Anveo for ObiTalk (Approved Service Provider)
AlanB:
I ported my phone number from Google Voice to Anveo. The process took about five days. You first need to unlock your Google Voice number. If you had one of their numbers you must pay $3 to do this. I had ported my old landline to Google Voice when I got my Obi, so in my case I could just unlock without the $3 fee (I had paid $20 to port in the first place).
The fee for Anveo port in for this plan is $15 for a US number. While it's not as cheap as some other providers currently have, $15 is a fair price. I didn't even have that much money in my account and Anveo let me go to a negative balance.
Overall, the porting process from Google Voice was quite simple.
c3c3:
Quote from: c3c3 on March 06, 2014, 10:18:23 am
I just had an online chat with Anveo. I was told to sign up for the new account first and request to have the balance moved over. The CSR cannot change a current account to the new plan. If you want to use the same email address, you have to ask the CSR to change the email address for the current account first.
I just had the balance transferred. You need to submit a ticket from the old account.
c3c3:
Quote from: AlanB on March 08, 2014, 09:32:45 am
Overall, the porting process from Google Voice was quite simple.
Thanks for the report. I'm still debating whether I should port or stay with forwarding. Did you have problem with calls forwarded from GV to Anveo?
BravoKilo:
Thanks Alan.
Item #6 on your list (no out-going CNAM) means if we keep our number on GoogleVoice we cannot send that number on out-going calls originated from the Obi device, right?
http://blog.obihai.com/2013/12/what-does-40-bucks-and-obi-device-buy.html
AlanB:
Quote from: BravoKilo on March 08, 2014, 02:06:06 pm
Thanks Alan.
Item #6 on your list (no out-going CNAM) means if we keep our number on GoogleVoice we cannot send that number on out-going calls originated from the Obi device, right?
http://blog.obihai.com/2013/12/what-does-40-bucks-and-obi-device-buy.html
No, your statement is not correct. You can "spoof" your Google Voice phone number so that your GV number will show when you make a call using Anveo for ObiTalk.
CNAM is the TEXT (or NAME) that goes along with the phone number. This won't apply if you are keeping Google Voice, as Google Voice controls your CNAM and they don't let you modify it.
In other words, if you port a number to Anveo, like with GV, you won't be able to set a NAME that displays on outbound calls.
Actually, for $2/month more, it is possible to have CNAM (by having a second number on the account), but I'm not going to pay that fee.
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