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I use Google Voice a lot. It's my primary number for my cell and I don't have a landline. Google has been ticking me off lately. Voice has not been updated in years and the Android app is spotty. New voicemails take hours to show up, even tho the text transcriptions take seconds. And when I do hit play on a VM, it will often refuse to play. If my phone is on Edge, and it is a lot do to my area, it's near worthless. I can't even call out using my GV number most of the time.
Google Voice it looking to be abandoned, or possibly rolled into another service like Hangouts. And I don't believe the transition to Hangouts will carry the features I want, or let me sign up without having a Google+ account with my full name as a requirement.
I could type a full paragraph here on privacy and personal data, but we all know the arguments. Lets just say I want all my data off the cloud.
I have setup a PIAF phone system for a client before and I think know enough to set one up for myself and make it do everything on my must have list, but I wanted to start a thread to get any suggestions from the group here.
I was planning to setup PIAF to forward any incoming calls to my cell, and if I don't answer, then send it to PAIF voicemail. Simple. I don't want to only use a SIP client for calling because they don't work well with poor cell coverage. I don't talk much on the phone, about 1 hour a month, so I never go over my minutes. I have unlimited data and sms that I do use that a lot.
Here is my features list for items I am unsure about. Any suggestions would be great.
1) Keep my existing GV number. And make calls in and out of it with it displaying my GV number in the caller ID.
Looks like I can port my GV number to a SIP provider, so that should not be an issue. But I just may use GV ring-all-numbers for now.
2) Dial out from my GV number with no data connection on my cell.
I am assuming I can dial into my PBX, then dial out from it. This needs to be easy. When I dial a number. GV ask me if I want to use GV to dial out. I want something like that. I am assuming I can use some sort of dialing card app for automatic dialling my PBX and then dialling the number I want.
3) Visual voiemail.
I really like how GV does voicemail. I would love to find an app, or just a web interface that I can do the same. I know Text-2-speach is not going to happen, but seeing a list of who called and pressing play to hear the message would be nice.
4) SMS.
I need a interface for receiving/sending sms. I have never tried this before. Suggestions?
Also, forwarding all sms to my phone number.
5) Calls forwarded from the PBX, should have the callers ID on it.
I want to know who is calling, not that my PBX is calling me.
6) Voicemail notifications over sms.
No email. It takes to long and only works if I have a solid data connection.
7) Contacts syncing.
I would like to get this off Google. I use Thunderbird now for email and having it sync contacts to my phone without using google would be great.
PAIF is installing now on an older Atom box for this project. I have a good fios line I can plug it into with a static IP, not firewall. I am assuming PAIF has good security that I don't need a hardware firewall and have to mess with SIP and port forwarding.
Any suggestions or comments would be great.
Thanks
Google Voice it looking to be abandoned, or possibly rolled into another service like Hangouts. And I don't believe the transition to Hangouts will carry the features I want, or let me sign up without having a Google+ account with my full name as a requirement.
I could type a full paragraph here on privacy and personal data, but we all know the arguments. Lets just say I want all my data off the cloud.
I have setup a PIAF phone system for a client before and I think know enough to set one up for myself and make it do everything on my must have list, but I wanted to start a thread to get any suggestions from the group here.
I was planning to setup PIAF to forward any incoming calls to my cell, and if I don't answer, then send it to PAIF voicemail. Simple. I don't want to only use a SIP client for calling because they don't work well with poor cell coverage. I don't talk much on the phone, about 1 hour a month, so I never go over my minutes. I have unlimited data and sms that I do use that a lot.
Here is my features list for items I am unsure about. Any suggestions would be great.
1) Keep my existing GV number. And make calls in and out of it with it displaying my GV number in the caller ID.
Looks like I can port my GV number to a SIP provider, so that should not be an issue. But I just may use GV ring-all-numbers for now.
2) Dial out from my GV number with no data connection on my cell.
I am assuming I can dial into my PBX, then dial out from it. This needs to be easy. When I dial a number. GV ask me if I want to use GV to dial out. I want something like that. I am assuming I can use some sort of dialing card app for automatic dialling my PBX and then dialling the number I want.
3) Visual voiemail.
I really like how GV does voicemail. I would love to find an app, or just a web interface that I can do the same. I know Text-2-speach is not going to happen, but seeing a list of who called and pressing play to hear the message would be nice.
4) SMS.
I need a interface for receiving/sending sms. I have never tried this before. Suggestions?
Also, forwarding all sms to my phone number.
5) Calls forwarded from the PBX, should have the callers ID on it.
I want to know who is calling, not that my PBX is calling me.
6) Voicemail notifications over sms.
No email. It takes to long and only works if I have a solid data connection.
7) Contacts syncing.
I would like to get this off Google. I use Thunderbird now for email and having it sync contacts to my phone without using google would be great.
PAIF is installing now on an older Atom box for this project. I have a good fios line I can plug it into with a static IP, not firewall. I am assuming PAIF has good security that I don't need a hardware firewall and have to mess with SIP and port forwarding.
Any suggestions or comments would be great.
Thanks