Calls made from Romania resid./cell phone to Obi in Romania-Can't get Attendent
jeetco:
Carl,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, the iNum suggestion that Stewart has talked about has gotten me stumped for the moment! I think Stewart may still have a valid answer about what he said in this post: “Set up your iNum as a Contact in Localphone, and your relative can now ring your OBi at no charge to you”. Hope Stewart gets to look at what I wrote and lets see what he has to say!
Best Regards!
Stewart:
If the SP2 slot of your US OBi is not presently used, just set it up for your Localphone account. If it's in use for Callcentric, VoIP.ms or another provider that offers iNum, use that iNum for your Localphone Contact. If it's filled with something else, please explain; there is probably a workaround.
Once routed to the US OBi, you can have the calls ring the PHONE port (free), or be answered by the auto attendant, from where they could call out (on GV, Ooma or other service you have set up on the OBi). Of course, if you permit them to call destinations not included in your plan with the service in question, you will be billed for the calls.
BTW, our winter home is in Bangkok (UTC + 7 hours), which partly explains my posting at odd times. But, as a retired old fart, I tend to keep strange hours, too.
jeetco:
Stewart! Must be nice to move around in another part of the world for the winter!! For you to be there and still be able to provide superb support to the OBI community is much appreciated!! For you to be retired and know about all this technology is admirable. I am in my 40's and I feel like an "old fart" compared to you--I am just learning this stuff--where have I been??!!
Well, the SP2 slot of my U.S Obi is available and I will set up my localphone account per your instructions in an older post titled "Not able to setup LocalPhone on SP2" (http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=1731.0). Please note that my LocalPhone account is set up as if it were in Romania where I set up the relative's number as "my" number and have listed my U.S residential number as a "contact".
Question 1: By configuring the localphone account in the Obi per your instructions in that older post, will the Obi recognize the calls made to the "local romanian number" that has been assigned to the "iNum" number? or will the Obi recognize the "internet number" that the calls are being forwarded to presently from the "iNum"?
Question 2: What I am also just trying to understand is that how does a phone call from Romania get routed via localphone into my Obi in the U.S if the only forwarding number for my iNum right now is the internet phone number.
Stewart:
To set up SP2 for Localphone, use the 7-digit SIP ID and 8-character SIP Password shown on Localphone's Internet Phone tab. Confirm that the System Status page of your OBi shows SP2 as Registered. You can make a test outgoing call on Localphone by prefixing **2 to specify SP2. Calls to US toll-free numbers are free (though if you have not yet funded your Localphone account, be aware that they still count against your five free test minutes). For example, if you dial **218004377950, you should hear the caller ID being sent by Localphone.
Next, with your iNum set to forward to Internet Phone, test by calling (from your cell or Ooma) an iNum gateway http://inum.net/what-is-inum/voice-reach/ . When you hear the "Welcome to iNum" prompt, dial the last nine digits of your iNum, followed by #. You should hear "connecting" and your OBi phone should ring. Answer it and confirm that you have audio in both directions.
If you get that far, then your relative should be able to call the Localphone number that corresponds to your iNum and it should ring your OBi phone. Once you've had a successful call, check the Call History to see how the relative's caller ID was formatted (it might include the country code and/or a leading zero).
Once you know the incoming caller ID, you can set up the InboundCallRoute for SP2 to allow the relative to access the auto attendant, fork the call to your cell phone, or provide other desired special treatment.
igroup:
Hi Jeetco,
Interesting topic, even more since I am interesting in the same thing - did not tried it yet.
Here is how far I got:
I - USA
They - Romania
OBI only in USA, since I could not figure out how to or who to talk to in order to get a personal line In Romania (got relatives there but don't want to use theirs) that could provide calls unlimited across Romania landline / cell for a monthly fixed fee (EG MagicJack, Nettalk).
I have 3 OBI's here in USA an I am EXTREMELLY happy with them. Also, on them I have GV, MJ and Nettalk.
Romania does calls here once in a while - I have a Romanian DID setup on a different ATA - for me, incoming is free and for them is a local call. But I am interested in being able to call them most of the time. Since I couldn't find a way to "purchase" a local line, let's say in Bucharest to offer for a fixed monthly fee all my needed internal calls, make no sens to send an OBI in Romania (although I could, since I could have where to).
In this moment, cheapest way for myself for outbound Romania is using one dedicated OBI, SP1 with SIP at 12voip.com and SP2 with SIP at rynga.com - both offer great rates and some FREE landline calls - some rules apply, but there is a work around (PS - I know they are the same company, just trying to get 300 min / week free landline on each).
Got a few questions for your OBI setup in Romania:
What are you using to make calls in Romania - their PSTN Line ? What does cost you?
Is there a GV setup on OBI Romania, or all calls from Romania to USA are made through OBI end points?
Any more tricks that you could share to get this back and forward calls USA / Romania to minimum cost?
PS - I use one of my OBI's for Business. I had it nicely setup and the Auto Attendant will pick up all my calls. Calls will be redirected afterwards. Original settings in AA 1, 2, 3 are hidden, and work great for myself. I know the risk I'm involved in, like someone making calls on my account, but so far, never got even closer to that. One thing is that I ONLY accept caller ID, so I'll still be able to track down whoever tried that. If Localphone or other settings don't work for you, you could give this a try. Also, you could look into getting a Romanian DID where they can call you directle, maybe they can leave a message then you can call them back via OBI.
Thanks - just sharing my thoughts and trying to gain some more usefull info.
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