since launching my Asterisk PBX I maintained a GoogleVoice trunk allowing the system the ability to dial out to the rest of the world if needed. While this may have been frowned upon by some, it was a valuable “behind the scenes” resource as it would find any WAN gateway that existed on the Mesh to make the call happen. No Internet or phone in your local area because of emergency condition and the PBX could find another WAN gateway through RF hops and a call could still be made.
Google, in their infinite wisdom, shut this ability down by simply changing/discontinuing the protocol that made the magic possible. Has anyone come up with a new solution? I know there are pay subscription solutions but I always prefer free if it is possible.
73,
Keith AI6BX
I havent' found any free alternatives. I used it too on my pbx. It was great.
I will continue to grind on this as there has got to be a way to make it work.
I use VOIP.MS for the price you really can't beat it. $0.85 per Month $0.009 per minute if you go pay by the minute, $4.25 per Month $0.00 per minute for 2 Channels unlimited calling.. you cant beat the service for the price.
Rich
W6ABJ
Last months charge was $4.236.
1 line. Each call is limited to 2 hours.
Now I want 2 lines. I may switch. Thanks.
I'm using a PolyCom Obi200 with Google Voice $0.00 per/month about $40-$60 for the unit. Not an easy configure with FreePBX or IncrediblePBX but I got her done. I haven't tried but I understand that it will do two GV accounts.
Denis KD1HA
Thank you! I will check these options out.
configure the same way as GoogleVoice did?
Almost all, VOIP providers are easier to configure than any Google Voice configuration.
Reply to #8
No that would be easy!
After a Google search several setups are found but none of them worked. I picked bits and pieces from each and after about a month of configuring finely got the right combination. It seems that an ingredient was always left out of the recipe like Marie Barone from Everybody Loves Raymond! I will try and put together a How to.
Denis
I will appreciate any guidance you can provide.
X_InboundCallRoute sp3(xxxxxxxxxx)
Make your call!
Denis
Thanks for the step by step. I am going to give it a try.
I got a new VOIP service with voip.ms, $0.85/mo for the number and 1 cent a minute for active calls.
I configured this service as IAX2 because IAX allegedly uses less resources than Chan_SIP.
I have very slow ISP service; 22 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up.
Currently, any registered mesh-phone can dial-out to PSTN and
dial-in calls can be redirected to any one registered mesh-phone.
I hope to setup IVR so that dial-in calls can be redirected to any registered mesh-phone.
Chuck
Chuck,
Thanks for the tip. I am going to check this option out and really like the inbound dialing idea as well.
Keith
The above directions work in and outbound. RE:#12
You can also direct any inbound calls to any extension or extensions you wish. A working knowledge of the PBX is helpful here but if you need help send me a message.
Denis
I have created a VoIP.ms IAX2 trunk and outbound route however am getting an "all circuits are busy, please try your call again later" message. I have been on the help line with voip.ms and they confirm that my scripts are correct as the trunk shows as active. I have in outgoing dial plan of NXXNXXXXXX. Looking at the logs, it appears things are trying to connect as it gets to the circuits are busy message. Anyone run into this and have successful resolution?
Thanks!
I also have a VoIP.ms IAX2 trunk to my rasPBX on the local AREDN network.
I call it a 'phone patch':
- outside PSTN can dial in and select to ring a registered phone
- registered phones can dial out to the PSTN.
I try to block some 900 number dialing.
Perhaps we could share settings and find a solution to your issue.
Here are images of my settings.
Main settings of route
The error on my side was with the CID options in Trunk settings. Changing from the default to "force trunk CID" makes everything work nicely.
Any suggestions for setting this to vector to various extensions or is it limited to just one?
Question:
"Any suggestions for setting this to vector to various extensions or is it limited to just one?"
Excerpt from #14: "dial-in calls can be redirected to any one registered mesh-phone"
Since #14 was posted, I have added an IVR and 1 group call.
That group call will ring all my active hard or soft phones
What is a vector?
Chuck
So, we have an OBI-200 that we're going to use for the Google Voice trunk. Originally, I tried to follow the instructions on this thread, and it wouldn't connect to the server at all (Error 404: Not Found). So, I wiped it and followed the instructions in this post https://twosortoftechguys.wordpress.com/2019/12/05/pjsip-edition-how-to-use-an-obihai-200-series-voip-device-as-a-gateway-between-google-voice-and-freepbx with more success. We're able to call out, but inbound calls just go to the Google Voicemail after "ringing" a few times. The issue is, the phone that it's set to doesn't ring at all.
A question for those who have this set up properly. Is there a step-by-step guide to get the inbound calls redirected to an IVR, and how to set that up with the menu system and direct dialing? I *think* I have the IVR configured correctly, but I can't get the inbound calls to go to it.
I'll be more than happy to upload my config files for both FreePBX and the OBI-200 if that will help to troubleshoot things.
Have a great night. :)
Patrick.