Obivoice (Intelafone) vs. Forthcoming Obihai Service?
ceg3:
Quote from: gderf on January 21, 2014, 07:14:29 am
Did you make your test call to your GV number which is forwarded to your obivoice number, or did you call your obivoice number?
My test call was from my cell phone to the obivoice number which, as you suspect, could be affected by GV. My GV number also rings my cell number.
I just got someone to call me and the ID worked perfectly with name and number. I've really missed that with GV for the past two years. My info was also displayed when I called that person, so it looks like CNAM is working. On the other hand, the first call in was dialed to my GV number and CNAM displayed and then changed to data error and the call was dropped. ;D I had the caller call me back on the obivoice number and everything seemed OK. I guess I'm going to have to go ahead and sign up for at least a month to fully test out the service, since the trial period is only an hour.
I have to think eventually porting my GV number or using the obivoice number and doing away with that GV link can only help.
Johnny:
I guess I should contact ObiVoice with this question, but I thought I would ask it here first.
Did anyone hear if ObiVoice was going to be adding other area codes in the near future?
My area code is not available, and I am not able to transfer my GV number either.
I really want to keep this number so if they don't soon add other area codes in my state, I will have to look elsewhere. Also, you guys that received a new number from ObiVoice, were you able to see the entire number before agreeing to it, or did you just see the area code?
I'm hoping that Obihai announces that their new service is soon available, and hopefully it will have numbers in my area code.
Thanks...
gderf:
Quote from: Johnny on January 21, 2014, 09:33:29 am
My area code is not available, and I am not able to transfer my GV number either.
I really want to keep this number so if they don't soon add other area codes in my state, I will have to look elsewhere.
Is there some reason that forwarding calls to your GV number to an obivoice number is a problem?
TheoGeek:
Quote from: LeoKing on January 21, 2014, 08:25:58 am
I ported one of my GV numbers to a cell phone provider last year and Google charged me $3 through my Google Wallet. Porting into Google Voice would cost more, I think it's $20 or so.
In my eventually ending up with Obivoice, one step along the way a long time ago was to port my home phone number (from a cable internet provider) to GV. I had to do the "port number to tracfone then to GV". Evidently, because I did that, GV did not charge to port the number away (https://support.google.com/voice/answer/1316844?hl=en) That page says "There is a one time $3 fee to port your number away from Google Voice. For users who ported their mobile numbers into Google Voice, the fee is waived."
So, if you ported your number to GV from a mobile phone, there is no $3 fee to port away. That was true in my case.
Jeff.
LeoKing:
Quote from: TheoGeek on January 21, 2014, 09:59:56 am
Quote from: LeoKing on January 21, 2014, 08:25:58 am
I ported one of my GV numbers to a cell phone provider last year and Google charged me $3 through my Google Wallet. Porting into Google Voice would cost more, I think it's $20 or so.
In my eventually ending up with Obivoice, one step along the way a long time ago was to port my home phone number (from a cable internet provider) to GV. I had to do the "port number to tracfone then to GV". Evidently, because I did that, GV did not charge to port the number away (https://support.google.com/voice/answer/1316844?hl=en) That page says "There is a one time $3 fee to port your number away from Google Voice. For users who ported their mobile numbers into Google Voice, the fee is waived."
So, if you ported your number to GV from a mobile phone, there is no $3 fee to port away. That was true in my case.
Jeff.
Thanks for the info! I never ported into GV so it's good to know.
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