911 Calls
jimates:
If you have a land line in service, and have a Obi110, it wouldn't matter. You would just use 911 on the land line.
For multiple Obi's you split the line ahead of the Obi's and connect the same line to all of them. I have 3 Obi's with 5 google voice numbers; and one NetTalk Duo connected to all 3.
The problem is when both SP's are set up with google voice there is no option for a sip provider to use for 911. So you would either need another Obi or a landline.
Stewart:
Quote from: omegaroach on March 14, 2012, 04:06:18 pm
If I have 2 Obi's then I would have to have 2 seperate phone lines correct?
If you are using Callcentric, Anveo or any other SIP provider that accepts unregistered (but authenticated) calls, or that accepts multiple registrations with the same credentials, you could configure multiple OBi devices to use the same SIP account for 911. Of course, that makes sense only if the devices are at the same physical address.
MichiganTelephone:
Quote from: pigpile on February 26, 2012, 05:40:27 pm
is this a forum or a lecture hall?
THANK YOU!!! There are some people on this forum that really need to stop trying to impose their beliefs and values on others. Not everyone thinks that "being safe" should be a top priority in life. We're all going to die someday, and to be honest I'd rather do it BEFORE I'm so old and feeble that I hate every second of my continued existence on this planet.
It's like the people who try to sell alarm systems. "Aren't you worried that... blah blah blah (this or that bad thing might happen)." No, I'm not. No, additional safety is not worth an extra so many cents (or dollars) a day to me. There are plenty of people who spend half their lives worrying about bad things that might happen to them, and if that's the way they want to live it's their choice, but I REALLY wish they'd stop trying to push all their fears onto the rest of us. It's okay to ask how to get a certain grade of 911 service if that's what YOU want, but it's NOT okay to lecture others that they should make the same choice you have.
(I'm not saying that people should have total disregard for safety, but there is a happy medium in there somewhere. I'm just waiting for the day the "safety nannies" get every sport banned because sports are inherently unsafe. And I don't just mean contact sports like football - people have been killed while playing just about every sport there is, either due to slips and falls, or getting beaned in the head with a ball or other object. Some people won't be happy until we all live in padded rubber rooms and eat nothing but bland vegetables).
omegaroach:
Quote from: jimates on March 14, 2012, 06:28:14 pm
If you have a land line in service, and have a Obi110, it wouldn't matter. You would just use 911 on the land line.
I understand this part. I don't have a landline though (trying to avoid getting one if possible)
Quote from: jimates on March 14, 2012, 06:28:14 pm
For multiple Obi's you split the line ahead of the Obi's and connect the same line to all of them. I have 3 Obi's with 5 google voice numbers; and one NetTalk Duo connected to all 3.
So whatever e911 service I choose, I just add to all the OBI's I have. I don't need a seperate contract for each OBI.
So I split coming from the router to the OBI, but then coming out of the OBI do I need to have seperate phones from each OBI?
I have a base unit with 6 wireless phones that I am using. I assume I would need another base unit to connect to the second OBI. correct?
Quote from: jimates on March 14, 2012, 06:28:14 pm
The problem is when both SP's are set up with google voice there is no option for a sip provider to use for 911. So you would either need another Obi or a landline.
I understand this part too. And I do have 2 google voice numbers set up. Now that I think about it might be beneficial to have a third (one for me, on for the wife, and one for home). But would I then need 3 seperate physical phones?
Stewart:
If you want two concurrent calls, there are several options:
1. Least expensive would be a second base unit compatible with your existing handsets. You would register some phones to one and some to the other, effectively making two "strings", one connected to each OBi. You could set it up so incoming calls to either GV number would ring all phones. A second call would ring the phones on the idle string, or you could answer from the active phone (call waiting). Likewise, when one phone is in use, you could make a new call from a phone on the other string, using either GV account.
2. Replace the existing phones with a two-line cordless system. Then, when one phone is in use, you could make and receive calls on any other.
3. Get an IP phone system, e.g. Gigaset A580 IP (or better), or Panasonic KX-TGP550 series. The OBi devices would then essentially be just protocol converters for GV.
With option 2 or 3, you could put a third GV account on one of the OBi devices. For option 1, if you wanted all phones to have access to SIP (for 911 or a low-cost international provider), you could have the third number be with a SIP provider, have it come in via e.g. an IPKall DID, or you would need a third OBi.
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