Obihai Google Voice XMPP Solutions
jimates:
Quote from: giqcass on February 21, 2014, 03:14:21 pm
Quote from: jimates on February 21, 2014, 11:19:47 am
And for me an added bonus is I can call my Callcentric number to ring direct to my Obi without ringing all my other phones in my google voice list.
I use this system with a little twist. I'm using extensions on Callcentric which you appear to be doing as well but in my case I have 2 extensions ring the same phones. The benefit here is that each extension has it's own ring. All the people in my Callcentric address book go to extension 2. People not in the address book ring extension 1. Then when a call comes in all my phones ring but I can tell which extension is ringing based on the ring itself and I know if the call is worth answering.
Callcentric has some nice features, but I am already maintaining a contact list at google with over 300 entries for the wife and myself.
giqcass:
Quote from: jimates on February 21, 2014, 05:54:57 pm
Callcentric has some nice features, but I am already maintaining a contact list at google with over 300 entries for the wife and myself.
That was an issue for me but I imported most of my contacts with a csv file. I had to manipulate the file before importing it into Callcentric because they use slightly different formats. I only imported the contacts that get preferred treatment. About 80 out of 251 contacts.
If you used multiple Callcentric DIDs you could manage everything via GV and route the call based on the incoming DID. If it weren't for the lack of SMS I would have considered porting my GV number to Callcentric completely.
J4545:
Jimmates first explained the GV / Callcentric hybrid approach back in 2012 here:
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=4270.0
This is a great guide that I used then and refer to periodically. Many thanks.
Yes, it is more complex to set up than an Obi alone but it has been very reliable. It also adds redundancy which will now come in handy when GV no longer talks to my Obi over XMPP.
Callcentric is very solid (except for some folks during the DDoS attack they suffered) and their web interface is polished. For what you get, the cost is extremely reasonable.
Bottom line: Rolling your own system from two different components, one of which costs a couple bucks a month, gives you a text and voice system that could not have been imagined just a few years ago.
jazzy:
Quote from: jimates on February 21, 2014, 11:19:47 am
@ simpleAnswers
I have a free DID from Callcentric with free incoming calls. (the only reason for this is incoming caller id with name).
My google voice forwards the call to my Callcentric number. My Obi is configured as a SIP device with my Callcentric account so my home phones connected to the Obi ring (with real caller id).
My outgoing calls from the Obi go direct through google voice.
After the change the only addition will be to add outgoing calls (at a slight cost) to my Callcentric account.
Then all my outgoing calls will also use Callcentric instead of google voice. Many voip providers now offer outgoing caller id designation (spoofing). This means you can have your google voice number show as your outgoing caller id instead of the actual DID used to place the call.
I just now started having the same problems with CID on my free Callcentric DID as last weeks CID problem with IPKALL .
CID used to work just fine with both of these methods until very recently. GV must be blocking or banning the IPKALL or Callcentric DID somehow. ????
I too forward my GV > Callcentric #, but just last night, no CID, just "Anonymous" and no number for CID.
Exactly the same thing started happening last week with my IPKALL # ( also was forwarding GV> IPKALL ,
but that CID just show the infamous 206-682-0185 as the CID )
Any else experiencing the "Anonymous" CID with the free Callcentric DID? GV is forwarding the calls fine to IPKALL and Callcentric, but the CID is not happening. Maybe I should try another IPKALL #. Is there a way to turn in my Callcentric DID, and get another?
or just live with the inaccurate CID, to get free incoming calls? Bummer
Might just have to give in and get something like Obivoice
J4545:
There is a post here http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=7257.0 about CID and IPKALL that may be relevant
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