The more I read, the more confused I am!
SteveInWA:
Indeed, you are very confused.
This entire discussion is predicated on a bogus setup, and thus, you are getting bad advice.
Why are you using both Simonics gateway and Google Voice at the same time? Pick one and use it for both Google Voice accounts.
Using just GV and CC (not Simonics, which offers no value), you can forward either or both of your two GV accounts to inbound CC phone numbers, and simply provision those CC numbers on your OBi.
CC works fine forwarding from GV. The problems Taoman mentioned were fixed long ago.
flinchlock:
Quote from: SteveInWA on January 18, 2016, 03:34:47 pm
Indeed, you are very confused.
This entire discussion is predicated on a bogus setup, and thus, you are getting bad advice.
Fair enough.
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Why are you using both Simonics gateway and Google Voice at the same time? Pick one and use it for both Google Voice accounts.
Only so I can play/learn stuff. Maybe it will just cause me to post more newbie questions. Maybe I better rethink that idea. :-[
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Using just GV and CC (not Simonics, which offers no value), you can forward either or both of your two GV accounts to inbound CC phone numbers, and simply provision those CC numbers on your OBi.
CC works fine forwarding from GV. The problems Taoman mentioned were fixed long ago.
Forwarding them to my one and only CC number will that have them work just like SP1 CC... "Send calls to voicemail after: 25 seconds"?
Provision them on OBi allows me to **2 and **3... right?
Mike
SteveInWA:
I'd say, step back and look at the big picture of what you need, telephony-wise, rather than getting lost in the nit-level configuration details. Then, you can easily configure things accordingly. For example, how many inbound telephone numbers do you need, and how many different destinations do you want those inbound calls to ring to? For example, do you want to give out your two different GV numbers and/or a CC number, and have them all ring to one phone port, with your cordless phone plugged in? Or, do you only need one or two of those inbound numbers?
After deciding that, then we can come up with the simplest and most reliable solution.
You mentioned that you like Callcentric's features, including its voicemail. Google Voice is not designed to simply be a free telephone line; its own voicemail system is integral to the service and cannot be disabled. So, if you want to standardize on CC VM, then that's an important factor in designing your configuration. If you attempt to forward GV to CC, but configure it to grab the voicemail messages, it's possible that some messages may still end up on GV's VM, depending on your configuration. In that scenario, you'd only use GV for outbound calls (since, for example, calls to most US and Canadian numbers are free), and use CC for inbound.
On the other hand, if you are just using GV for fun/experimenting/spare lines, then you can just leave those GV accounts separate from your CC number.
I give out one Google Voice phone number to my contacts. That one number forwards to a CC DID, configured on multiple OBi and other VoIP products, via CC extensions. Unanswered calls go to GV VM. I also have a couple of other CC DIDs that used to be my POTS home phone number and office number, and those ring to the same destination phones, via CC "Call Treatment" rules. I can call outbound with any of those numbers as caller ID.
flinchlock:
Lots to think about... I'll get back to you.
Quote from: SteveInWA on January 18, 2016, 04:48:01 pm
I give out one Google Voice phone number to my contacts.
Is "Contacts" family/friends/business/banks/school-closings/doctors/...... ?
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That one number forwards to a CC DID, configured on multiple OBi and other VoIP products, via CC extensions.
Hmm, forwards and configured are different things in my newbie mind. Or by configured do mean you can **whatever for outgoing on any of your OBi's?
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I also have a couple of other CC DIDs that used to be my POTS home phone number and office number, and those ring to the same destination phones, via CC "Call Treatment" rules. I can call outbound with any of those numbers as caller ID.
"I can call outbound with any of those numbers as caller ID", because they are CC DIDs and not GV numbers. Correct?
Mike
SteveInWA:
Quote from: flinchlock on January 18, 2016, 05:38:39 pm
Lots to think about... I'll get back to you.
Quote from: SteveInWA on January 18, 2016, 04:48:01 pm
I give out one Google Voice phone number to my contacts.
Is "Contacts" family/friends/business/banks/school-closings/doctors/...... ?
Yes, for the most part. That's the whole point of Google Voice: one number that you give out, and nobody needs to know/remember whatever numbers you may have. My GV # forwards to a couple of different mobile phones, plus a CC DID number. The DID number rings the calls on my VoIP devices, because it is provisioned/configured (that is, the DID's SIP user ID and password are set up on the device as a service provider). By "for the most part", I mean, that like you, I have some other CC DIDs that are legacy numbers (old home and office numbers) and I sometimes give those out to certain people instead of my GV number... for example, to some business that I'd rather not give my personal number.
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That one number forwards to a CC DID, configured on multiple OBi and other VoIP products, via CC extensions.
Hmm, forwards and configured are different things in my newbie mind. Or by configured do mean you can **whatever for outgoing on any of your OBi's?
Google Voice's Settings page, Phones tab, allows you to configure (set up) up to six different forwarding destinations. When someone calls your GV number, it will forward the call to every forwarding destination at once ("simulring"). One of those destinations can be Google Chat, which can be configured (set up) on your OBi to ring directly, or you can instead add a telephone number (your CC DID) to the GV forwarding phones list, and then configure that DID number on the OBi, so that calls to your GV number will forward to your CC number, which will ring on your OBi.
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I also have a couple of other CC DIDs that used to be my POTS home phone number and office number, and those ring to the same destination phones, via CC "Call Treatment" rules. I can call outbound with any of those numbers as caller ID.
"I can call outbound with any of those numbers as caller ID", because they are CC DIDs and not GV numbers. Correct?
Correct. However, you can also configure Google Chat as one of your four SPs on your OBi, and make outbound calls from that SP, which will show your GV phone number as caller ID.
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