How to you use E911 with Google Voice?
kelemvor:
Quote from: Taoman on December 09, 2014, 08:14:06 am
Quote from: kelemvor on December 08, 2014, 06:09:56 am
Also, I had changed to PhonePower during the whole scare about GV and Obi not working so I need to change back to that and since GV doesn't have 911 I just need to add that part back in.
Assuming you subscribed to one of the "OBi" PhonePower plans you have already paid for a full year. Why not take advantage of it? Use Google Voice (on SP1 or SP2) for incoming and outgoing calls and use PhonePower (on an available SP trunk) solely for E911. That's all I use PhonePower for now.
Seems silly to pay Anveo (or anyone else) for E911 when you've already paid for it thru PhonePower. Why not use what you've already paid for? Not to mention the fact you'll have an additional incoming/outgoing line you can use in case Google Voice is having issues. You can always move to a new E911 provider once your PhonePower subscription runs out.
Sounds like a great idea for the time being until it runs out. So do I just load up the GV stuff and forward the calls to that and then set the Phonepower one to use the 911?
Haven't been in the Obitalk portal area for a while so will have to go figure that out.
Taoman:
Quote from: kelemvor on December 09, 2014, 10:48:17 am
Sounds like a great idea for the time being until it runs out. So do I just load up the GV stuff and forward the calls to that and then set the Phonepower one to use the 911?
That's it in a nutshell. Obihai uses a newer protocol to authenticate to Google so when you configure your OBi for Google Voice it will probably automagically update your firmware. It's best to be already logged into your Google Voice account (in a different tab) before going thru the Google Voice configuration process on your OBi.
kelemvor:
I actually found that part out yesterday. Do I still need to forward my Google Voice to my Hangouts or however that works or does the new authentication thing make that not needed any more?
Taoman:
Quote from: kelemvor on December 09, 2014, 11:06:54 am
I actually found that part out yesterday. Do I still need to forward my Google Voice to my Hangouts or however that works or does the new authentication thing make that not needed any more?
Assuming you won't be forwarding to any other number you will need to forward to Google Chat in order for your OBi connected phone to ring.
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