Newbie Setup Help OBI202
vich:
I appreciate you hanging there with me. So if I follow correctly
I can't get 4 useable lines to come out of the Phone 1 and Phone 2 on the OBI.
That's what I was hoping for I guess I'll have to buy 2 SIP phones.
Really appreciate the time, patience and help.
Thanks
Felix:
vich,
I am clearly missing something obvious here... but what is the purpose of all this complexity? What are you trying to accomplish?
So, you have 2 GV accounts set up. Let's say you have single-line phone (not the fancy four-line phone that requires splitting). Let's assume it is connected to Phone1.
If GV1 calls - you pick your phone. If GV2 calls - you pick up your phone. If you are on one line, and another calls - you get call waiting. If you didn't pick up the phone it goes to voicemail.
Do you need two conversations going on simultaneously? You never mention that, and I don't want to assume. If so, you need two receivers. Whether they are two separate single-line phones, or two handsets of a two-line phone is really irrelevant.
Do you need to have more than two simultaneous conversations?
Anything else I am missing?
vich:
Felix, thanks for looking into this deeper.
Yes I can be using both lines at one time.
My ultimate short term goal is to add 2 more GV numbers.
I have them set so if the main number is busy it forwards to the next phone (PH#)
I plan to have another person helping me who may get a call and like me put the person on. Hold and call another party to check on availability or status of what we are doing for the first caller.
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I know I ultimately have to get some IP phones but I thought I read something that made me thing I could get all 4 lines going outbthrough the phone 1 & 2 port so I could have all 4 lines on my 4 line analog phone
ianobi:
Most service providers allow two sessions on each line. A call coming in on one line can be put on hold and then an outgoing call can be made on the same line.
I don't use GV, so I'm not a GV expert, but I believe that this is true of GV. Try a few experiments; have an incoming call call on each of your GV lines, place one on hold and try to make an outgoing call. It may well work.
vich:
Thanks ianobi,
I tried that with the 2 lines I have set up currently. I could call out on line 1 connect to a phone, Press Flash and call out to another number. Put those on hold and went to line 2 and could do the same thing.
I worry about using the flash because we may connect the calls an the calls are usally negotiations where I am the middle man.
Thus when I heard Line1 & 2 could come out of the Phone 1 jack. I wondered could I get 3 &4 to come out the Phone 2 jack. Then we can use hold instead of flash. (less chance of conferencing the 2 callers).
I plan on adding another person to help me so thus the other reason for wanting 4 lines. If they get a call in, they can put on hold and do a quick call out and check on the other line. The calls often involved going back and forth negotiating so I want to make sure I don't actually end up with both parties on the line on the same time. Again hence the reason for 4 lines.
Does that make since?
Thanks for the your time and help.
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