Need 3 lines (w/ 3GV accts) and want to use OBi202 this way - will it work?
N.V.:
Hi, rank newbie here, trying to scale the learning curve as quickly as possible.
My family (wife + 5 kids) is about to move, and I want to use the occasion to change how we deal with telephones at home.
Current set up is a panasonic 2-line base unit with wireless 2-line handsets (DECT 6.0). I'd like to shift entirely to VoIP using the OBi202 and 3 Google Voice accounts, but would love some confirmation from more experienced members that the configuration I'd like to use will work.
GV1 - my line
GV2 - wife's line
GV3 - kids' line
panasonic base unit and handsets:
L1 - receives incoming call from GV1 and uses GV1 to place outgoing calls
L2 - receives incoming call from GV2 and uses GV2 to place outgoing calls
then I would buy a separate single-line phone for the kids:
L3 - receives incoming call from GV3 and uses GV3 to place outgoing calls
That way, I can have 3 distinct rings and, presumably, all three lines in use at once. In fact, might it not be possible to have 2 calls happening simultaneously on L3, which would allow 4 separate calls to take place at once?
I'm certainly open to other suggestions but this is my first stab. Just want to make sure I'm headed in the right direction.
Many thanks in advance!
Shale:
Buy an OBi100 for the kid's line. On the OBi202, put the dual line phone on the OBi202 plugged into the Phone 1 slot, which has both phone lines. Plug nothing into the Phone 2 line.
What are you going to do about 911?
N.V.:
Still learning about 911. Anveo seems to be the way to go, no?
If Anveo requires leaving one of the 2 phone line slots on the 202 open, so be it. But I'm curious why you are suggesting that I buy a separate unit (OBi100) for the kids' line as opposed to using the "empty" Phone 2 slot on the 202. I'm not at all opposed to the 202 & 100 combo solution... just hoping to understand.
Shale:
Quote from: N.V. on June 19, 2013, 09:34:43 pm
Still learning about 911. Anveo seems to be the way to go, no?
If Anveo requires leaving one of the 2 phone line slots on the 202 open, so be it. But I'm curious why you are suggesting that I buy a separate unit (OBi100) for the kids' line as opposed to using the "empty" Phone 2 slot on the 202. I'm not at all opposed to the 202 & 100 combo solution... just hoping to understand.
The OBi202 can handle 2 phones or a 2-line phone. You can have up to 4 services that service those two lines. The Phone 2 jack has the phone 2 pair of wires only. The Phone 1 jack has both, but the second pair of wires on the Phone 1 jack are the same signals that are on the Phone 2 jack. So if you put a phone into Phone 2 jack, it will only be an extension of line 2 of the 2-line phone.
If you got a second OBi202, you could grow to a 4th line some day, but the OBi202+OBi100 will meet your needs as you have described.
With 2 OBis, you would need two Anveo 911 services if you do things simply -- one for each OBi. That is $0.80 per month * 2 = $1.60. Maybe somebody could tell you how to do it with one service.
N.V.:
Terrific. Very helpful. Thanks!
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