Callcentric's free NY DIDs will transition to $1/month
LTN1:
Quote from: SteveInWA on December 11, 2018, 10:25:32 am
Quote from: LTN1 on December 10, 2018, 05:53:15 pm
Thanks, Steve. A follow up question on the outbound texting--can it be a text with Hangouts linked to the GV number or does one have to actually use GV for the outbound text to count?
It has to be a SMS/MMS text to another real telephone number. Hangouts is not SMS.
Maybe I'm just not understanding it but are you saying that there is a difference when I use the GV app to text out to a real number versus using my Hangouts (linked to my GV number) to text out to that same number? (I would be not texting to a Hangouts number--I would be texting from my Hangouts linked GV account to an outside number.)
SteveInWA:
Hangouts can send and receive SMS at the moment, but I don't have any idea when it might be shut off. Hangouts is being split off into just two functions: Hangouts Meet (like multi-party video conferencing) and Hangouts Chat (like any traditional instant messaging service). The other functions have migrated to Google Voice, which can send and receive SMS/MMS and (for beta users at the moment, soon to be generally available) make and receive GV calls over VoIP.
So, don't use Hangouts any more. Just use GV.
LTN1:
Looking forward to using just the GV app when it allows VoIP calls. Thanks, Steve.
bluemusestudio:
Quote from: Rick on December 11, 2018, 12:52:16 pm
Quote from: SteveInWA on December 11, 2018, 10:26:43 am
Quote from: Rick on December 11, 2018, 05:31:40 am
I got the same email from Callcentric. There goes my E911 service as well as my infrequent outbound faxing, and my incoming fax receipt.
Now the choice - do I spend $50 on a new OBi and continue with Google Voice, or do I find a email fax service and move to 100% cell phones, with the GV numbers forwarding to my cell?
I'm leaning towards the latter.
Keeping the DID is only one dollar per month. Surely you can afford that.
It's not a matter of affording, it's whether it's worth any cost. I can afford to have Comcast give me everything, but I pay $20 for 25MBPS internet, and watch OTA TV and stream some things.
I have two phone lines and a fax line. All 3 would be $36 a year.
Or I could buy an OBi 200 when they go on sale for $40. But given that it's 6+ years old, I don't trust that it won't be discontinued in the next year or so.
I've got 2 1/2 months to decide.
I am in a similar situation but am realizing that I probably don't need my free DID service from CallCentric. I initially signed up with CallCentric because I wanted E911 and caller ID, and so I followed the helpful tutorial here: https://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=11386.0;wap2
However, I just did an experiment where I disabled the forwarding of my CallCentric number to my GV and everything seems to work fine without it. At first, incoming calls wouldn't ring, so I deleted my Obi202 from my GV account and added it back again and that fixed things. So, what might work in your situation is to purchase one line for fax service and keep your E911 service. Or you may prefer to forego the DID service and signup the free pay-per-call outbound service so you can continue to use CallCentrics E911.
lhm.:
As of 12/14/2018 NewEgg has promo code EMCERET58 ($16.00 off) available for Obi200.
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