PSTN Bridging? Callback? Gateway?
feuGene:
I use Google Voice to initiate calls, choosing my landline for "Phone to call with". My landline service can only receive (not make) calls, and my broadband is via satellite so VoIP suffers from a significant delay, so using Google Voice in this way is the only way I can make calls that are (a) free, and (b) without a delay.
I bought an OBi110 because I thought the "PSTN Bridging" feature would do what I've described above, but I can't seem to figure out how to make it work.
I want to be able to just pick up my phone and dial, and have the OBi110 initiate the call via Google Voice and then receive the incoming call via my landline. Is this what "PSTN Bridging" does? If not, is there another way?
dircom:
If GV makes a call thru your obi, it is using VOIP
drgeoff:
In simple terms, think of your OBi110 as providing you with 3 "phone lines". 2 of them work over the internet (GV or SIP) and 1 works over your landline. Instead of an incoming call (on any of the 3 lines) just being directed to the telephone instrument plugged into the OBi110's PHONE socket, the OBi can route the call back out on either of the two other lines to any other phone that they can reach. That is "bridging". If the incoming line or the outgoing line is the PSTN one then "PSTN bridging" is what is taking place.
Addendum for purists:
1. The OBi110 can provide more than 3 "phone lines". The extras are the OBiTALK "line" and all the Voice Gateways although the latter can only make calls, not receive them.
2. Depending on the ITSP it may be possible to have a call come in on one of the ITSP "lines" and go back out on the same one. This isn't something I have tried, hence my use of "may".
reststop:
Quote from: feuGene on January 02, 2014, 01:23:38 pm
I use Google Voice to initiate calls, choosing my landline for "Phone to call with". My landline service can only receive (not make) calls, and my broadband is via satellite so VoIP suffers from a significant delay, so using Google Voice in this way is the only way I can make calls that are (a) free, and (b) without a delay.
I bought an OBi110 because I thought the "PSTN Bridging" feature would do what I've described above, but I can't seem to figure out how to make it work.
I want to be able to just pick up my phone and dial, and have the OBi110 initiate the call via Google Voice and then receive the incoming call via my landline. Is this what "PSTN Bridging" does? If not, is there another way?
This is similar to what I would like to do. I want to make calls on GV or a VOIP service and be able to answer a call on my landline if someone calls me on that. Using just 1 handset connected to OBI110 phone jack. I might be a little dense but didnt see an answer in the last few replies. Yea, my first post and I am new to this stuff. Thanks for any replies.
rest
ianobi:
reststop - welcome to the forum.
Your situation looks simple. If you make the GV/SIP provider your Primary Line, then any calls you make will automatically go out through that service provider. Calls coming in from GV/SIP provider or via your PSTN landline will all ring the phone attached to the OBi.
Outgoing calls can be forced to use the PSTN landline by dialling **8 followed by the number, but if you dial a number with no ** code it will always use your Primary Line.
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