Help with GV and OBITalk
MickJ:
I have GV as my only SP and almost everything seems to be working correctly. I can make calls out from the phone attached to the OBI100 and they go through GV. I can use the iPhone app also to call. What I can't seem to do, and maybe this isn't possible with GV, is to receive incoming calls from GV on the phone attached to the OBi100. The GV configuration for adding a new phone won't accept the 9 digit OBI number. I'm guessing I actually have to sign up for a new real phone number with another VOIP service and forward GV to that number? Which kind of defeats the purpose.
LTN1:
Have you placed a check mark under the Google chat box of the forwarding phone section of your GV setup?
If you don't see that box, check out the following link to help with getting the Google chat option:
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=8581.msg56711#msg56711
MickJ:
Ok, thanks, setting the Foward to Google Chat fixes the problem. Pardon me for saying that quite how Google Chat should be involved in the phone forwarding process to OBI seems completely obscure.
The big question now is whether to go ahead and dump my AT&T landline service. One issue is 911, which I guess I'd need another SP for, like RingTo. Any advice on that appreciated.
Taoman:
Quote from: MickJ on February 22, 2015, 02:50:08 pm
The big question now is whether to go ahead and dump my AT&T landline service. One issue is 911, which I guess I'd need another SP for, like RingTo. Any advice on that appreciated.
Since you have a 1xx series device it would be RingTo or Google Voice, not RingTo and Google Voice. RingTo requires that you use Anveo for E911 which would take another SP slot which you wouldn't have available to you after adding RingTo.
One option would be to get yourself a free Callcentric DID number and add that in your second SP slot. If in the U.S. or Canada, Callcentric requires that you pay $1.50/month for E911 (unless you cheat). This would accomplish a number of things for you.
Gives you an additional DID number for your GV account that has free unlimited incoming minutes. This could become increasingly important as Google continues the migration of Google Voice into Hangouts. I certainly wouldn't want to count on Chat as my only route to my OBi ATA for incoming calls.Google Voice does not support CNAM (name display). Callcentric does support it......for free. Also, Callcentric's phone book supports CNAM override. So instead of your display reading "Doe Jane" it could say "Mom."Provides E911 support.
MickJ:
Quote from: Taoman on February 22, 2015, 04:37:17 pm
Since you have a 1xx series device it would be RingTo or Google Voice, not RingTo and Google Voice. RingTo requires that you use Anveo for E911 which would take another SP slot which you wouldn't have available to you after adding RingTo.
One option would be to get yourself a free Callcentric DID number and add that in your second SP slot. If in the U.S. or Canada, Callcentric requires that you pay $1.50/month for E911 (unless you cheat). This would accomplish a number of things for you.
Gives you an additional DID number for your GV account that has free unlimited incoming minutes. This could become increasingly important as Google continues the migration of Google Voice into Hangouts. I certainly wouldn't want to count on Chat as my only route to my OBi ATA for incoming calls.Google Voice does not support CNAM (name display). Callcentric does support it......for free. Also, Callcentric's phone book supports CNAM override. So instead of your display reading "Doe Jane" it could say "Mom."Provides E911 support.
Ah, didn't appreciate that the 911 through Anevo would take a slot, but I guess it has to. I'll check out the Callcentric solution. I guess I could just go with Anevo rather than RingTo - it's not "free" but it's a heck of a lot cheaper than what I'm paying AT&T right now.
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