Complicated issue, not sure where to post this
Funions:
Quote from: RonR on September 23, 2011, 10:48:34 am
Funions,
Simply configure your OBi with two Google Voice accounts on SP1 and SP2. Declare the number on SP1 to be yours and the number on SP2 to be your wifes. When you're home, forward your cell phones to your respective Google Voice numbers. Incoming calls from either cell phone/Google Voice number will ring the OBi PHONE Port (with Call Waiting if the the phone is already in use).
You can give out your Google Voice numbers to anyone you want to be able to reach you when you're home but don't want to have your cell phone number.
Outgoing calls will go out either SP1 or SP2 (your choice) by default and the other line can be used instead with a **1 or **2 override.
Thanks for the info! That's exactly what I was looking for. I was hoping it would be this simple, it just took me a couple posts to say what I was thinking, lol! Thanks everyone for all the good info, you've given me several options, and I really appreciate your help.
jimates:
And you can change the ring for one of the SP services, so that you will know which cell number the call is coming in for.
Funions:
UPDATE
The Obi works great! I have both phones forwarded and different rings through GV, thanks everyone for all your help!
Quote from: Dav3yDark0 on September 23, 2011, 08:29:50 am
You don't have to cancel your current Verizon phone to port the #, you could keep your Verizon phones with new numbers, have the current #s ported to GV and then when someone calls your new GV #s (old Verizon #s) you can have it set up to ring your the new #s that are on your Verizon accounts as well as ring the OBi device at your home.
If you can forward your calls from Verizon then just forward them to your GV # when you are home, and turn off the forwarding when you leave. The nice thing about the method I mentioned is that you don't have to forward, or un-forward, every time you leave a location.
The OBi devices do not support Skype themselves, there are some SIP2Skype products that can make it work but they require a computer to be running.
Dave
I really want to port in my current verizon lines to GV now that I see how amazing the functionality is. However, I both called the store, and went in, and 2 different people said my verizon number was associated with my account and couldn't be changed while under contract without a cancellation fee. Furthermore, any porting to GV will automatically result in the ETF, regardless of what kind of notes they make on my acount, and there is nothing I can do about it (according to the employees at the store).
I really want to port over from Verizon, but am I really stuck with them until next July when my contract ends, or does anyone have any luck bypassing the ETF and getting their number changed on their phone?
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