Using Google Voice for outgoing calls using OBI after May 15th
askthiru:
just a quick question, does ooma with gv extensions help me out in this scenario or not?
Usetheforceobiwan:
Quote from: askthiru on April 26, 2014, 06:42:28 am
Quote from: mo832 on April 25, 2014, 02:16:27 pm
This is a case of the blind leading the blind.
With all due respect for trying to help, st167 is mistaken.
You can leave your existing GV setup as is. You can simply set up one or several accounts on your Obi with a phone provider, and use the DID they give you as a forwarding number from GV for incoming calls. For outgoing calls, you can have your new phone provider spoof your GV number for outgoing caller id, and now you have incoming and outgoing to your GV number. For international calls via GV, you can initiate the call from the GV website and have it ring your Obi phone and place the call, or call in to your GV number from an outside phone and press 2 to place a call.
You can keep your GV number and not port and still use your Obi and still text from your GV account.
Thanks for your response... If I understand correctly, say I use callcentric (which I already use as sp2 for my e911 service), I use their DID number and simply forward calls to my GV number to that DID number so that my phone would ring.. For outgoing calls within the US , I spoof the calls to get initiated from the DID number to go to my GV number so that it shows up on the Caller id.. I cannot do the same for the international dialing though and so you are saying I have to initiate the call from a GV website or call from another phone...
It doesn't really solve my issue since most of the time my mom or in-laws would like to make international calls from my home phone.. I will probably go with the same set up and use an external calling card company for international calls.. That way, i still get to use my GV as it is except for international calls..
You can make international calls through Callcentric while spoofing your Google Voice caller ID using the Obi - it works the same as domestic calls. CC rates are slightly cheaper than GV international ones so you will save money to boot.
AlanB:
Quote from: Usetheforceobiwan on April 26, 2014, 01:05:31 pm
With all due respect for trying to help, st167 is mistaken.
You can make international calls through Callcentric while spoofing your Google Voice caller ID using the Obi - it works the same as domestic calls. CC rates are slightly cheaper than GV international ones so you will save money to boot.
If askthiru wants a separate service for outbound, which he said he didn't, there are cheaper options such as CircleNet.
Usetheforceobiwan:
Remember that you can always use Google Voice for outbound calling via POTS (not SIP, not computer) by calling your un-ported Google Voice number with one of your GV forwarding numbers and dialing 2 when you hear the Google voicemail announcement.
From Google Voice help:
How to use your own Google number to make a call
If you’d like to make a call from a different phone number but want to make your Google Voice number show up on the caller ID, you can use own Google number to place the call.
Call your own Google number.
Press 2.
Enter the number you want to call.
Press the pound # key.
scoleman.69@gmail.com:
Quote from: Usetheforceobiwan on April 26, 2014, 08:32:12 pm
Remember that you can always use Google Voice for outbound calling via POTS (not SIP, not computer) by calling your un-ported Google Voice number with one of your GUV forwarding numbers and dialing 2 when you hear the Google voicemail announcement.
From Google Voice help:
How to use your own Google number to make a call
If you’d like to make a call from a different phone number but want to make your Google Voice number show up on the caller ID, you can use own Google number to place the call.
Call your own Google number.
Press 2.
Enter the number you want to call.
Press the pound # key.
Sounded great, but as usual Google's 'Google Voice > Help >' was their typical minimalist crap where just enough is left out to cause one to spend hours trying what it clearly implies is required, when in fact there's more to it... which a couple short sentences would cover... i.e. no mention that the numbers HAD TO BE 'one of your GV forwarding numbers'... They did, elsewhere, or when attempted, did allow as how any cell already associated with a GV number, or other GV numbers 'need not apply'...
Sheeeshhhh...
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