Hello,
I just bought an Obi202 to use with Google Voice.
I don't have a Google Voice account yet. As I proceed to create one I find myself awfully confused. This is my scenario:
1. We have two cell phone numbers: my wife's work phone, and my Project Fi phone.
2. We have one VOIP/Ooma number.
3. We used to have a land line that will be replaced by this Obi device. To that end I have ported the land line number to a T-Mobile prepaid cell phone because Google Voice will not port a land line number directly.
Now, I gather, I first need to create a Google Voice account with an arbitrary number that I can subsequently replace with my ported (land line) number. Very good. The thing is, as I try to create the GV account, I am asked to provide a forwarding number. How should I deal with this? In a sense, this GV account will be forwarding to my Obi device. But I don't believe I can use the Obi device number. I imagine I can't use my land line number that is currently sitting on the T-mobile cell phone, because the GV port process might get very confused to find the porting number to be the same as forwarding number on account, correct?
What should I do?
I don't want to use either of our cell phones as forwarding numbers because I don't want any call to this relocated land line number going there. Not even sure if GV will accept Project Fi number as a forwarding number.
Very confused.
Please help,
Thanks!!