Advantage using OBi504vs vs. Two OBi202?
202Owner:
Quote from: Mister_M on January 22, 2015, 01:06:31 pm
Eventually they will all end up with cell phones as they get older anyway. I made this argument with my wife, but she doesn't want them having cell phones. I'm not sure if she's concerned about added cost, control or something else. I figure if they all have different lines, then that's one less argument I would have to hear.
Your wife is right (of course). A landline in their room will be less costly, will keep them 'grounded' at their homework workstation, will respect their privacy, and will discourage the early formation of poor mobile user behaviors.
With dedicated lines, how does she feel about no parental call screening/involvement...
Mister_M:
Quote from: 202Owner on January 22, 2015, 01:32:02 pm
With dedicated lines, how does she feel about no parental call screening/involvement...
Just getting my ducks in a row before proposing possible solutions to the wife.
I wouldn't think them having dedicated lines would be any different than a shared line with the exception of them fighting over the phone. We wouldn't be answering it for them and screening their calls. Currently, nothing is keeping them from calling/answering the single line we have now.
Just like with the internet, we can limit their access/exposure by either allowing or disallowing connections to their OBi via a set schedule with the router. I'm not sure if there's any way to filter incoming/outgoing calls via GV as I wouldn't want them getting calls from telemarketers or making toll calls. That's more research I'll have to do.
azrobert:
It's easier to just to explain than try to search for a similar setup.
You're correct, the phone would communicate with the OBi200 over WiFi.
You would install an SIP softphone on the cell.
The softphone needs to be able to call out without registration.
CSipSimple for Android is the softphone I use.
You need 1 SP trunk on the OBi200 defined as SIP, therefore only 3 GV accounts.
If the softphone requires registration you will need 2 dedicated SP trunks for each GV account.
The OBi200 configuration changes are not complicated.
You didn't say how many children you have.
You already have an SIP trunk (Ring.to) defined.
You can use that trunk to communicate with the cell phones.
This shouldn't interfere with Ring.to.
You can define 3 GV accounts on your OBi200.
If you have 4 children, the 2 youngest can share one GV account.
GV supports simultaneous calls, so both can make an outbound call at the same time.
Inbound calls will ring both phones.
The 1st to answer will get connected.
You can setup a phone list of CallerIDs of each child's friends and route calls to the correct phone based on CallerID.
Only calls not on the 2 lists will ring both phones.
After reading 202owner's reply the light bulb came on.
You don't need the OBi200.
You can install Hangouts on the phones.
On Android the dialer is a separate app.
Then use the cell phones over WiFi with GV.
No cell plan needed.
FYI:
You need an existing phone number to get a GV phone number.
You can only use a phone number to open 1 GV account.
If you try to open a 2nd account, you will be locked out.
"locked out" I think means you will be denied the 2st GV phone number and you won't be able to use the 1st GV number.
azrobert:
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I'm not sure if there's any way to filter incoming/outgoing calls via GV as I wouldn't want them getting calls from telemarketers or making toll calls. That's more research I'll have to do.
You can do the above with your OBi200.
Mister_M:
Quote from: azrobert on January 22, 2015, 02:55:46 pm
FYI:
You need an existing phone number to get a GV phone number.
You can only use a phone number to open 1 GV account.
If you try to open a 2nd account, you will be locked out.
"locked out" I think means you will be denied the 2st GV phone number and you won't be able to use the 1st GV number.
That could be problematic. That kinda defeats the whole purpose of what I was thinking of setting up. Might be time to go back to the drawing board.
Quote from: azrobert on January 22, 2015, 02:59:46 pm
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I'm not sure if there's any way to filter incoming/outgoing calls via GV as I wouldn't want them getting calls from telemarketers or making toll calls. That's more research I'll have to do.
You can do the above with your OBi200.
I figure I could do it with digit-mapping, but it's still a little above my head.
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