Monthly or annually *autopay* E911 service to use with Obi200?
SteveInWA:
You are making this more complex than it actually is.
You do not need a real phone number from Callcentric to use their 911 service, as I pointed out already. It is the major reason why they assign pseudo-phone numbers for 911 calls. You can set up a CC account, with just the 1-777-xxx-xxxx account number, and then provision that on the OBi, as a SPx. You are registering your OBi with your Callcentric account on their SIP server, using your 1777 number and SIP password as your credentials.
I also already addressed your other concerns. Here is what I said:
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There is a negligible latency added. If it bothers you, then don't use CC for inbound calls. It isn't necessary to do that in order for 911 service to work.
The phone number displayed to the 911 operator is different, on purpose. It's designed that way, because the service can be used without having a real inbound telephone number from CC. The system assigns a phone number to display to the 911 operator, so they can call you back in case the call gets disconnected. It will automatically route to your OBi.
My comments about the monthly cost are based on the assumption that a user would actually be using Callcentric for some outbound calling, as paid CC customers do. In that scenario:
You can just use their per-minute rates, plus the $1.50/month E911 fee, orYou can sign up for their "North America Basic" plan, for $1.95/month, which includes 120 minutes of outbound calling, and get E911 included in that $1.95/month.
The second option is 45 cents per month more than the first option. In either case, if you want those outbound calls to display your own caller ID number, then you also need to sign up for inbound calling, select an inbound number, and pay the separate $1.95/month fee for that number.
Rick441:
Thanks for the clarifications and reminders SteveInWa. I see what you mean about how I was making it much more complex than it really is. Unless I decide I might want to use some Callcentric services/capabilities beyond E-911, or think of some other reason I'd like to keep the free number, I'll just let the free number expire in three months and keep solely the $1.50/month E-911.
BTW, awhile after posting I did recall that the North America Basic Plan DougK referenced includes E-911.
SteveInWA:
How you could not figure out the meaning of "Callcentric account number" is beyond me. I got Obihai to specifically clarify these two fields for that very reason.
Rick441:
Quote from: SteveInWA on February 27, 2018, 09:30:26 pm
How you could not figure out the meaning of "Callcentric account number" is beyond me. I got Obihai to specifically clarify these two fields for that very reason.
What the heck are you talking about? Just because I had the mis-impression that a free phone number or some other plan (other than IP Freedom) was required for continued CC E-911, why would that mean I was still confusing the free phone number with the account number, aka the Callcentric number? It wouldn't and I wasn't. That part of the discussion was over back in November, old news. Or maybe you were responding to some since-removed post from today rather than mine?
OK, that aside, it's nice that you got Obihai to make that helpful clarification to the nomenclature at some point since November.
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