Landline Call Forwarding
RonR:
Quote from: Tack on July 28, 2011, 10:13:07 am
Why doesn't Obi pass the landline call and caller ID to SP1, so that Google sees a different incoming number, not it's own?
I don't believe Google Voice accepts any CallerID information from the OBi.
Why don't you try it and see what happens? Assuming Google Voice is configured on SP1:
Physical Interfaces -> LINE Port -> CallForwardUnconditionalEnable : (checked)
Physical Interfaces -> LINE Port -> CallForwardUnconditionalNumber : SP1(12341234567)
where 12341234567 is your Google Voice number.
Tack:
Well, you were right. It goes directly to Google Voicemail, as if i were calling into check messages. I still don't understand why this is so, but it is.
It would be nice if the firmware or software would allow the line port to be forwarded to the SP1/2 ports and carry along the outside caller ID, so that one could forward a landline internally and not have to pay verizon for the privelege.
Thanks.
RonR:
This is not an OBi issue. It's a Google Voice issue. There's no CallerID involved.
Google Voice is being asked to a call a telephone number which it recognizes as the telephone number of the account initiating the call. Google Voice treats this case as a request to check voicemail. It's a natural and reasonable expectation. You'd rather have Google Voice send this call to voicemail, but very few people would find that useful.
As I stated before, you could put another (different) Google Voice account on SP2 and forward your LINE Port calls to SP1 through SP2:
Physical Interfaces -> LINE Port -> CallForwardUnconditionalEnable : (checked)
Physical Interfaces -> LINE Port -> CallForwardUnconditionalNumber : SP2(12341234567)
where 12341234567 is your SP1 Google Voice number.
This will work because SP2 Google Voice will be calling SP1 Google Voice through the PSTN. SP1 will see SP2's CallerID on everything, however, because Google Voice always uses its own CallerID on outgoing calls and cannot be overridden.
Tack:
Thanks.
May try a different approach with VOIP.MS and port my existing landline number to them.
(Posted a another thread about configuring VOIP.MS on Obi110. Thanks.)
jimates:
RonR,
It is obvious by the OP that Tack didn't understand what was happening or how the Obi actually bridged the call between the line and GV. And possibly how GV actually works to start with.
Instead of posting many times you could have just explained it all in one post. This is what I mean when I say you could be so helpful (if you wanted to be), instead of posting so many useless statements.
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