Obi202 with RingTo and Google Voice - How to set GV Voicemail Indicator?
drgeoff:
All the dial tones you hear when using a 202 are generated within the 202. There is no way that an ordinary phone can be responsible for you hearing normal dial tone when you should be hearing a stuttered one.
drgeoff:
Ah! I just realised that your SP3 is GV. http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=5084.msg56625#msg56625 says that the message waiting indicator no longer works with GV.
BGood:
Thanks for catching this, drgeoff. No sense trying to make MWI work if it is deprecated by the provider.
While it would be nice to have all the advanced features implemented in the cloud, my goal in configuring the Obi with both Google Voice and RingTo is to achieve a "nearly free" land line at the house, and test out and compare the two VOIP services.
It may be that the optimal configuration in our family's case is to disable all electronic voicemail functionality in the Obi, RingTo, and Google Voice, and simply have a 2-line analog base station with answering machine functionality on the kitchen counter, like we had back in the 1990s. With toll-free accessibility, we can always dial-in to check messages.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: BGood on December 13, 2015, 01:18:07 pm
Thanks for catching this, drgeoff. No sense trying to make MWI work if it is deprecated by the provider.
While it would be nice to have all the advanced features implemented in the cloud, my goal in configuring the Obi with both Google Voice and RingTo is to achieve a "nearly free" land line at the house, and test out and compare the two VOIP services.
It may be that the optimal configuration in our family's case is to disable all electronic voicemail functionality in the Obi, RingTo, and Google Voice, and simply have a 2-line analog base station with answering machine functionality on the kitchen counter, like we had back in the 1990s. With toll-free accessibility, we can always dial-in to check messages.
Google Voice is not simply a free phone company. It's an inbound call forwarding and message management system. You don't want to use it as designed. Your needs would be better met by paying for a SIP VoIP provider's service that will allow you to configure it to work just like your old POTS service.
BGood:
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Google Voice is not simply a free phone company. It's an inbound call forwarding and message management system. You don't want to use it as designed. Your needs would be better met by paying for a SIP VoIP provider's service that will allow you to configure it to work just like your old POTS service.
Yes, this does appear to be the case. Both GV/Obitalk and RingTo/Obitalk configurations are free arrangements offered with the Obihai and I am learning that all the amenities, bells, and whistles which were bundled in my Comcast and Sprint voice packages cannot be expected for free or forever. However, having recently retired, I really appreciate my Sprint bill declining from $178/mo to $30/month on Ting, and my Comcast bill declining by about $40/month by dropping the bundled VOIP.
On the other hand, I really miss having accurate Caller ID / CNAM and would be willing to pay for this service. As I am relatively new to the VOIP bandwagon, I appreciate any suggestions you can offer.
Thanks.
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