Obivoice (Intelafone) vs. Forthcoming Obihai Service?
AlanB:
Quote from: AlanB on February 16, 2014, 05:04:46 pm
Seems like it might be an option to forward GV to. As far as porting a number it seems risky. My userid is 35xx. If they are in numerical order that's low. Let's assume at max half the customers have signed up at $25/yr. that about 45,000 /yr. I could handle if they went under and I lost a few dollars. I'd hate to lose my phone number though.
I decided to as Obivoice directly about what would happen to my number in the event they went out of business. This is what I heard back:
Worst case scenario, because we are re-seller (like google voice) and partnered with a larger publicly traded upstream carrier. In the event that we were to go out of business you would have at minimum 30 days to port your number out to another carrier without loosing it.
Toto:
Ok, so I am in the same boat as the rest of you obi users who still have GV as a service provider and after doing some homework and reading the posts in this form, I think that obivoice may be the best choice for our home phone service. We have only one line with a set of cordless phones and get DSL internet through Centurylink. We have had an obi100 for a year or so now but have not been too happy with GV lately due to dropped calls and people getting cut off when the phone only rings two times.
I went to the obivoice sign up page but when I checked to see if our current number will transfer, it said it would not. I understand about signing up with obivoice and getting a new number which our existing number can be forwarded to so people can use our old number and still reach us, but what happens when GV service will no longer work through obi devices? Will the forwarding setup no longer work then and if so, is there any way I can keep our old number and use obivoice?
Like so many other people, I am looking for a good cheap alternative that will let me keep our number, give us 911 service, and be reliable. We don't use the home phones that much but need a way for family members to reach us. I do not understand about DID's, SIP's, or MMXP.
AlanB:
Toto,
If you can't port your number you can always keep your number with GV. You will be able to forward your number to OBIVoice. Your incoming calls will come through GV and ObiVoice. Your Obi will be connected to Obivoice.
For outgoing calls, you will be using ObiVoice. You can "spoof" your caller ID so that it displays as your current GV phone number.
oecra:
Quote from: Toto on February 27, 2014, 09:26:52 am
I went to the obivoice sign up page but when I checked to see if our current number will transfer, it said it would not. I understand about signing up with obivoice and getting a new number which our existing number can be forwarded to so people can use our old number and still reach us, but what happens when GV service will no longer work through obi devices? Will the forwarding setup no longer work then and if so, is there any way I can keep our old number and use obivoice?
Forwarding will continue to work after May 15th.
riptcity00:
Quote from: AlanB on February 27, 2014, 09:33:55 am
Toto,
If you can't port your number you can always keep your number with GV. You will be able to forward your number to OBIVoice. Your incoming calls will come through GV and ObiVoice. Your Obi will be connected to Obivoice.
For outgoing calls, you will be using ObiVoice. You can "spoof" your caller ID so that it displays as your current GV phone number.
I did this with the idea that I could always port my number out of Google Voice later if needed since my number can be ported. So far, everything has been working fine. I haven't had any issues with call quality or other issues with GV and Obivoice combination.
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