Actual setup for home residential AND Google Voice
Johnny:
Quote from: SomeDude on April 25, 2011, 09:23:24 pm
Am I reading this correctly, that outgoing calls for residential on Callcentric is $20 a month!? Why would I do that, when I could just get a landline? Ouch.
Might be voipmyway then for me. That's two way calling, for residential lite, right?
The $20.00 per month is for unlimited calling to the U.S. and Canada.
There are two other free monthly plans. IP Freedom and Pay per Call.
I have Pay per Call as I believe it was required to purchase E911 services.
So, I will be paying $1.50 per month at Callcentric for E911 service.
I use GV for most outbound calls on SP1 and have Callcentric set up on SP2 for E911 service.
Anyone can feel free to correct me if I got anything wrong concerning Callcentric.
jimates:
I have 2 Obi110 devices with 4 google voice numbers on the SP services. I have a netTalk Duo split to the line port on both Obi's.
Calls to SP1 on Obi #1 are also forked to Obi #2's phone port. The caller id on the forked call to Obi #2 is that of Obi #1, not of the actual incoming call.
I only used the netTalk Duo for my PVR modem, so I connected it because it has e911. netTalk is $29.95 a year ($69.95 for the device & first year), which includes
Free U.S. Phone Number
Free calls to US & CA
Call Waiting, 3 Way Calling, and Caller ID
Voicemail to Email
411 Directory Assistance
Enhanced 911 Service
Priority Call Forwarding
Customer Portal
Fax Friendly/Compatible*
Smart Phone app for free 3G or wifi calling
I bought mine during a 50% off promo.
SomeDude:
Thanks everyone. So yeah, basically I am aiming for a few things here.
1) I want to port my current home phone, so whatever service that is, I need to be able to.
2) I need E911 and ~300 minutes or less is fine. Dial in/out USA only.
I'd love to hear what you're running, the cost and why.
Again, thanks MUCHO to the Obi community.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Johnny on April 26, 2011, 05:41:17 am
Quote from: SomeDude on April 25, 2011, 09:23:24 pm
Am I reading this correctly, that outgoing calls for residential on Callcentric is $20 a month!? Why would I do that, when I could just get a landline? Ouch.
Might be voipmyway then for me. That's two way calling, for residential lite, right?
The $20.00 per month is for unlimited calling to the U.S. and Canada.
There are two other free monthly plans. IP Freedom and Pay per Call.
I have Pay per Call as I believe it was required to purchase E911 services.
So, I will be paying $1.50 per month at Callcentric for E911 service.
I use GV for most outbound calls on SP1 and have Callcentric set up on SP2 for E911 service.
Anyone can feel free to correct me if I got anything wrong concerning Callcentric.
Yes, that is what I am doing, too. Now that I can use my OBi to make free USA calls via GV, and I've "integrated" it with my Sprint mobile phone, I am using that line more than my Callcentric line. Everyone has their own preferences and needs. I like Callcentric because they have a rich set of features, easily managed via their web dashboard, including selective call treatments, incoming fax, etc, and they've been in business a relatively long time, and have been very reliable (no outages for me in the year I've been a customer). Keeping my long-time phone number "parked" on Callcentric costs very little per month, with the pay-per-minute plan.
SomeDude:
Thanks Steve. That was where I was headed, then got myself all confused if I was going to need dial in/out plan. Frankly, I think I only need incoming, since we hardly use the outgoing on the home phone as it is. But, I need to balance the "tech" with the wife :)
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