Obi202 - two lines, one provider account
B34N:
Thank you for the responses. I think I'm really close to choosing a solution but need some confirmation
I was under the impression that I needed a phone number for each line but I am now starting to understand that may not be the case. Basically I want port 1 to act like my old Verizon line and port 2 to act like my GV line (without porting it over). Do I just move the old Verizon line over to a new provider and then just forward my GV calls to a DID? Then all I would need to do is spoof all calls from port 2 to look like they are coming from my GV number. So basically I'm really only using one account with one phone number but routing calls differently.
I'm still not really sure what the difference is between a DID and phone number...but am I correct is that a phone number is only needed for POTS calls.
drgeoff:
Quote from: B34N on May 03, 2014, 05:57:04 am
I'm still not really sure what the difference is between a DID and phone number...but am I correct is that a phone number is only needed for POTS calls.
My understanding is as follows. VoIP (using SIP protocol) does not natively use phone numbers. The end-points (SIP phones or Analogue Telephone Adaptors) have SIP addresses very similar to email addresses. Like sip:identifier@serviceprovider.com. Clearly such a SIP address cannot be dialled from an ordinary 'dial' phone (or push-button version). Even dialling a SIP address from a SIP terminal or ATA may not be straightforward. Because of that, and probably also because of the ubiquity of the concept of a phone number, service providers can provide a number which maps (at their server) to a SIP address. The next step is to have that number look like a real phone number, then to have it unique so it doesn't clash with another real phone number. The final step is to have it reachable by anyone who dials it from a POTS phone. And in the other direction, anyone receiving a call from a SIP terminal from that address gets a CID which is a real phone number they can call back.
So, at least in this context, a DID and a phone number are the same thing. You don't need a DID or phone number to make calls from a SIP endpoint to another SIP endpoint or to a POTS number. And it isn't technically necessary to have a DID or phone number to receive calls at a SIP endpoint. But it is much more convenient and useful if you do - the rest of the world can call you just as if you had a POTS phone line rather than SIP VoIP.
B34N:
I'm not feeling the love with Anveo. I sent the sales group an e-mail Sunday night and have not yet received a reply. Sure, I can see that support might be delayed but over two business days from the sales team to get any type of a response....that is not a good sign.
B34N
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