CNAM Caller ID Update for me?
leeleses:
In reference to this thread:
https://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=9289.0
1) Have people found the number of rings and forwarding to the Google voicemail to be consistent, or are there issues?
2) I live in PA. I was looking on callcentric's website and it says they have free numbers, but only in NY. Can I use this free callcentric number with a NY area code, forwarding it to my google voice PA number still getting all free calls? Will callcentric allow this? Is anyone outside of NY using this setup that can confirm they will allow it and it's free? Past posts said something about $1.50 a month for callcentric but what I saw said free on their website?
Thank you!
SteveInWA:
I'm unclear why you are asking about Google Voice's ringing, but the answer is: Google Voice rings all of your account's listed, enabled (check-marked) forwarding phone numbers for approximately 25 seconds (it is a timed period, not a number of rings). This is consistent, except for a couple of seconds one way or the other, caused by delays in your telephone service provider's network.
The point of using a Callcentric number is to act as a pass-through to add CNAM. Google Voice doesn't care where the forwarding number is located, as long as it is within the 48 contiguous US states. For example, I have a Seattle 206 Google Voice number forwarded to a 845 NY CC number.
Be advised that some recently-issued CC free DIDs are not reliably receiving calls from GV. If you are given a choice, and they're still available, try to get an 845-582 number.
The $1.50/month is for CC's E911 service. It's a good idea to add it.
restamp:
1) I have always found accurate the statement that Google Voice will transfer a call to voicemail if it is not answered elsewhere within 25 seconds. It might vary a second or two from call-to-call, but I set my own timers according to the 25 seconds rule.
2) I have a free Callcentric NY number. I lied and said the number would not be used in the US in order to get around paying for 911 service, but it is a white lie in that this line is used in a capacity where adding 911 service to it would only be detrimental to its operation.
I use this number as a forwarding phone on my GV account and have unchecked the "chat" box. Thus, when a call comes into my GV line, instead of delivering it via the GV "chat/xmpp" interface, the Callcentric number gets rung (along with possibly other forwarding phones associated with that GC account). CC adds CNAM if you turn it on in your CC account (GV chat never provides CNAM info) and then CC initiates a SIP call to whatever is registered to it. In your case that's probably an OBi box. The advantage of doing it this way are (1) you get CNAM on your calls, and (2) you don't need to be tethered to the OBiTalk portal to program your box -- instead of having to mess with OATH2.0 under the Chat protocol, you only have to set up a SIP connection. A possible downside is that you'll get wrong numbers on your CC line, but so far that has not been a problem for me.
Give it a try and I think you'll find it works decently in practice.
leeleses:
Thanks guys. I may try CC out. Thanks for all the good information.
Lee
leeleses:
I bit the bullet. I signed up for a Callcentric number, and it took like an hour to set up.
I have a few minor questions, I'll probably post them as a new thread too but here they are.
1) I got billed $3 for the first month. I'm fine with that, I'd like to have the 911 service. I carefully picked over the settings. I'm assuming even though I don't have any outgoing Callcentric service that if I call 911 it will be routed through Callcentric. It seems to clearly state this in the Obitalk SP2 interface.
2) Is it $1.50 to set up 911 service, $1.50 for the first month, and $1.50 per month after that, do I have that right?
3) I didn't seem to need or use this part in setting up SP2, I don't fully understand what this text in the set up instructions is trying to tell me?
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=3640.0
Inside your OBi 100/110/202:
•Configure the following based on which SP/Profile you chose to use with CC:
* Service Providers > ITSP Profile X > General -> Name: Callcentric
* Service Providers > ITSP Profile X > SIP -> ProxyServer: callcentric.com
* Service Providers > ITSP Profile X > SIP -> RegistrarServer: callcentric.com
* Service Providers > ITSP Profile X > SIP -> UserAgentDomain: callcentric.com
* Service Providers > ITSP Profile X > SIP -> OutboundProxy: callcentric.com
4) Any particular reason why it seems this set up can only work with the OBI202 and not the OBI200?
5) In the dashboard for Obitalk, it mentions something about a voicemail notification option. Does this have anything to do with the message waiting indicator on the cordless phone, or what is this notification option? Does anyone understand what this option would do for me? Right now it's all blank in Obitalk, nothing set.
Thank You,
Lee
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