Vestalink Performing System Update
erkme73:
I'm excited to see the simu ring feature - I've been waiting for that. Ideally, that means I can port my number away from GV completely and have VL act as the forwarding agent.
The only gotcha is that calls made from phones other than the Obi box (i.e. cell phone) will show their unique caller ID to the recipient.
With the GV app, callers only see your single GV number. I hope they can figure a way to implement that into a cell dialer like GV did.
giqcass:
Quote from: erkme73 on March 21, 2014, 09:07:17 pm
With the GV app, callers only see your single GV number. I hope they can figure a way to implement that into a cell dialer like GV did.
To spoof your CID your cell phone would need to call Vestalink first or use Voip to connect to vestalink. The old Google Voice app calls GV first. Doesn't Vestalink have an app that will do Voip calls on your Cell phone? I can't remember all of the details.
erkme73:
Yes, they do - CloudSoftPhone. I just played with it. The problem for me is that it is entirely data/VoIP based. Unlike GV, where your cell phone would actually call their proxy via the phone (not data), this one relies entirely on your carrier's data coverage. Which, for T-mobile in Tampa, is very hot and cold.
Where it works, it works great (40+ mpbs) but, 10 feet to the left, and you get zero data. It makes using it for audio/video the pits.
giqcass:
I get what you are saying there. We get mostly 3g where I am and we are lucky to get that. I've seen my phone go from 3g to 1x.
ceg3:
The problem with the simultaneous forwarding is that I expected simultaneous ringing. With what they setup if you enable the forwarding your Vestalink number doesn't ring, only the forwarding numbers. I have GV ringing all my numbers. For that matter, I exited the beta and went back to manually configuring my OBi, so I can have simultaneous ringing of my primary Vestalink number and my mobile.
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