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General Support => New to Using the OBi / VoIP => Topic started by: SomeApples on September 19, 2013, 11:08:41 AM

Title: external CNAM provider
Post by: SomeApples on September 19, 2013, 11:08:41 AM
Since obi110 doesn't provide CNAM (afaik) without IP-PBX how could one fold in OpenCNAM or another Hobbyist CNAM provider?

https://www.opencnam.com/docs/v2/quickstart#getting-caller-id

$0 for 60 lookups/day -- is more than plenty for me and all roommates combined.

Title: Re: external CNAM provider
Post by: CoalMinerRetired on September 19, 2013, 12:39:37 PM
If you are using GV, this is how all the cool kids (and everyone else) on here are doing CNAM: http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=3640.0

Cost is $1.50 per month. Post #1 explains it all, for the section "Inside your OBi 100/110/202:" you can skip all but the first and last sentence if  you are using the ObiTalk Web Portal for initial setup (almost all new users are using that portal).
Title: Re: external CNAM provider
Post by: CLTGreg on September 19, 2013, 12:59:35 PM
Quote from: CoalMinerRetired on September 19, 2013, 12:39:37 PM
If you are using GV, this is how all the cool kids (and everyone else) on here are doing CNAM: http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=3640.0

Cost is $1.50 per month. Post #1 explains it all, for the section "Inside your OBi 100/110/202:" you can skip all but the first and last sentence if  you are using the ObiTalk Web Portal for initial setup (almost all new users are using that portal).

I didn't see Simoninc mentioned on that thread. If one is using GV for primary then what is the advantage of the CC method versus using the Simon method? I'm using Simon now and it works great. The only thing I lose is text to caller ID display but that's pretty trivial.

An open source method to support all services would be nice.
Title: Re: external CNAM provider
Post by: CoalMinerRetired on September 20, 2013, 01:29:31 AM
>  If one is using GV for primary then what is the advantage of the CC method versus using the Simon method?
You also get E911 with that CC arrangement.  And, I just never felt OK routing all my calls through a server 'some random guy' on the internet provides for free. CC is a business covered by all the laws and regulations that apply to VoIP telephony providers.