I am planning to port my landline to Google voice.
Now just want to know, in the future can i use that GV line to verify those security check?
You know sometime to activate my credit card thing?
Like when i receive my credit card, it ask u to call from home to activate? Can i still do that if i port my landline to GV and link to my obi. If i call fr my obi, will i able to activate those security check?
Your question is not 100% clear to me but I *think* you are asking:
Will banks and other high security entities 'trust' my Gvoice number.
I can answer yes. I have use Gvoice both from Gmail/Gtalk PC with microphone (3 years) and with ObiTalk 202 / Gvoice as my primary phone and all calls to big banks, amex and such work, including card verification (although I have only done this twice sofar).
Hope that helps.
Quote from: Peterluger on January 16, 2013, 09:48:44 AM
Like when i receive my credit card, it ask u to call from home to activate? Can i still do that if i port my landline to GV and link to my obi. If i call fr my obi, will i able to activate those security check?
Quote from: Peterluger on January 16, 2013, 09:48:44 AM
I am planning to port my landline to Google voice.
Now just want to know, in the future can i use that GV line to verify those security check?
You know sometime to activate my credit card thing?
Like when i receive my credit card, it ask u to call from home to activate? Can i still do that if i port my landline to GV and link to my obi. If i call fr my obi, will i able to activate those security check?
Your bank has no idea where your phone number is, so if you sign up for a credit card with a cell phone and are in Arizona that day they'll verify to you in Arizona. Likewise your GV number works fine.
I verified two on Google Voice in the last 3 months. I can say that I have had problems with automated systems when I made the call from Gmail on the computer. Touch tone issues. Not a problem when using the Obi however.
When I have used GV from my laptop with builtin speaker and using the keyboard, I believe I've had problems. I think if I place the speaker in MOOT while pressing the keyboard, things are better.
Alternatively, perhaps using a wired headset.
On my Android devices, I have a system setting for DTMF selected as LONG.
/Pete
Quote from: Emagin on January 16, 2013, 09:57:51 AM
Your question is not 100% clear to me but I *think* you are asking:
Will banks and other high security entities 'trust' my Gvoice number.
I can answer yes. I have use Gvoice both from Gmail/Gtalk PC with microphone (3 years) and with ObiTalk 202 / Gvoice as my primary phone and all calls to big banks, amex and such work, including card verification (although I have only done this twice sofar).
Hope that helps.
Quote from: Peterluger on January 16, 2013, 09:48:44 AM
Like when i receive my credit card, it ask u to call from home to activate? Can i still do that if i port my landline to GV and link to my obi. If i call fr my obi, will i able to activate those security check?
yeah, that what i mean, since i am living at my address/ landline for so long. I always see card company send me the update credit card or replacement card and ask me to activate fr my "home phone"? I guess they do reverse look up number? to verify?
I was planning to keep my landline, but verizon (my landline provider) are so freaking crazy!
My home phone recently have no signal, and when i call them, they telling me it would cost me $100 initially to come to check, and additionally $100 for first hours if they need to come into my apt to fix the issue, and then every additional 30mins cost anothter $$$....!
That's the reason finally i give up my landline.
My guess is that the credit card company wants a "home phone" to call in so they can capture that number for security reasons. I believe that number you call is a toll free number and thus your home number is sent to them whether you block it or not.
If someone calls from a different number, more questions may be asked to assure the caller is the card holder.
A cellphone might be stolen from a card holder and be in motion, where a home phone is hard to steal.
Quote from: psuPete on January 16, 2013, 02:32:13 PM
When I have used GV from my laptop with builtin speaker and using the keyboard, I believe I've had problems. I think if I place the speaker in MOOT while pressing the keyboard, things are better.
Alternatively, perhaps using a wired headset.
On my Android devices, I have a system setting for DTMF selected as LONG.
/Pete
Mute?
Mute !
[thx]
Quote from: psuPete on January 18, 2013, 10:26:31 AM
Mute !
[thx]
I believe that "thx" in mute would be
thx :D