Forwarding Google Voice numbers

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scott818:
I have one OBi200 and one OBi202 device. I also have three Google Voice accounts/numbers attached to the OBi devices.

Let's say the Google Voice numbers are as follows:

000-555-0000   // OBi200
000-555-0001   // OBi202 [LINE1]
000-555-0002   // OBi202 [LINE2]


000-555-0000 is the "primary" number. What I want to happen is, if calls come in on the other two Google Voice numbers, I want them to forward to the primary 000-555-0000 number. It's not as simple as forwarding the other two Google Voice numbers to the primary number using the GV web interface since Google doesn't allow users to forward to other Google Voice numbers.

Can the OBi devices do this? If so, how would I go about configuring the devices to do so?

SteveInWA:
Why do you want to do this?  If you simply configure each OBi device with SP1 through SP3 configured for each of your three Google Voice numbers, then the phone attached to each OBi box will ring regardless of which Google Voice number is called.  No forwarding from one Google Voice number to another is required.

Technically, you could configure an OBi to forward inbound calls to another OBi, but doing so with Google Voice numbers will cause problems with the voicemail systems for those numbers.

If you want to have three distinct inbound telephone numbers ("DIDs"), and forward two to one, or forward all to the same destination(s), then a SIP VoIP service provider would be a better solution than Google Voice.

restamp:
Quote from: SteveInWA on April 06, 2016, 01:31:32 pm

If you simply configure each OBi device with SP1 through SP3 configured for each of your three Google Voice numbers, then the phone attached to each OBi box will ring regardless of which Google Voice number is called.  No forwarding from one Google Voice number to another is required.

Is this really the way it works with the Google Chat protocol?  I ask because it is most assuredly not the way SIP connections work:  With them, having two boxes trying to register to the same account simultaneously would leave both dueling for the connection, typically with an incoming call going to the last box to send a registration message.

Steve, if Chat allows more than one device to register simultaneously, I've learned something useful.  How many simultaneous connections does Chat allow?

SteveInWA:
OBi 200 and 202 ATAs, and all OBi 10x2 IP phones support multiple simultaneous connections to Google Chat service.  OBi 100 and 110 ATAs only support one connection to Google Chat service.  By the way, Simonics Gateway will hog the priority for Chat and interfere with OBi devices connecting.

SteveInWA:
And, as for SIP VoIP providers, if the provider has a sub-account or extension feature, then you can define multiple extensions, each with a distinct SIP registration.  I do this with my Callcentric account, for example, having multiple extensions for each SIP user agent (OBi or other ATA or IP phone).  Calls to the various SIP DIDs can be routed to any individual extension, or to all of them.

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