HELP! IPkall + Localphone weird issues
mo832:
So I just decided to test out the proposed workaround for when GV stops working with my Obi, and I signed up for Localphone, and then got an IPkall number and pointed it to my Localphone account. I used my cellphone to call the IPkall number and answered it on a pc softphone client. The softphone rang and I could answer it and hear both sides of the conversation. So far so good.
Now, the hard part. I deleted GV/gchat from SP1 on my Obi. Then, I configured the localphone SIP credentials on SP1. I went to Google Voice and stopped forwarding calls to google chat, and added a new forwarding number which is my newly issued IPkall number (which points to localphone on my Obi). If I tried to dial OUT using the GV website callback button, my handset rings, but when I pick it up I hear silence. It appears to place the call, but one side of the call cannot be heard. When I use my cellphone to call IN to the IPkall #, the caller ID on my Obi handset shows a generic 206-682-0185 number, and only one side of the voice can be heard.
Is this what I am stuck with? Or did I configure something wrong?
In theory, I should be able to set GV to forward to IPkall, which forwards to Localphone SIP, which answers on my Obi, and everything should be just as it is now with Google chat on my Obi.
I am trying to have a proper setup in place for a seamless transition when GV support goes away.
carl:
Okay, what in heaven is the IPkall function in all of this? Why don't you forward directly to Localphone ?
Even that is not something I would recommend, considered the unreliability of GV. If your GV DID is important to you, you should start the process of porting out your GV DID to localphone or whoever else.
giqcass:
Ipkall has been showing issues with CID. As for the silence try setting a Stun server up for localphone. In my opinion you should try another free DID provider for incoming or get a paid DID from localphone. $3 one time setup and $0.99 monthly for localphone paid DIDs.
If you decide to use another incoming route like Callcentric Localphone can be set up as a Voice Gateway. I did it that way so it doesn't take up a SP slot. Voice Gateways are useful when a service will be used for outbound only calling.
mo832:
The purpose of Ipkall is for a free DID that requires no maintenance or ongoing billing. There has to be a DID in order to point to a voip number. I would love for GV to point to SIP directly, but it doesn't, and it won't point to Localphone without a number.
I do NOT want to port out my GV number because I have too many desired features on the dashboard and it filters ALL junk calls like nothing ever seen.
Giqcass- can you explain more detail about the STUN server and do you know that this will work? I am using the famous Uverse 3600 gateway. Never a problem with GV/Obi, or callcentric/Obi. Localphone/software IP phone works fine. But Localphone/OBi cuts out one side of the audio.
Are the other DIDs good with caller ID? Is the "free" one from CC still passing CNAM? Only IPkall is flaky? Have you tried ipcomms?
OneForTheTeam:
Quote from: mo832 on February 24, 2014, 08:25:32 pm
Are the other DIDs good with caller ID? Is the "free" one from CC still passing CNAM? Only IPkall is flaky? Have you tried ipcomms?
Not quite FREE. But LocalPhone does offer US DIDs for 99 cents a month depending on the CLEC. It supports caller ID spoofing as well. You may want to see if it is worth your hassle. I use it as my backup provider should my primary ObiVoice go down.
In my limited testing LocalPhone service outperforms ObiVoice in terms of time it takes to ring a number when dialling in or when dialling out.
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