A sort of sideways work-around for GV post-Obi...maybe ??
vtsnaab:
Thanks for the great & helpful replies Folks !!!
What I am hoping for - at least for a while - is to have the Android phone for SMS in/out and to get incoming calls with it from the GV number, if such is possible.
If the voice portion can not be worked around, then I'll have to switch numbers that much sooner and will keep the wee 'droid gadget just for SMS via Wifi (and add some cheap VOIP to it for voice).
In the meantime I'll soon have a brandy-dandy new phone to beat the snots out of trying to make this all work.
Any additional info which is helpful for either of the above goals will be hugely appreciated !!!
Thanks.
giqcass:
Free Inbound Voice
Google Voice forwarded to a free DID from Callcentric.
A Sip program like CsipSimple or Sipdroid registered to Callcentric.
Free Outbound Voice
The free Vonage app with free outbound only VOIP service. Spoofing your Google Voice number.
SMS messaging in and out
The Google Voice app. The Hangouts app will also work but the Google Voice app seems to work better for me.
vtsnaab:
That is fantastically useful info - thanks loads Gigcass !!!
I had PM'd you asking about what I found written by you in an older thread, here:
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=6968.msg50819#msg50819
And it says:
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Quote from: giqcass on November 25, 2013, 10:48:09 pm
I think I have came up with a better solution for your setup #1. Anveo is not needed so it's one less service. All incoming calls are free and outbound calls use localphone like you wanted. IpKall can be directly routed to localphone. I started a post in another section just for this solution but here it is again. In and out calling is seamless once set up. It only uses one service provider slot. With this set up enum numbers can also be dialed free. This set up also provides Caller ID for free. Service provider slot 2 is left open to do whatever you like.
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=6979.0
Quote from: giqcass on November 25, 2013, 10:42:23 pm
Free Incoming DID on Localphone.
1) Create an IpKall number.
2) Forward it to a sip uri that will allow you to take a call.
3) Create a LocalPhone account.
4) Add your IpKall number to the Localphone account and verify it.
5) Enter your localphone credentials into your Obi.
6) Replace the sip uri on IpKall with your localphone SipID@localphone.com
You now have a free incoming localphone phone number that will also display when you dial out using localphone. Google Voice could be added to the mix if desired.
My query that I hope Gigcass may reply to is that I already have a working IPKall # which (for now...) is used as a forwarder for GV and works as well as I would expect it to.
So, given that, would one do your suggested procedure differently to change a number like mine around - or would one abandon the existing number and start anew ??
Also worthy of mention IMO is that after eading your sig several times I visited e164.org and then Sipbroker.
Most of the stuff there really does look a bit too complicated for me.
What really grabbed my attention the most at that Sipbroker site is that it is extremely dated and has a great many dead links posted all throughout the site.
One of those is http://www.voxalot.com - which gives only: 403 Error - Forbidden
And that one is one of it's associated sites...
Thanks for any info & pointers.
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And I presume that if one does the above that the .01 in/out Localphone rates apply as normal...even though at that time it may have been free for incoming this way ??
Thanks.
giqcass:
Sorry I hadn't noticed the PM just yet.
Quote from: vtsnaab on May 01, 2014, 10:21:13 pm
My query that I hope Gigcass may reply to is that I already have a working IPKall # which (for now...) is used as a forwarder for GV and works as well as I would expect it to.
So, given that, would one do your suggested procedure differently to change a number like mine around - or would one abandon the existing number and start anew ??
If you want to forward the number to Localphone follow the setup as described starting at step 2. If you are happy with your current IpKall configuration and it is ringing your Obi I see no reason to change it. Instead of forwarding the IpKall number to Localphone I would leave it as it currently is. Don't break what is working fine. I would simply create a Voice Gateway for Localphone so it can be used as an outbound only service. Then I would set up Call Spoofing on Localphone for whatever phone number you want to appear when you dial out using Localphone. I am unaware of Localphone charging anything for incoming calls unless you forward them to a real phone number instead of using an ATA device like the obi. The US outgoing rate is .5 cents last I checked.
Quote from: vtsnaab on May 01, 2014, 10:21:13 pm
Also worthy of mention IMO is that after eading your sig several times I visited e164.org and then Sipbroker.
Most of the stuff there really does look a bit too complicated for me.
What really grabbed my attention the most at that Sipbroker site is that it is extremely dated and has a great many dead links posted all throughout the site.
One of those is http://www.voxalot.com - which gives only: 403 Error - Forbidden
And that one is one of it's associated sites...
You are correct many links are outdated but Sipbroker and e164.org are both very much alive and well. One reason you might want to use Sipbroker and e164.org is if you want to allow people without a Sip phone to call you for free from their home phone. One member on the forums here said his daughter uses sipbroker to call him. For her his US phone number is long distance but Sipbroker provides numbers in Canada that she can dial as a local call. She then can dial a virtual extension number to reach him for free.
e164.org is more of a directory type service. I for instance registered my phone numbers there. When someone calls me using a Sipbroker local access number it simplifies the process a little. Since my phone numbers are all in the e164.org directory they can dial my real telephone number instead of some complicated string of numbers after calling the Sipbroker access number. This allows people almost anywhere in the world to call me for the cost of a local call.
In addition some PBX devices support calling e164.org numbers. When a number is dialed they check the directory to see if there is a free e164.org route. If there is they bypass the regular telephone network and make a direct VOIP call. If there isn't a free route they then dial the number on the regular PSTN network.
Hope that answers most of your questions. Let us know if you have any other queries. There is someone here that has knowledge about nearly anything you can think of. This forum is a truly excellent resource.
vtsnaab:
Thanks Bunches Gigcass !!!
My only remaining confusion is one I could find no clear answer to on the Localphone site.
(Also given that the post I was replying to is around a year old...)
It seems to show that all incoming & outgoing US calls are .01/minute, whereas what we've been discussing here about LP seems to indicate that one may have a free number AND free incoming from them - please tell me, is this still true ??
Thanks.
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