Quote from: Howard687 on November 04, 2014, 06:35:29 AM
Am I correct to understand that it is "forwarding to" Google Chat that enables GV to communicate with OBI?
Yes, that's correct. If you have the Google Chat pseudo-phone on the list, outbound calling from the OBi-attached phone will work. If you also have a check-mark next to that pseudo-phone, then inbound calling will work, too.
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In order to port my home# to GV, and still preserve the current GV#, would I need to create a new Gmail, and hence GV, account? E.g. My wife could add GV to her Gmail account. Or is this related to having to pay $20 to keep the original GV# permanent?
No, a single Google (Gmail and GV) account can have two inbound phone numbers; a primary and a secondary. This condition is created when you have one GV number already, and then you pay to port in another number, or you pay to change your GV number (get a new one issued by GV). In both cases, paying the
additional $20 allows you to keep both numbers on the one account.
While you can certainly use either your own or your wife's Gmail account to host these numbers, you may prefer to create a dedicated Google/Gmail account for hosting both numbers. That way, emails to your mistress won't be visible to your wife, nor will her dalliances be visible to you
If you decide to create a dedicated Google account, you'd follow this procedure to transfer your existing GV number into the new account, which must be empty (not already have a GV number):
https://support.google.com/voice/answer/3527591?hl=en&ref_topic=1708124Regardless of whether you move the number into a dedicated account, or you keep it where it is, the next step is to click the "change/port" link next to the number on your GV Settings page, Phones tab:
https://www.google.com/voice#phonesThen, assuming you previously, successfully ported the home number to a prepaid mobile phone line, port that number into GV. Carefully read the directions and FAQs in this link:
https://support.google.com/voice/answer/1065667?hl=en&ref_topic=1708124After several days, when the porting has completed, the former home number will become the primary GV number, displacing the original GV number, which is now "on death row". You can then pay $20 to keep it as secondary, or let it expire in 90 days...your choice. If you pay to keep it, it will then let you flip-flop between both numbers, exchanging primary vs. secondary designation. This designation only matters to set the outbound caller ID.
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Once the home# is ported, is there a tutorial that explains how to configure the OBI to have two inbound GV#'s?
All inbound calls to either number will ring your OBi/Google Chat phone, and will ring all other forwarding phones you've check-marked on GV settings. There is nothing to configure on the OBi side; this is controlled at the GV account level. The OBi doesn't know or care which phone number you are using.
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Again, thanks for taking the time to answer my basic questions.
regards
howard
My pleasure. Ask more questions if any of this is unclear, or if you have any uncertainties when you go through the procedures.