Need some very basic info about 911 providers
drgeoff:
Quote from: glnz9 on April 14, 2020, 04:06:31 pm
Dr. G -- Simple is good. And I understand what you wrote.
But -- first -- when I go to add voip.ms or gv911.com to my ObiHai, will it automatically appear in SP2 or SP3 and leave my GoogleVoice in SP1 alone?
Or - how exactly does one add voip.ms or gv911.com as a second telephony provider to ObiHai? (Adding the original GoogleVoice was very easy -- too easy.)
And -- any thoughts as to which of voip.ms or gv911.com is better (and cheaper)?
Thanks again.
On your dashboard click on the word 'OBi200'. Then look at the section 'Configure Voice Service providers'. Click the light blue gearwheel on the SP2 line. Click 'Next' at bottom right. Click 'Accept'. Click on voip.ms or 'Generic Service Provider' if going with gv911.com. You'll need SIP account info to proceed.
I don't use 911 as I'm not in the USA so the only advice I give you is that you want to be 100% sure that whoever is providing your 911 service is 100% dependable when you need it.
glnz9:
Dr. G - Very good! Would not have found this on my own.
I will need to find the generic / manual info for gv911.com.
Shall continue when I get more info about the two providers and the costs.
Now - I actually have two Obi devices on my LAN that connect two physical phones to two different Google Voice numbers (and those two different GV numbers are associated with two different Gmail accounts). One phone is my original 212 tel number, and the other is my wife's.
Is there any trick to getting a SINGLE voip.ms or gv911.com account to service both setups with only a single monthly charge?
Please stay tuned to this channel!
Thanks.
Taoman:
Quote from: glnz9 on April 15, 2020, 06:49:23 am
Is there any trick to getting a SINGLE voip.ms or gv911.com account to service both setups with only a single monthly charge?
Easily done either way. For VoIP.ms, you must first purchase a VoIP.ms DID. You then activate/enable E911 for that DID. For the second OBi, you would just create a subaccount in the VoIP.ms portal and use the SIP credentials from that to register your second OBi to VoIP.ms. Any 911 call from either OBi would/must display the same VoIP.ms DID phone number as the outgoing CID.
GV911.com is entirely different. You don't register your OBi devices to gv911.com so you don't configure SP2 like you would with VoIP.ms. It's a simple redirect (configuration change on your OBi) of a 911 call to a number they provide. You add all your info into the gv911 database (name, address, phone number, etc) and they provide you with a number to configure in your OutboundCallRoute. An example of how this is done is in the link below.
So any 911 call on either OBi would go out on their own individual GV lines but to the same GV911 phone number.
(Edit: I just realized this probably wouldn't work because your outbound CIDs would be different and GV911 wouldn't recognize the second GV CID.)
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=1607.0
What I don't know is how the back end works with GV911. Once the 911 call gets redirected to the GV911 provided number then what happens? How exactly does the call get to the correct PSAP?
Disclaimer: I don't subscribe to GV911.com so I'm just assuming that's how things work based on what I've read. If someone knows better please correct me.
glnz9:
Taoman - superb! Many thanks.
Everyone - still looking for your thoughts on pros and cons between voip.ms and gv911.com - and let's compare Anveo also.
Both quality and monthly price, for either one or two ObiHai GoogleVoice lines.
Fire away!
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