2Talk Shared Line question for the gurus

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tcabw

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#271961 3-Jun-2020 17:10

We have two houses, one in Central Christchurch and the other 120km north on the coast near Gore Bay. The Gore Bay house is connected through 2Talk to the Christchurch house using the "Locate me-One number" function. which has worked flawlessly for a couple of years. We also have a seperate phone line through Vodafone in the Christchurch house provided as part of a broadband deal.
When I want to ring my partner in Christchurch I use the 2Talk phone to ring the Vodafone one which triggers the 2Talk National calls meter. My question is.... is it possible for the Gore Bay (2Talk) which is set up as the Primary device phone to ring the Christchurch 2Talk (secondary) phone and initiate a conversation? (at worse only using local calling minutes). If so, how do you do it?

I know the alternative would be to purchase a second 2Talk line and port the Vodafone number to it as the Linksys adapters I'm using allows for two lines, however as there's no extra charge at the moment for the Vodafone service, I'm not looking to do that. That may change some time in the future.

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Tony C

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#2497533 3-Jun-2020 17:27

You could add a 2talk 028 number and use that as the 2nd number then call each other without a problem.

2talk to 2talk calls are free.

You can still use the simultaneous ring feature (Locate Me) to have the phone with the 028 number ring when someone calls the original 2talk number.

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#2497605 3-Jun-2020 19:14

Thanks for the prompt response. I'll look into that!

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Tony C.

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#2497622 3-Jun-2020 19:46

CYaBro:

You could add a 2talk 028 number and use that as the 2nd number then call each other without a problem.

2talk to 2talk calls are free.

You can still use the simultaneous ring feature (Locate Me) to have the phone with the 028 number ring when someone calls the original 2talk number.

Just be aware if you use the 028 for outbound, all calls are national.

I would add 2 028 numbers (1 in each house) and register 2 lines per phone - the 03 xxx xxxx as primary and 028 xxxx xxxx as secondary, then you don't need to make any changes to the existing setup.

Hmmmm

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#2497666 3-Jun-2020 20:39

If I've understood correctly, you should simply be able to pick up the Gore phone and dial it's own number (ie ring the 'locate me' number from the Gore phone). That should cause the 2talk line on the ChCh broadband connection to ring.

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#2497717 3-Jun-2020 22:09

speed:

If I've understood correctly, you should simply be able to pick up the Gore phone and dial it's own number (ie ring the 'locate me' number from the Gore phone). That should cause the 2talk line on the ChCh broadband connection to ring.

Golly, is it that easy!! I presumed I'd get an engaged tone. Sure enough, It does ring in Christchurch (I can hear it through the security camera) when dialling the number.

Thanks very much for the solution. Old timers like me are still thinking of things based in the Telecom age. The features available with a lot of of the VOIP providers are just wonderful compared with the plain vanilla Vodafone and Spark offerings. I have Auto attendant set up requiring any caller to press any key to advance the call to ring the phone which has eliminiated any auto dial cold callers. It stopped the "Windows Technicians" in their tracks!! It's rare to get a sales cold call these days after they've been warned off.

cheers

Tony C.

Tony C

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