direct dialing without attendant when a specific caller dials obi
sparkydc:
I am just using google voice with 2 phone #,s. Just wan her to dial obi and get 2nd dialtone to dial overseas. She will be calling 3 or 4 #,s
In future would put obi 110 overseas. It would be setup with a google # and a local telco line.
I alrrady have obi.
sparkydc:
PORUGAL. Calling cells are 15 to 18 cents and landlines are 2 cents. Most peopl use prepay cells. Only old timers have landlines.
Stewart:
IMO, GV is not a good value to Portugal. If you do want to use them, your mom will get better quality by not going through the OBi. Set up one of your GV accounts (or a new one) with her number. When she calls the GV number, it will go straight to the voicemail prompt, where she can press 2 to make an outgoing call, then dial the destination number, followed by #.
If you do want to route through the OBi, though you can record custom prompts (e.g. in Portugese) for the AA, you cannot change the behavior. With speed dials set up for her contacts, she could dial e.g. 22# for her sister, 23# for a friend, etc.
You can get much lower rates to PT with a SIP provider. That's easy to add when you get the OBi202; with your present OBi110 you would have to remove one of the GV accounts to "make room". Via a SIP DID, you could still receive calls on the second GV account. Providers you might consider are Callcentric ($0.0231/$0.0715 to PT landline/mobile, IMO top quality), Easyvoip ($0.005 / $0.06, IMO not the best) or Voxbeam ($0.0086 / $0.0493, good quality but entails some hassle).
Before installing an OBi in Portugal, confirm that you can get landline (or local VoIP) service with free or inexpensive calls to local mobiles -- in some European countries, such calls are more expensive than using a SIP provider.
If your contacts can make free or inexpensive calls to a Lisbon landline, they can call you via an iNum gateway (the call would be free to you).
Felix:
Quote from: Stewart on April 26, 2012, 04:50:42 am
You can get much lower rates to PT with a SIP provider. That's easy to add when you get the OBi202; with your present OBi110 you would have to remove one of the GV accounts to "make room". Via a SIP DID, you could still receive calls on the second GV account. Providers you might consider are Callcentric ($0.0231/$0.0715 to PT landline/mobile, IMO top quality), Easyvoip ($0.005 / $0.06, IMO not the best) or Voxbeam ($0.0086 / $0.0493, good quality but entails some hassle).
Or Callwithus. Portugal rate is 1c landline / 6-10c mobile. And they have access numbers in US and Canada. The prompts are in English... but they are so predictable, that my dad just ignores them and dials destination numbers without much listening.
NOTE: I am not affiliated with Callwithus and won't get any referral fees whether you use them or not (hmmm... now that I am thinking about it - how can I change this unfortunate situation ??? )
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