GV=>Ring.to=> (???); anyone using this yet ??
nitzan:
Quote from: vtsnaab on May 16, 2014, 11:19:11 am
And the sneaky bit.ly link leads to here=>
https://bandwidth.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/334735-make-a-phone-call-with-my-ringto-number
Which is a very uninformative/convoluted page that starts by saying this:
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Make a phone call with my RingTo number
RingTo is a call forwarding service. However, sometimes you need to have your RingTo number appear as your caller ID when you are calling your friends. If that sounds like you, then you'll be happy to know that RingTo now allows you to place calls anywhere in the US and Canada. All you need to do call your RingTo number directly from one of your authorized numbers.
Which makes me wonder st the true nature of what they are offering and/or how they may profit from it...?
OK that makes more sense. I was wondering why Bandwidth would shoot themselves in the foot with this offering, but I guess now the other shoe drops:
1. You still need to have (purchased) VOIP service with another provider to use ring.to (making it pointless).
2. Bandwidth is getting reciprocal compensation when you call any of their numbers. Since CLEC reciprocal compensation is typically higher than cell phone and RBOC reciprocal compensation, it is likely that there is an arbitrage situation here where BW is getting paid more than it is paying to forward the call. We're talking a fraction of a cent a minute though - likely not enough to keep BW interested for long unless they get millions of users, which they probably won't.
Either way - assuming this is how it works and you really can't make outgoing calls then this is useless as anything but a phone number parking service. There's no point in another forwarding service - GV has that covered.
Odysseus-forum:
vtsnaab,
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anyone with a GV number can call it & log in, then from its main menu make free outgoing calls.
I knew that you could call your GV number from the phone that the Obi was connected to and log in, but if GV is now disconnected from Obi, how do you do that?
If you call from a completely different line, won't GV just forward to whatever forwarding number you have set up?
confused.
azrobert:
Quote from: Odysseus-forum on May 16, 2014, 07:36:08 pm
If you call from a completely different line, won't GV just forward to whatever forwarding number you have set up?
confused.
See my reply #4 above.
Then see following for setup detail:
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=8064.msg52669#msg52669
After you get the voicemail prompt you can select option #2 which is to make a new call.
Jackson:
Quote from: nitzan on May 16, 2014, 06:44:58 pm
... then this is useless as anything but a phone number parking service. There's no point in another forwarding service - GV has that covered.
Not useless to me if I no longer have to deal with GV's voicemail.
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