Cheapest VOIP provider for OBI100/110 etc..
clawdogs:
Day 15 with Vestalink and no sign of trouble. I'm actually surprised I have had zero problems. No down-time (at least that I know of) no static on the lines, no call drops, nothing strange. My GV number ported with no problems and it's been working fine since. I have 15 days left before I decide to drop the service, but I doubt I will be doing that. I will keep reporting back.. :)
fuzzyeddie:
Because of this thread I signed up for a trial of Vestalink.
It seems that the caller hears many more rings than actually happen. And I haven't been able to make it play nicely with Google Voice forwarding yet.
I'll keep trying and report back. Any suggestions?
clawdogs:
Hi. The rings are a general feature of almost all phone providers.. It's how they tell the caller that the call is being connected, otherwise they might hang up before the call actually connects. In most cases the caller should hear no more than three rings before it actually rings the phone. If callers are constantly hearing more than 3 rings, you should contact customer service and have them look into it. With Gvoice forwarding you will probably have issues with lot's of rings since it has to hit google's servers before being routed to the actual number and GVoice isn't as reliable as it used to be. No real customer service for GVoice either. I had the same set up and issue before porting my gvoice number to Vestalink. Hope that helps.
fuzzyeddie:
Thank you- This is quite helpful. Did you, or has anyone on this thread, have success with Google Voice and Vestalink?
The call quality of Vestalink is fantastic. And not that it should matter, but out of all the smaller VOIP sites I've looked at to replace GV, it has the most friendly interface.
Even their number porting is cheap. But I wish I could stay with GV, because what's the over/under that Vestalink goes bankrupt? I don't want to lose my father's phone number forever in the process.
I saw someone else make a joke that Vestalink's CEO also does wedding DJ work, but I think its true: http://www.yelp.com/biz/ryan-tilton-seattle. He also personally answered my tech support email.
But I know even less about the other small VOIP companies. So at least with GV, the worst case scenario is I'm out 49 bucks, and the phone number is safe.
Taoman:
You can read what I've done regarding the GV>>Vestalink issue here:
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=7486.0
I contacted Vestalink about this issue and here is the email I got back from Ryan:
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This delay is due to calls being forwarded through Google Voice. The only way to resolve this issue is to transfer your Google Voice number. Changing your phone number will not fix the issue as Google Voice still has to essentially echo the conversation between it’s carrier and the one we have numbers with.
Bottom line is I don't think there is a solution to using Vestalink as a forwarding number in Google Voice. It just plain does not work well for a lot of people. As Ryan says the only real solution is to port your GV number to Vestalink which I would never do. So my current solution is to use a free DID (IPKall and Anveo) and configure it on my Obi as another service provider for incoming calls and just use Vestalink for outgoing calls. This works fine for me. The only real downside is I don't get incoming CNAM.
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