Just got a 202, $10.00 Hostage to use google voice ? Please help
transam98:
Thank you so much ! it worked :) I love being to access all stuff on my lan :) happy camper here now :) now I gotta buy a 2nd obi and a new 4 line phone :) I had read on the porting a vonage # that I gotta go do it to a tmobile monthly sim then over to GV, Only thing i did read was something about a $12.xx/yearly porting charge or something, Since I got a 202, im hoping I should be able to dial a FAX through it just like I can with vonage :) :):)
thanks again ! Your very knowledgeable steve ! thanks so much ! :)
SteveInWA:
Great!
RE: number porting, please see Obihai's tutorial on that topic:
http://www.obihai.com/porttutorial
Note: I just did this last week. You may not need to contact T-Mobile, nor get a "temporary" phone number from them; just port in your Vonage number.
When you are ready to port your T-Mobile number into Google Voice, follow these instructions carefully:
https://support.google.com/voice/answer/1065667
Note: a bug in Google's porting form will cause it to not display a field for you to submit your T-Mobile PIN number. Submit the form anyhow. You will then get an email from Google, notifying you that you didn't supply the PIN. Now, you can go back to the form and enter the PIN. To get a PIN from T-Mobile, you will need to follow their instructions to dial 611 on your phone, then set a new PIN. Finally, a warning that Vonage is notoriously incompetent about closing out their customers' accounts after numbers are ported out. They may leave your account active, which means you'd still be billed for service, and also, it may screw up call routing. After your number is working on the T-Mobile phone, for both incoming and outgoing calls, call Vonage customer care and insist that they completely cancel your account. Don't do this until you are sure that the number works on T-Mobile.
Here is a general set of FAQs and tutorials regarding GV on OBi products:
http://www.obihai.com/faq/GV-and-the-OBi
http://www.obihai.com/tutorials-tips
transam98:
Thanks steve...
I had read the port turorial (about it talking to xfer vonage to tmobile then tmobile to GV)... but it may just directly work going vonage directly to the gv ? (is that what you did and it worked ?) Either way im 99.999% sure ill dump vonage... (Thanks for the hint on calling vonage to CANCEL and make sure they are gone :))...
SteveInWA:
The reason for the seemingly crazy port from Vonage-->T-Mobile-->Google Voice is that Google Voice's number porting system can only accept ports from mobile carriers. Porting it first to a prepaid/disposable cell phone SIM is a hack to get around the restriction. Just be sure that you don't rush things, and make darn sure that your temporary T-Mobile SIM/phone works for both inbound and outbound calls on the number ported from Vonage, then ideally, wait until the next day and start the port into GV.
Google doesn't care if you utilize this hack, although ethically, I suppose, it's wasting T-Mobile's resources.
transam98:
hahahah yea VERY True, I saw somewhere it said amazon $3 to $7 for a SIM then I suppose Id have to do a 1 month tmobile activation ;(... and then I read something about like $12.99ish yearly from GV.... its still all ok as I spent like $55 on my obi202.... and right now I got Vonage down to $14.99/mo plus taxes etc... total is like $17ish/mo, but still a Obi and ported $ etc and the GV $20 porting charge all still in a 6 mos (guessing) still makes it all worth it ;) All I have left to test in sending a FAX through my 202 and the GV # to test it BEFORE I port the vonage # :)
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