Setting Up Caller ID shown Name and Number on OBI110 !!! HELP
jimates:
Quote from: QBZappy on July 10, 2012, 08:39:24 am
jimates,
In that case make OBi ring without any delay since CC sends CID on the 1st ring.
But all my calls originate at GV, so by forwarding to CC from GV would there be any increased delay. Theoretically there would be, just asking since I know others use this setup.
QBZappy:
jimates,
I suppose you might be correct. All this call forwarding must have a cost.
Only one way to find out how many rings/seconds this set up costs. Anyone with GV->CC->Obi setup willing to try using a cell phone and count the rings on the cell phone before it hits the OBi?
infin8loop:
Quote from: QBZappy on July 10, 2012, 10:54:18 am
jimates,
I suppose you might be correct. All this call forwarding must have a cost.
Only one way to find out how many rings/seconds this set up costs. Anyone with GV->CC->Obi setup willing to try using a cell phone and count the rings on the cell phone before it hits the OBi?
With GV setup to ring a free Callcentric NY DID instead of Google Chat and calling the GV number on my cellphone:
cellphone ringback tone: 1 2 3 4 5voicemail
OBi connected phone ring: 1 2 3 4
And I've also had:
cellphone ringback tone: 1 2 3 4 5voicemail
OBi connected phone ring: 1 2 3voicemail already grabbed call
In the minimal testing I've done, it seems inconsistent.
tome:
Quote from: QBZappy on July 10, 2012, 10:54:18 am
jimates,
I suppose you might be correct. All this call forwarding must have a cost.
Only one way to find out how many rings/seconds this set up costs. Anyone with GV->CC->Obi setup willing to try using a cell phone and count the rings on the cell phone before it hits the OBi?
I tried 10 test calls, I get my house phone starting to ring at the tail end of the second ring that I hear on the cell phone.
Also, google voice picks up at the beginning (right at the beginning) of 4 rings of my house phone which seems to be after 5 rings on the cell phone.
It is a little short, but I haven't even thought about it in the several months I have been using it. Would be nice if GV gave an option for number of rings before VM answer...
Tom
JohnBowler:
I just tested forward to an inum from GV: no, not allowed. GV states "country of forwarding phone is not your country"; peculiar, because I didn't think I owned a country. Leaving aside the tortured english that basically means they won't forward to a +883 number anywhere in the world, which, I guess, is one reason for not using GV (unless you think inums are a bad idea.)
I also verified voip.ms's charges for DiD; they're USD.01/minute for the call centers local to me. That's not a whole lot for me (basically $0), but I guess if you get incoming 24x7 that's $460/month, so expensive even compared to US telcos ($40-$80/month if you are careful.)
Still, at this point I'm tempted to ditch Google Talk for DiD and switch to voip.ms - for me this is USD.99/month for the number, USD.001/unit (1/10th of a minute) for calls and it has the real advantage that I can use the GV call screening (which does not work with Google Talk/Obi202). CNAM is USD.008/query, which is 8 call units, which is probably not worth it given the GV call screening which is much better than CNAM!
John Bowler <jbowler@acm.org>
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