To port or not?
mo832:
Quote from: aopisa on April 01, 2014, 09:50:43 am
I thought that when you registered through the Vestalink web portal the Obitalk configuration page was no longer valid. Can someone please clarify this?
My GV number has indeed already disappeared from Google.
Obitalk is connected to your Obi hardware device. It is independent of any provider you use, and certainly not locked to Google or Google Voice if you choose to use someone else or don't even have a Google account.
KAura:
NOPE... a call could be forwarded to a landline, or cell phone without incurring
Vestalink incoming minute deductions/charges to your account...
Even your Vestalink unlimited plan is NOT UNLIMITED (false advertising)...
IF your COMBINED minutes go over a set monthly amount (4000?, 5000?), you
will come up for manual review, and if you exhibit any signs of being a business
[which you already have by coming up for review], you will be asked to upgrade
to a business account or move on ;)
IF you had kept your GV# at Goog, you could have had it forwarded (but NOT
to Vestalink, otherwise it would defeat the purpose of not porting it), because
as a promotion all GV ports are temporarily FREE at the moment via VL...
However, if you were to set up a CallCentric NY DID on SIP2 and forward ALL
calls to that NY#, your incoming calls could be routed away from Vestalink and
THEREFORE your incoming minutes would NOT be traceable via VL or counted
against you on your current VL plan.
Quote from: c3c3 on April 01, 2014, 10:10:01 pm
Quote from: KAura on April 01, 2014, 05:58:43 pm
A reason to not port that I didn't see brought up...
If you keep you # with GV and just use forwarding,
you won't be charged incoming minutes against
your Obi plan... (some charge incoming, some don't)
Huh? A call forwarded from GV to the new VOIP provider is still an incoming call to the new VOIP provider.
KAura:
Do I think you've made a bad decision porting your GV# to VL -- no.
Do I think you'll use too many minutes according to VL -- prob not...
but I have no way of knowing that.
You still may want to set up a second incoming route via CC so you
don't miss any incoming calls (or can make outgoing calls during any
outages that VL may incur [DDOS, or otherwise]).
Do I think VL is a bad company? On the contrary, I believe that it is
"One of the Best" that's available so far. As far as simplification goes,
you've made the right choice, imo.
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