" Since you have done all of this, can you please tell me if this woudl work?
Under Obi I have SP1---GV, SP2---blank. I plan to do the following:
-Sign-up for phonepower under SP2
-get a new local number from phonepower
-Set up the newly phone number in GV and fwd my gv calls to that instead of Chats
-Set-up my GV # under phonepower account as outgoing caller id. btw is this possible with this provider (they seem to have the best offer)
-On May 15th my SP1 will stop functioning, do I need to do anything about that? btw what are these Sp1 SP2, like phone lines?"
What you want to do is similar to me, except I chose not to keep GV on SP1. There really is no need to, and, in my opinion, is running out May 15th anyway.
The way I did it, was through the " approved provider links ". Obi has three you can chose from. I chose Phone Power. It's fairly easy to sign up this way. It takes you step by step.
Now that I've done it, I'm glad I chose Phone Power, and, I'm glad I signed up through the approved plans method.
I opted not to set it up on SP2, and keep GV on SP1, as I didn't want to complicate it, and, like I said, having GV on SP1 won't work after May 15th, anyway.
When you go through the steps, PP selects the SP1, however ,I think you can opt to put it on SP2, if you chose.
I kept my GV phone number in the GV settings.
After signing up with Phone Power, I went into my obi 100 dashboard, everything looked ok there, and then in GV Settings. I have my cell number and now my PP number in there. I removed my Google Chat.
The problem I had with not receiving incoming calls was my fault. I went into the " Call Forwarding " menu of
Phonepower.com, " add new follow me rules ", something I didn't even need, and that is what caused my phone not to ring.
In the Call Forwarding, of PP menu, I just have " ring xxx-xxx-xxxx " selected.
My phone services works fine. Even better than GV and I like it and had no issues.
For 59.99 per year, unlimited, this is a great service. Compared to free GV, I now have 911 and caller ID Name, I didn't have that before.
So far, I'd recommend Phone Power. I'm sure some of the other providers work great with Obi, too, but, I went with an approved provider, and, glad I did.