Question about Obi202
Tanster:
I'm new to VoIP and I have a couple of questions:
Does the fact that the Obi202 having the ability to subscribe to 4 VoIP providers/SIP services per phone/FXS port mean that I can have a total of 8 VoIP numbers ring two physical phones attached to those two FXS ports?If the two physical phones are analog cordless phones, how do I know which ringing phone represents which phone line?And that I can only use two VoIP numbers concurrently since there are only two physical phones?
And which incoming call will end up ringing a phone and which will go straight to voicemail or fax will depend on how I distribute the VoIP numbers over the two FXS ports?So if I have, say, 3 PSTN numbers that I want to port to a VoIP provider like Anveo as well as 1 GoogleVoice number, I can use the Obi202 and still have 4 "slots" left over without needing an Obi504vs or Obi508vs so long as I won't use more than two numbers simultaneously?If one of those ported numbers is used primarily for fax calls, do I even need a physical phone/fax machine considering Anveo has a "transcription" service which turns an incoming fax into a PDF?
Thanks in advance for any help understanding all this...
azrobert:
You can define a TOTAL of 4 service providers (not 4 per phone port) for inbound/outbound calls. You can define another 8 service providers using Voice Gateways for outbound only calls. These providers are shared by the 2 phone ports.
You can define a distinctive ring for each of the 4 service providers.
You can use an SIP phone (softphone or IP phone) to add more lines.
Tanster:
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You can define a TOTAL of 4 service providers (not 4 per phone port) for inbound/outbound calls. You can define another 8 service providers using Voice Gateways for outbound only calls. These providers are shared by the 2 phone ports.
So since I only have 3 PSTN numbers that I want to port from Verizon to Anveo and 1 Google Voice number, would that be considered as 4 "service providers" (1 for each number ported from PSTN to Anveo and 1 GV) or 2 "service providers" (Anveo and GoogleVoice)? Not being facetious here: I really don't know and am trying to wrap my head around these concepts.
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You can define a distinctive ring for each of the 4 service providers.
Good to know. Thanks.
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You can use an SIP phone (softphone or IP phone) to add more lines.
More lines or more physical devices? I understand that the two aren't the same.
azrobert:
Each of those would be a service provider, so the OBi202 can define the 3 Anveo and 1 GV lines.
Inbound calls from a provider can be routed to either phone port or both. A primary line is assigned to each phone port for outbound calls. Both phone ports can be assigned the same primary line. The default configuration uses prefixes **1 thru **4 to route outbound calls to the other lines. You can define any prefix you want. You can also route outbound calls without a prefix. Examples are routing by 11 digits, 10 digits, international or specific area codes.
The IP phone or softphone would be a physical device to receive or make calls. The device must be able to call without registration. You can register these devices to the OBi202, but this function requires a service provider slot and then it won't be able to be used to define one of the phone numbers.
Mango:
Quote from: Tanster on April 19, 2018, 10:01:53 am
would that be considered as 4 "service providers" (1 for each number ported from PSTN to Anveo and 1 GV) or 2 "service providers" (Anveo and GoogleVoice)? Not being facetious here: I really don't know and am trying to wrap my head around these concepts.
Great question. I'm sorry to disagree with azrobert. The answer depends on the service provider. Google Voice only allows one number per account, so you need to use one service provider slot for each Google Voice number. Since you only plan to have one Google Voice number, no problem there.
Anveo allows you to have as many numbers as you want* on your account, so the three numbers could be tied to a single service provider. You may have some reason that you want to split them up, and you can certainly do that if it makes things somehow more convenient, but you don't need to.
*Not sure about Anveo's "OBiTALK Special" package; I use standard Anveo retail.
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