Can I use an Obi110 as a two line switch with Obi202
Uncle_Wiggley:
Hi all, new Obi owner here.
I have an Obi202 that I want to transition our phone service to. In the short term, I would like to have calls come in on our existing land line as well as my new GV number. This means that I need to have a two line switch to connect to our phones in our home.
Looking around, I don't see any cheap solutions, but the thought occurred to me that an Obi110 might be configured to do what I want and probably, at $45, is as cheap as anything else out there.
Can this work and how would I configure things?
Or... is there a better way?
RonR:
Quote from: Uncle_Wiggley on May 04, 2012, 06:52:20 pm
In the short term, I would like to have calls come in on our existing land line as well as my new GV number.
Please explain what you mean by this. Are you going to have all incoming PSTN calls forwarded to your Google Voice number? Or have all incoming Google Voice calls ring your PSTN number? It's not clear to me what you're planning to do and exactly what you want the outcome to be.
Uncle_Wiggley:
I would like all incoming PSTN calls to ring my home phones and all incoming GV calls to ring my home phones. Outgoing calls on the home phones would default to going out on the PSTN line.
The scenario is that I currently have a RingMaster business number along with my home phone number incoming on my land line. I can't port my numbers out as long as they are connected via RingMaster according to AT&T. So, my plan is to switch my business number over to a new GV number. In the near term, both my new GV number and old business number will still be active and I'll probably receive calls on both. Once most of the calls are coming in on the new GV number, I'll get rid of the RingMaster number and be able to port out my main home number to GV or another provider.
RonR:
It sounds to me like you need an OBi110 and not an OBi202.
Siimply plug the PSTN line into the LINE Port of the OBi110 and configure one or two Google Voice accounts on SP1 and SP2. Incoming calls from all sources will ring the PHONE Port. One of the trunks (SP1/SP2/PSTN) will be the default for outgoing calls but you can explicitly select an alternate trunk by first dialing **1/**2/**8.
Uncle_Wiggley:
Yes, my immediate/short term need does appear to be an Obi110.
What is involved in moving a GV number from a Obi202 to an Obi110?
In the end, I think I'll want the 202 as I was planning on connecting my alarm through the 2nd phone port.
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