Obi Call-Fowarding Google Voice to Canada?
jasondunn:
Hi everyone! I have a somewhat unique situation that despite a fair amount of searching through these forums, I haven't been able to find a solution to.
I live in the USA. I'm using Google Voice with an Obi 110, and it all works great. I travel to Canada several times a year and have a pre-paid SIM card here. I want my Google Voice number to ring my Canadian cell phone number. When I try to set it up to do just that, Google rejects the number as being invalid because it's a Canadian area code. I've done a bunch of research and the 403-area code loophole no longer works it seems.
So I'm left with wondering if my Obi can help by forwarding my Google Voice number to my Canadian cell number. Anyone know how to set that up? Happy to pay a small fee for a service that allows me to accomplish this.
QBZappy:
jasondunn,
Welcome.
Quote from: jasondunn on August 05, 2012, 08:01:57 pm
I want my Google Voice number to ring my Canadian cell phone number. When I try to set it up to do just that, Google rejects the number as being invalid because it's a Canadian area code. I've done a bunch of research and the 403-area code loophole no longer works it seems.
If you already have a GV number it should be trivial to make your Canadian cell phone ring. The 403 area code is not relevant.
1) Incoming calls over the PSTN trunk
Physical Interfaces -> Line -> InboundCallRoute = {spX(aaa),ph}
replace aaa with your cell number
replace spX with your GV acct (Service Provider slot used for GV SP1 or SP2)
2) Incoming calls over voip trunk
SPX Service->X_InboundCallRoute-> = {spX(aaa),ph}
3) Don't know if you need this but OBiTALK Service Settings can be forked as well (Used in combination with another OBi or OBiAPP)
OBiTALK Service Settings->InboundCallRoute->InboundCallRoute = {spX(aaa),ph}
Test it with your current cell phone. Just replace the numbers with the Canadian cell numbers when you need it.
jasondunn:
Thanks so much for the fast reply! I saw your name pop up on several of the other threads I researched and I was hoping you'd show up here. ;D
Pardon the n00b question, but when you say "GV acct", do you mean my Google Voice phone number? Or account ID? It seems like it should be the Google Voice phone number, but maybe that's wrong...
jasondunn:
OK, so I'm making the changes, clicking SUBMIT, seeing the change made, the Obi tells me it needs to reboot, I reboot, and it's back to the default of saying "ph" instead of the change I made. What am I missing here? Does the Obi need to be put in a special mode to accept changes?
I'm running hardware version 3.4, software version 1.3.0 (Build 2711)
QBZappy:
jasondunn,
I knew you would ask me that question. As I typed it I was unsure if it would be clear to the reader. :D
In this case GV acct means what ever Service Provider slot you used for GV. It would have to be SP1 or SP2.
Quote from: jasondunn on August 05, 2012, 09:55:21 pm
OK, so I'm making the changes, clicking SUBMIT, seeing the change made, the Obi tells me it needs to reboot, I reboot, and it's back to the default of saying "ph" instead of the change I made. What am I missing here? Does the Obi need to be put in a special mode to accept changes?
Welcome to noob gotcha #1. Easy to fix once you know how.
Read up on it here:
Managing Your OBi Device Configuration: OBiTALK or OBi Web Page but NOT Both
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=61.0
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