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ddrg:
Hello,

I’m hoping to benefit from the wisdom and experience of this group after reading numerous threads.  Sorry if this has been answered before - a link would be appreciated.

I have an OBI 200 and OBI 202 which are currently configured with two GV numbers.  They all work great - now I want to get rid of our Cox telephone service after I port our two Cox numbers somewhere else.  I have read about using burner SIMs to move lines to T-Mobile and then on to GV, but I don’t believe that 480-899-xxxx numbers can be ported.

So I am looking for a service provider that offers:
1. Two line support (I want to port two 480—899-xxxx)
2. Multiple concurrent device support.  I have an OBI 200 and an OBI 202 which work great with GV.  With GV, both devices will ring until one device answers.  I want two devices so that when we leave our house, we can take one of the OBI’s with us and still have phone service at our home.
3. Two lines concurrently active - the ability to use both ports on an OBI202 at the same time.
4. Ability to use one OBI device in Canada.
5. 911 service
6. Ability to port two numbers - according to voip.ms, my numbers may be portable to their service.
7. Fax support on one line would be a bonus.

Any suggestions on which way to go?

Thanks…  Duncan

BigJim_McD:
ddrg, 

I use Google Voice forwarded to voip.ms extensions for our main {home} telephone service and I'm very happy with the power, flexability and various possible features  available from voip.ms.  I forward the Google Voice Home number to a voip.ms Flat Rate DID number.  I consider the cost to be very reasonable for the service provided.

I also have two Google Voice phone numbers that I use with voip.ms extensions for "Testing".  I have two "per minute" DID numbers, also two Virtual DID's that have a per minute cost that is a fraction of the cost of a regular DID phone number.  For these two "Test" Google Voice numbers, I use Simon Telephonics Google Voice Gateway with a "SIP URI" that sends calls to my voip.ms Virtual DID numbers.  This is a very low cost option for "Testing" and hobby use.

I use Google Voice for all outgoing calls on all three DID numbers.  I also built a rather extensive Google Voice Contact list, also an extensive Phone book in voip.ms.

Taoman:
Quote from: ddrg on December 23, 2015, 10:24:31 am

but I don’t believe that 480-899-xxxx numbers can be ported.



Are you sure about that? Punch in your number here: (disregard message about needing to be mobile number)
https://www.google.com/voice/porting?pli=1

If you get a message back that says:

Ooops! We currently don't support porting from your carrier. We apologize and are working on adding support for more carriers.
then there is a good chance your number can be ported to Google Voice.

If you get the message back that says:
Ooops! This number appears to be from an area we don't currently support.

then you will be unable to port your number to Google Voice.

I also use and recommend VoIP.ms. And if you do end up porting to Google Voice I would also look very hard at the Simonic's GV gateway that BigJim_McD was referring to in the post above mine. Using that gateway you can forward your incoming GV calls (including CNAM) to VoIP.ms via SIP URI at no per minute charge to a standard DID or free iNum number. There is a minuscule charge when forwarding to a Virtual number the way BigJim_McD is doing it.

MurrayB:
I recommend VOIP.ms as well!

Good Luck!

SteveInWA:
Just a couple of points related to your requirements list:

#5:  Since you are giving up all of your existing land line numbers, you need 911 service.  Neither GV nor Simonics provide this.  So:  port one or both of the Cox numbers to a SIP VoIP provider (like voip.ms), which will provide E-911 service.

#7:  One of the other posters can answer this...  voip.ms may offer fax mailbox service (you'd either get an additional DID number and dedicate it to inbound fax calls, or temporarily re-assign one of your DIDs to the fax mailbox).  Otherwise, you would need to deal with the flaky reliability of forwarding the calls to a physical fax machine.  My VoIP provider, Callcentric, offers fax mailboxes.  The way this works, is that you get an always-on inbound fax number, and when a fax is received, it can be emailed as a PDF or TIFF or JPEG file.  Faxing using a Google Voice number, an OBi 20x and a physical fax machine works fairly well, by the way, however.

All your other requirements can be met with either voip.ms or Google Voice (e.g. ringing on both OBis, use in Canada, etc.)

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