obi110/callcentric 911/google voice
RonR:
Quote from: Marc on December 24, 2011, 06:35:41 pm
What's the free 911 you're referring to?
You can often do a "poor man's" 911 by having the OBi call a regular phone number that rings into the emergency dispatcher's area whenever you dial 911 on the OBi phone. They won't get your name and location information using that means, but it's better than nothing and is free.
Marc:
Quote from: Hortoristic on December 24, 2011, 06:50:51 pm
Seems to be widely known that GV only forwards phone nbr not name if you are seeing name it's from phone address book or google contacts
Well it's definitely not the phone address book since it's empty ;) I guess many of the names could be from my GV contacts, but I can think of one call earlier today from Edible Arrangements that I definitely do not have in my contacts. Maybe Google has some sort of advertising arrangements with some companies. Anyway, whatever it is, it is. $50 for the Obi110 + $15/1st yr of 911 ($13.50 each subsequent year,) & good call quality, I'm happy. Even if GV starts charging in 2013, it's still going to beat anything else out there. I considered Ooma but after making some calls from a friends device, I knew the Obi+GV was a more clear connection.
Marc:
Quote from: winterescape on December 20, 2011, 04:10:42 pm
With that latest obi firmware it is very easy. Get a callcentric # and get a GV #.
Configure using the obitalk website. When you set it up it will give you a warning that GV is not to be used for 911, when you configure Callcentric it has a check box on the config “use this service for 911 calls”
Use This Service For Emergency 911 Calls When 911 is called via the OBi this service will be used. Check only if you are sure this service is capable of placing and receiving emergency service calls.
I route all outgoing calls using GV, I had my old phone # ported to Callcentric so that most incoming use callcentric.
Done
Winterscape, does that mean you didn't need to change the dial map, but simply put Callcentric on SP2 and clicked the box to enable 911 for it?
911 isn't the type of thing you can test, although it should be.
Thanks.
Rick:
Quote from: Marc on December 24, 2011, 08:32:20 pm
Quote from: winterescape on December 20, 2011, 04:10:42 pm
With that latest obi firmware it is very easy. Get a callcentric # and get a GV #.
Configure using the obitalk website. When you set it up it will give you a warning that GV is not to be used for 911, when you configure Callcentric it has a check box on the config “use this service for 911 calls”
Use This Service For Emergency 911 Calls When 911 is called via the OBi this service will be used. Check only if you are sure this service is capable of placing and receiving emergency service calls.
I route all outgoing calls using GV, I had my old phone # ported to Callcentric so that most incoming use callcentric.
Done
Winterscape, does that mean you didn't need to change the dial map, but simply put Callcentric on SP2 and clicked the box to enable 911 for it?
911 isn't the type of thing you can test, although it should be.
Thanks.
Actually, 911 can be tested. You simply call the NON-EMERGENCY number for your dispatch center and tell them that you'd like to test the 911 connection. They will either say, "go ahead" or "please call us back ____ when we expect it to be less busy and we will let you test it". When you call, the first words out of your mouth should be "THIS IS A TEST, THERE IS NO EMERGENCY".
I contacted my emergency dispatch center, via email, and they provided the direct dial number I should use if I chose to NOT pay for E911, and gave me some specific suggestions as to when the best time to test it would be. They offered up the testing, I never asked to test (although I would have tested it of course).
Hortoristic:
When I used the direct dial approach used my cell to proove 911 was going to dial a specific #
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