Seeking advice on how to accomplish this...
johnpane:
I've been waiting for years for Google to let me port my landline to Google Voice and I'm beginning to believe it will never happen. Thus, I am seeking workarounds that would let me accomplish the same effect (or, as close as possible).
OBJECTIVE: Cancel my landline service but keep the number; have Google Voice handle all incoming calls to that number.
My idea is to port my landline number to some service, call it X. X forwards all incoming calls to my google voice number. I don't think I need any other services from X.
Then I integrate Google Voice with my Obi:
• google voice manages incoming calls; those I want to ring at home are directed to the OBi
• outgoing calls on the OBi are routed through Google Voice. I realize that outgoing caller-id will show my Google Voice number and not my landline number. I may be willing to accept this if there isn't a way to solve it.
I am seeking recommendations for the way to accomplish my objective, including the best choice for X if such a service is needed?
Thank you!
John
Hollywood:
did you read this?
http://www.obihai.com/porttutorial.html
johnpane:
Thank you for pointing me to that page. That does seem like the best solution, although I am a little worried because some people seem to encounter hiccups in this double-port process. For example, some of the stories at http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=1051.140.
lhm.:
Hiccups are temporary. Go for it. :D
CoalMinerRetired:
I also say go for it. If you cannot port all the way through to GV, then obvious fallback plan is port to a paid VoIP provided, such as voip.ms, callcentric, etc.
Your idea of going to a paid provided in place of being able to port to GV also makes sense.
In case you are not aware of this, you can look here (http://www.localcallingguide.com/lca_prefix.php), input area code and NXX code, and if "bandwith.com" appears in the list (under column OCN) in about 99% of the cases GV will do a port in of the number in question.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page