's pretty easy to set up Nomorobo with a VoIP.ms account. Create a ring group and have one of the numbers called be a toll-free Nomorobo number. Then just route your VoIP.ms DID to the ring group. This way all incoming calls (both GV and VoIP.ms DIDs) will be checked by Nomorobo.
AlexW:
Thank you, Taoman. That's another very cool solution. I checked out some reviews that indicated that quality might be affected a little bit compared to Obi
http://voxilla.com/2012/05/04/bill-simons-free-sip-to-xmpp-gateway-easily-puts-google-voice-on-your-voip-phone/
and it seems to be just one guy and his server making this happen, but that's definitely a cool option for me to think about. And it's exactly cool solutions like this that put a big smile on my face. :)
Thanks again!
flinchlock:
I know this is an old post, but please bear with a newbie.
You said, Quote
We use Google Voice for all outgoing calls, all incoming calls connect via voip.ms in order to receive "CNAM".
So when you call someone, they see your GV phone number, but some how know to call you on your voips.ms DID?
Mike
drgeoff:
Quote from: flinchlock on January 12, 2016, 03:43:38 pm
I know this is an old post, but please bear with a newbie.
You said, Quote
We use Google Voice for all outgoing calls, all incoming calls connect via voip.ms in order to receive "CNAM".
So when you call someone, they see your GV phone number, but some how know to call you on your voips.ms DID?
Mike
No, they call your GV number, GV forwards (with CID but without CNAM) to voip.ms, voip.ms send (with CID and CNAM) to your OBi.
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