Number porting to GV - my experience
RobertNYC:
Quote from: Arizona480 on February 27, 2021, 10:50:18 am
Quote from: FrobziKer on February 27, 2021, 05:13:40 am
I have an old non-VoIP landline phone that supports voicemail. At the moment my internet cable company manages my phone access via PacketCable modem and it costs me $50 per month!
Questions:
1. Does ObiTalk with Google Voice send voicemails to the actual phone? I don't want to constantly have to access voicemails in ObiTalk Dashboard or in Google Account. I need voicemails to arrive to the actual phone. Does ObiTalk + Google Voice combination do that?
2. Who should I contact first when I begin number porting process - my current phone provider or the mobile carrier to which my landline phone will be ported?
1. No, unfortunately there is no signal sent to any attached phones for voice mail notification. My mom had to get used to this when she moved to GV. The good news is, the GV app can be installed on any device, so she can keep an old smartphone or two around to get notified of any voicemails or texts.
I'm not sure if there is any device that would give you this signal, but one would be nice.
2. You work with a mobile carrier, they handle everything with your current landline provider with your permission.
I may be confused about the original question, but I have a Panasonic land line with two satellite handsets attached to my Obi (Polycom) device. I also have two GV numbers that are set up to ring my landline via the OBI device. As my landline device has a voice mail feature, any calls that connect to the landline trigger the answering machine function if I don't pick up. I can hear the caller over the speaker as he or she leaves the message live, and the phones will blink to indicate a voicemail has been left. They will keep blinking until I retrieve the voicemail(s).
In short, voicemails can be and are sent to my physical landline that is connected to the Obi device.
Is the original question referring to something else?
SteveInWA:
Quote from: RobertNYC on June 12, 2021, 07:09:13 am
Quote from: Arizona480 on February 27, 2021, 10:50:18 am
Quote from: FrobziKer on February 27, 2021, 05:13:40 am
I have an old non-VoIP landline phone that supports voicemail. At the moment my internet cable company manages my phone access via PacketCable modem and it costs me $50 per month!
Questions:
1. Does ObiTalk with Google Voice send voicemails to the actual phone? I don't want to constantly have to access voicemails in ObiTalk Dashboard or in Google Account. I need voicemails to arrive to the actual phone. Does ObiTalk + Google Voice combination do that?
2. Who should I contact first when I begin number porting process - my current phone provider or the mobile carrier to which my landline phone will be ported?
1. No, unfortunately there is no signal sent to any attached phones for voice mail notification. My mom had to get used to this when she moved to GV. The good news is, the GV app can be installed on any device, so she can keep an old smartphone or two around to get notified of any voicemails or texts.
I'm not sure if there is any device that would give you this signal, but one would be nice.
2. You work with a mobile carrier, they handle everything with your current landline provider with your permission.
I may be confused about the original question, but I have a Panasonic land line with two satellite handsets attached to my Obi (Polycom) device. I also have two GV numbers that are set up to ring my landline via the OBI device. As my landline device has a voice mail feature, any calls that connect to the landline trigger the answering machine function if I don't pick up. I can hear the caller over the speaker as he or she leaves the message live, and the phones will blink to indicate a voicemail has been left. They will keep blinking until I retrieve the voicemail(s).
In short, voicemails can be and are sent to my physical landline that is connected to the Obi device.
Is the original question referring to something else?
This discussion thread was/is about how to port a phone number into Google Voice. It is unrelated to your question.
RobertNYC:
I was actually responding to another person who asked whether Obitalk with GV sent voicemails to the "actual phone," as he/she put it. I know what the larger topic of the discussioni thread is.
dircom:
Helping my sister port her Spectrum Cable # and I haven’t ported a number in many years. What SIM cards (and a couple of weeks of service) are reliable and inexpensive?
Arizona480:
Quote from: dircom on July 27, 2021, 05:19:16 am
Helping my sister port her Spectrum Cable # and I haven’t ported a number in many years. What SIM cards (and a couple of weeks of service) are reliable and inexpensive?
I did the $15 T-Mobile Connect plan to use with the porting process. The SIM is usually $10.
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