Using international DID to route between two dif Obi boxes
Hortoristic:
Is it bridging or forwarding the call to the 2nd Obi device? I guess what I'm getting at - if I make that change, will my daughters Obi device be busy while we are talking to the originating UK call that got routed to our Obi device?
RonR:
The OBi always forwards by bridging calls together. In this case, your daughter's OBi will call the 2nd OBi and if someone answers, it will bridge that call to the incoming SPx call.
You daughter's PHONE Port will not be tied up while this call is in progress. Whether she can receive a second call on that SPx trunk or make an outgoing call on that SPx trunk is dependent on whether that service provider supports more than one call at a time (multiple channels).
Hortoristic:
I'm using Voip.ms - so looks like I have two channels. So if grandma calls daughters DID, her Obi will forward to our Obi and then my daughter still will be able to make or receive one additional call on voip.ms (we/she just ueses for international calls)
I'm guessing since her default SP is GV, getting a 2nd international call might be slim at same time but possible - most likely local GV calls would be coming or outgoing - so I'm hearing there would be in total of 3 other channels available as GV has two too, right?
RonR:
The OBi can accommodate up to four bridges. Bridges can be between trunks and/or endpoints (the PHONE Port and the Auto Attendant are endpoints). Almost any combination of bridging is allowed and if a trunk supports multiple channels, it can be used multiple times.
infin8loop:
Another option: voip.ms provides one iNum number for free (no monthly fee and no charge for calls).
There is an iNum London PSTN access number +44 2033556363 (I think they would drop the +44 country code and dial a "0" zero in it's place when dialed inside the UK). The UK'ers would dial the access number and then enter your iNum number which looks like 883 5100 xxxx xxxx when prompted. So for the cost of a local call to the London PSTN or maybe airtime minutes if they use a cell phone, the UK'ers can call you.
Now, if this would only work for me from calls to the Netherlands PSTN access number. But I think my router is not playing well with the RTP part of calls in some cases.
More info on iNum is at http://www.inum.net/
Good luck and Happy New Year to all on the forum!
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