Quote from: azrobert on May 06, 2015, 03:17:08 PM
When you are at home, setup call forwarding to your GV number.
See video:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/how-to-set-up-call-forwarding-video/
Normally, it is setup in reverse of what you want.
Get a 2nd GV number for the wife.
Have people call your GV number.
Setup GV to ring your cell and OBi202.
Same for the wife.
Don't forward the VZW mobile phone numbers unconditionally to Google Voice -- it's too much hassle to remember to change the settings when you want to use the mobile phone(s).
The right way to do this is similar to what Robert listed as the "Normally" setup:
- The issue is that people can't reach you on your VZW phone number (I am going to describe this as one phone number, but I realize you have two VZW numbers, for you and for your wife). Decide: do all your contacts know your VZW phone number, and you want to keep using that number as your primary contact number, or would you rather have a new number to give out to your contacts?
- If you want to keep using your VZW number as your primary inbound number, then port your VZW number into Google Voice, and get a new, random mobile number from VZW. Your contacts will call that number, which will ring your OBi-attached telephone(s) and (if it is on-the-air) ring your VZW mobile number, which you will have added to your GV account as a forwarding number. This is automatic, and there is nothing to remember to do when you get home or leave home.
- If you'd instead like a new "home number", then sign up for a new GV number issued to you by Google, and add your existing VZW number as a forwarding phone number, as Robert indicated.
- In both scenarios, log onto your VZW "My Verizon Wireless" web portal, and set up Conditional call forwarding, from your VZW number, to your GV number. Calls made to your VZW number will forward to your GV number, and ring your OBi-attached phone, when your VZW number is busy, unanswered, or out of service.
Instructions and FAQs for porting into GV:
https://support.google.com/voice/answer/1065667Note: since you and your wife each have a VZW number, you'll need to do this twice - once for each number, and you'll set up two of the OBi 202's service provider slots, one for each of the two GV accounts. Inbound calls to either GV number will ring the OBi-attached telephone(s). Outbound calls will show the caller ID of the GV account in use: you can choose which one is the default, and enter a star code to select the other one. For example: Wife's GV number is SP1, and it is selected as the default, and your GV account is SP2. Outbound calls will display her GV number's caller ID. If you want to use your caller ID instead, press **2 before dialing the number.
Using the Android Google Voice app on your Android smart phones, you can select whether to use your GV number as caller ID, or to use the phone's own native VZW number as caller ID. These calls will go out over the VZW mobile network.
Using the Android Google Hangouts app on your phones, outbound calls will use your GV number's caller ID, and calls will go out over WiFi or mobile data networks.