Need Caller ID from Telco?
gerry:
Stupid question, but I assume you still need to have Caller ID enabled (and purchased) from your telco to be able to use Caller ID. I'm trying to keep a landline around at minimum cost. I don't need call forwarding now that I have OBI, but I guess I still have to pony up for PSTN caller ID ($9+/month from Verizon)...
Gerry
OBi-Guru:
Unless you want to use Circle of Trust (relies on callerID) on the PSTN line to get to the AutoAttendant of the OBi, you don't need to have CallerID service from the Telco.
jimates:
gerry,
set up similar to what we described in the other thread you can make it work without paying for caller id.
The caller id info is sent with the call, it just depends on whether the delivering service shows it to you. If you don't pay for the service your telco won't let you see it even though it is there. If you let GV deliver the call they will allow you to see it for free, right.
-set the obi to forward all pstn calls to GV
-do not put your pstn line as a forwarding phone in GV
when a call comes in on the pstn line it will immediately forward to GV and GV will return the call on SP1 and the phones will ring. GV supports caller id so you get it for free, right. The pstn line doesn't ring the phones from the Obi as the Obi is just used for forwarding the call.
and the voicemail situation is taken care of at the same time. You can still put the number in the contacts and have a special group/greeting for it. It won't go straight to VM though as it didn't ring at all before the forwarding. It will ring on all the forwarding phones until GV VM takes it.
Will that work?
you can set the same GV account on both SP1 & SP2, don't know if that will be needed or if it will help.
That will save the cost of caller id and call forwarding from the telco. And you might, I know I can, get a metered plan instead of a set monthly fee where you pay for all outgoig calls and incoming calls are free. Make all your outgoing calls on GV so you basically pay for no calls, jsut the really low monthy fee.
if I knew how to forward the calls I would try it out right now on mine.
gerry:
jimates,
Thanks for the approach. I'll play around with it when I get home tonight and let you know.
Gerry
jimates:
to me it is the same as if you were calling your GV number from your pstn.
but figuring out how to actually get the call there is probably the challenge. if I use sp2 to send the call to GV will GV see the incoming call as coming from sp2 (which is another GV number) or will it see it as coming from the pstn line.
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