Cheap Service To Provide E911 and Caller ID Name (CNAM)?
SteveInWA:
Quote from: lhm. on December 23, 2015, 08:10:42 pm
Perhaps gv911.com @$12 a year. Works well for me. 8) Though no CNAM, get that free from CC.
I would rather pay the extra BFD $6/year, and have everything provided by one long-time, reputable service provider, like Callcentric.
Zopa:
All great answers. I also use Callcentric for CNAM.
A quick point of clarification. You ONLY have to pay Callcentric or any other provider for E911 if you certify that you use the service in US. That question is there ONLY to satisfy FCC rules. You can answer it anyway you want, and if you happen to answer as non-US, you save on E911 fees, making Callcentric's CNAM 100% free. (Now as a disclaimer I do use CallCentric for other service so I don't completely free load, but I believe it still makes financial sense for them to terminate calls even with a free CNAM dip)
As for E911, I use bulk911.com / http://www.bulkvs.com/e911.html for it. it's by far the cheapest service I found and it works just fine. I have made a few 911 calls to verify it (it's allowed in NYC) and all very connected within 20 seconds, passing E911 info.
DigitalMan:
Thanks for everyone's help. My Obi arrived yesterday (yes, on a Sunday morning) and I have it all set up with Google Voice and CallCentric. It was very easy to setup by following the instructions I found in another thread. It's working great with the temporary GV number. I'm waiting on the $0.99 T-Mobile Pre-Paid SIM card to arrive so I can port my land line over now. I expected the SIM card to arrive before the Obi, oh well.
Chris.GNV:
I'm new here, and to using a VoIP service.
Using terminology found in this thread, GV apparently supports "CNAM override" for numbers found in the contacts list of the GV account, despite not supporting CNAM for other numbers. That's probably not satisfactory for some but is satisfactory for me, at least for now. By seeding our contacts list with known callers I'll cover most of the people who will call us. As other calls occur, I'll add them.
I may find that I'm willing to pay a small amount to Callcentric for CNAM, especially if it gets me E911, too. I'm moving within a few months, at which time my one-time E911 account with Anveo would have to be renewed. Perhaps I'll take that opportunity to create a new CC number.
Am I correct in thinking that you leave GV as your primary line for outbound, having ported your home number to it? That way the CID seen by others is that number?
Thanks
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Chris.GNV on January 08, 2016, 08:01:20 pm
I'm new here, and to using a VoIP service.
Using terminology found in this thread, GV apparently supports "CNAM override" for numbers found in the contacts list of the GV account, despite not supporting CNAM for other numbers. That's probably not satisfactory for some but is satisfactory for me, at least for now. By seeding our contacts list with known callers I'll cover most of the people who will call us. As other calls occur, I'll add them.
I may find that I'm willing to pay a small amount to Callcentric for CNAM, especially if it gets me E911, too. I'm moving within a few months, at which time my one-time E911 account with Anveo would have to be renewed. Perhaps I'll take that opportunity to create a new CC number.
Am I correct in thinking that you leave GV as your primary line for outbound, having ported your home number to it? That way the CID seen by others is that number?
Thanks
This is a duplicate to the question in your other discussion thread: https://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=10814
Google Voice does not send CNAM, at all. There is no "CNAM override" for GV. Taoman was describing that feature being available via Callcentric.
If you'd like CNAM, then you can forward your inbound calls through an inbound Callcentric phone number, in Google Voice settings ,on the phones tab, remove the check mark next to Google Chat, and finally, provision that Callcentric number on your OBi.
Outbound calls will show the caller ID number, not name, of your Google Voice phone number.
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