Cell Phone Rings
wpollock:
In reading my last post I can see where I have been confusing about my problem.
I currently have:
A Vonage number for home service which I will terminate on 1/8/12. In my call forwarding feature for Vonage I have my incoming calls immediately forwarded to my google voice number only.
I have a google voice account set up to use the obihai device for home phone service. In my voice settings call forwarding is set up as follows:
calls are forwarded to google chat and to my current vonage home number which I will terminate on 1/8/12. My cell phone is not on any call forwarding list and yet it rings.
Other questions which comes to mind:
What will happen to my ability to receive home calls when my Vonage number terminates? Surely I will receive them through my google voice number that is already established?
Is there a feature in google voice to set a length of time for my home phone to ring before being forwarded to google chat and any other phone I should choose to forward to?
Thanks
Thanks
RonR:
Quote from: wpollock on January 04, 2012, 10:53:14 am
I currently have:
A Vonage number for home service which I will terminate on 1/8/12. In my call forwarding feature for Vonage I have my incoming calls immediately forwarded to my google voice number only.
I have a google voice account set up to use the obihai device for home phone service. In my voice settings call forwarding is set up as follows:
calls are forwarded to google chat and to my current vonage home number which I will terminate on 1/8/12.
This still looks like a loop:
Vonage number forwards to Google Google Voice number which forwards back to Vonage number.
Quote from: wpollock on January 04, 2012, 10:53:14 am
What will happen to my ability to receive home calls when my Vonage number terminates? Surely I will receive them through my google voice number that is already established?
When you terminate your Vonage service you will lose your Vonage number and Vonage will no longer forward calls received at that number.
Quote from: wpollock on January 04, 2012, 10:53:14 am
Is there a feature in google voice to set a length of time for my home phone to ring before being forwarded to google chat and any other phone I should choose to forward to?
There is not.
Stewart:
It does not normally make sense to forward from A to B and also from B to A. That creates a loop, which results in an error. Possibly Vonage is ringing your Network Availability number, or Google rings your cell, after detecting the loop.
If you have a phone connected to the OBi (but not the Vonage adapter), forward your Vonage calls to GV, but do not have GV ring your Vonage number.
If you have a phone connected to the Vonage adapter (but not the OBi), have GV ring the Vonage number, but turn off forwarding at Vonage.
If you have separate phones connected to both devices, you probably don't need either forward.
If you have canceled your Vonage service (as opposed to porting the number), then when it is disconnected you won't be able to receive calls on your Vonage number anymore. Callers may hear a message that the number has been disconnected, or (if you have arranged this with Vonage), they may hear a message advising them of your new number.
wpollock:
I do have my Vonage, which is not connected to my home phone,instantly forwarded to my google voice number only. My home phone is connected to my OBI device via my internet provider. I would prefer to only have my google voice number forward only when I should choose to do so but it appears there has to be at least one physical number to which it will always forward regardless. Is this correct or am I misunderstanding?
Vonage allows me to either enable or disable call forwarding at any time to any phone of choice either online or from my home handset.
Can I at least do so from within my google voice account?
Thanks
RonR:
You can have Vonage forward calls to your Google Voice number, but you should have Google Voice forward only to the Google Chat (the OBi). You will then receive calls to your Vonage number and to your Google Voice number on your OBi.
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