Configure Caller ID WITH NAME?
babobi:
My Comcast Digital Voice number is forwarded to my Google Voice number to filter spammers with the Obi 110 using the line port for the landline phone. All INCOMING calls are filtered thru Google Voice. All OUTGOING calls use the Comcast Digital Voice number from the PSTN output. The downside is that incoming calls from Google Voice only display the number and not the name on Caller ID. Is there any way I can configure the Obi 110 to display the name? Thanks!
Rick:
Quote from: babobi on May 24, 2012, 01:39:51 am
My Comcast Digital Voice number is forwarded to my Google Voice number to filter spammers with the Obi 110 using the line port for the landline phone. All INCOMING calls are filtered thru Google Voice. All OUTGOING calls use the Comcast Digital Voice number from the PSTN output. The downside is that incoming calls from Google Voice only display the number and not the name on Caller ID. Is there any way I can configure the Obi 110 to display the name? Thanks!
No. Many posts on this. GV does not forward the name.
MichiganTelephone:
There's always this option, but it has its pros and cons.
babobi:
Thanks MichiganTelephone, but right now that's not an option. I went to the Simon Telephonics Registration page and got this message:
The Google Voice Gateway is full to capacity and registration is temporarily disabled. Thank you for the huge response, and stay tuned while I build out for additional growth. If you have registered already, you can use the form below to get your SIP registration credentials or delete your gateway registration.
Are there any alternate solutions that you know of? Appreciate the referral!
MichiganTelephone:
Wow, I knew he'd gotten some publicity lately; didn't realize it was putting a strain on his resources. I don't know of any other options to get Caller ID name other than running a PBX that has an add-on caller ID lookup module. That's what I do, but the results are iffy at best, because none of the sources I can access are "official" phone company CNAM sources (there may be paid sources that are more reliable, but I just use a few of the free ones). If you are desperate enough to do that, probably the easiest way is to use PBX in a Flash, and the add-on Caller ID Superfecta module, and route your incoming calls through that as described here. But that will not be anywhere near as simple as using the Simon Telephonics server, assuming Bill manages to add some capacity.
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