Skype + Google Voice (GVOICE) + Obihai110?
giqcass:
Sounds right, but 2 options for the cheapo.
Option 1 preferred = Caller ID and CNAM
If you Keep your Obi you can get a free incoming did (Callcentric preferred) and hook the Obi/Freetalk adapter in line.
Option 2 downside = no Caller ID
Forward a free DID to yourSkypeUserName@skype.jetnumbers.com
pinchpenny:
Quote from: giqcass on May 05, 2014, 07:42:04 pm
Sounds right, but 2 options for the cheapo.
Option 1 preferred = Caller ID and CNAM
If you Keep your Obi you can get a free incoming did (Callcentric preferred) and hook the Obi/Freetalk adapter in line.
Option 2 downside = no Caller ID
Forward a free DID to yourSkypeUserName@skype.jetnumbers.com
Hold the phone! I can't connect both the Freetalk and Obihai110 devices to the landline phone jack, so how could I receive incoming calls with the Obi and make outbound calls with the Freetalk simultaneously?
Usetheforceobiwan:
A year of unlimited Skype to POTS calling (Skype calls it a subscription) is $30.00 and once you have the subscription, they charge you $30 a year for a Skype Number which is a local DID. So total cost is $60 a year for unlimited calling with a local DID people can call you at and people can reach your DID by calling your Skype ID (i.e. they don't have to have a telephone).
Note that you can sometimes buy Skype credit on sale so that $60 can actually be $42 after a 30% discount. That means with Skype you can get a whole year of unlimited calling to U.S. and Canada with local DID for $3.50 / month which is extremely competitive. If you end up going this route, make sure you buy the subscription first then get the DID as Skype only discounts the DID 50% after you have gotten the subscription.
As someone suggested, the FreeTalk Connect Me 1200 is a Skype only ATA that allows you to receive calls to your Skype DID and Skype name through your home telephone and you can also use the Connect Me to make outgoing POTS phone calls through your home phone. The Connect Me has one FXO and one FXS connection so that you can daisy chain it between your phone and landline jack if you still have a landline. The FreeTalk ATA has it's own webpage on your network that you use to setup initially, after setup the Connect Me is standalone and requires no computer to be connected to it or to be on all the time.
Skype also offers SIP connections for PBXs, ATAs like Obi and softphones to Skype service through Skype Manager. This is different from the setup above and costs a minimum of $6.95 a month with no allowance for minutes. I tried it for three months but did not continue due to the cost of the DID.
Skype allows you to spoof outgoing CID for numbers you control. Skype does not offer porting services (in or out) of any kind that I am aware of. SMS's cost like 11 cents per message and are not included in any subscriptions that I am aware of.
pinchpenny:
Quote from: Usetheforceobiwan on May 05, 2014, 08:34:23 pm
A year of unlimited Skype to POTS calling (Skype calls it a subscription) is $30.00 and once you have the subscription, they charge you $30 a year for a Skype Number which is a local DID. So total cost is $60 a year for unlimited calling with a local DID people can call you at and people can reach your DID by calling your Skype ID (i.e. they don't have to have a telephone).
Note that you can sometimes buy Skype credit on sale so that $60 can actually be $42 after a 30% discount. That means with Skype you can get a whole year of unlimited calling to U.S. and Canada with local DID for $3.50 / month which is extremely competitive. If you end up going this route, make sure you buy the subscription first then get the DID as Skype only discounts the DID 50% after you have gotten the subscription.
As someone suggested, the FreeTalk Connect Me 1200 is a Skype only ATA that allows you to receive calls to your Skype DID and Skype name through your home telephone and you can also use the Connect Me to make outgoing POTS phone calls through your home phone. The Connect Me has one FXO and one FXS connection so that you can daisy chain it between your phone and landline jack if you still have a landline. The FreeTalk ATA has it's own webpage on your network that you use to setup initially, after setup the Connect Me is standalone and requires no computer to be connected to it or to be on all the time.
Skype also offers SIP connections for PBXs, ATAs like Obi and softphones to Skype service through Skype Manager. This is different from the setup above and costs a minimum of $6.95 a month with no allowance for minutes. I tried it for three months but did not continue due to the cost of the DID.
Skype allows you to spoof outgoing CID for numbers you control. Skype does not offer porting services (in or out) of any kind that I am aware of. SMS's cost like 11 cents per message and are not included in any subscriptions that I am aware of.
It sounds like what giqcass is saying is that I can have my cake and eat it too: use callcentric's free DID for incoming (spoofing with my gvoice number) and use Skype for outgoing "to POTS," as you say. But, I don't understand how I could do that with the Freetalk and Obihai110 that I have.
And, yes, Skype does let you spoof your Skype number. So, I would spoof the free incoming DID from callcentric (or whomever) and also spoof Skype's outgoing number.
Usetheforceobiwan:
Phone >> Obi110 FXS (phone jack) >> Obi110 FXO (line jack) >> FreeTalk FXS (phone jack) >> FreeTalk FXO (line jack) >> Landline Jack
Then you will have to set up routing in Obi110 to make this scheme work. You will still have the two SP's free as the routing in this scheme is all through the phone ports. You could probably switch the positioning of the Freetalk and Obi110 in sequence but I'm too tired to think about how that would screw up dialing. With that in mind, you will need to modify the phone ports dialing plan in order to provide the codes to dial out from the Obi or the Freetalk, depending on how you want your calls to go out.
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