Obi202 Quality and Porting to Google Voice?

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CoalMinerRetired:
Here's a second test: http://voipqualitytest.com/

Run it, wait until it completes, and have a look at the summary tab for the Connection Summary/Test Audit Report. Then read through the explanations and suggestions.  Click on the things it points out as potential problems.

There's no need to post the results here, I don't know what to tell you to do or try next, the idea is 'teach a man to fish so he can feed himself' rather than 'give him a fish for so he can eat for a day.' However, some general suggestions might help: Is it your home network, it it your firewall, do different DNS servers help, is the problem with your ISP?

From your original post:
> how can I port my home numbers to Google Voice. They are not cell phones. Is there a work around to do this?
There are boat loads of explanations around, including on here (one example) explaining how this works.  To summarize without the details, GV only ports from a few select call/mobile carriers (TMobile, Verizon, AT&T etc.). This is the official explanation from GV. So you have to port in two steps, landline to TMobile (or whatever), then TMobile to GV.  There's no guarantee that a number ported to TMob can be ported to GV (some 'rate centers' are not served), the only way to tell is to try it, worst case is you have to port back to a landline or to a different VoIP provider.

There's also the GV Forum for 'Porting a Number to Google Voice' here, see for example this person who did it.

tpir72:
Thank you very much!

This was a perfect setup link for GV:

There are boat loads of explanations around, including on here (one example) explaining how this works http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=1051.0

Regards,

Terry

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