Can I initiate a call from my computer but talk on my rotary phone with Obi200?
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Taoman on January 11, 2016, 04:56:03 pm
Quote from: SteveInWA on January 11, 2016, 03:10:14 pm
IPKALL is banned, as they're a major source of scam calls. See the photo below of their HQ, conveniently located next to a crack house here in Seattle.
I knew there had been routing/CID issues with IPKall but I didn't know they were actually banned. Not that I don't trust you (just hadn't heard about it) but I had to try it for myself. Sure enough, got myself a free IPKall number which worked just fine. Tried to verify it in my Google Voice account and it absolutely will not verify after trying repeatedly. Thought maybe a 253 area code might work. Nope!
Thanks for the heads up on this. Guess I won't be recommending IPKall anymore for a free DID number.
Heh heh. Their DIDs should come with a canister of Clorox disinfectant wipes, and a business card for "Better Call Saul".
LTN1:
Steve...my IPKall number, received years ago, is still working fine in one of my GV accounts (just tested it a few minutes ago). I used it mainly as a backup number in case my other numbers have temporary issues. Was the ban across the board on every IPKall number?
SteveInWA:
Banned for new use.
LTN1:
Good to know. Thanks.
SteveLL:
Hi All,
Thanks. It worked. CallCentric and my Obi200 play very well together. The greatest challenge was verifying my new CallCentric number with GV since it was obviously a recycled number. My experience of registering the Obi200 in the first place was that it was more forgiving of touch tone wav files being played into my rotary phone from computer speakers than GV's two digit tone verification process was. I finally worked on like the 30th try.
So now I'm good. Placed an outbound call using from the GV call button on https://www.google.com/voice. GV called my CallCentric number, my rotary phone (connected to the Obi) rang, I picked it up, and GV completed the call to my desired outbound number.
Thanks again, everyone. Hopefully my wife thinks it's cool too.
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