Any Google Voice Number users here? FWD problems..

[Quattro Pete]

Google voice call forwarding works fine if I select my mobile number as the "forward to" number. But when I change it to forward to my landline (direct number), this landline phone does not ring. If I call my google voice number from another phone (like Skype Out), I just hear a few rings in the headset and then it goes to my Google Voicemail. The landline phone never rings.

I tried deleting this landline number from my google account and entering it again, but it still does not work.

I went through the google troubleshooter on this which did not solve the problem and did not give an option to actually contact Google. It just took me back to the beginning of the troubleshooting process.
http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/request.py?contact_type=contact_policy

I've looked at other threads on this subject and haven't really found a solution in any of them.

The Google support forum hasn't answered by question either.

Any ideas?

 

[SrDriver]

I am a former Skype user. Have been using Google Voice now for a long time and do not have those issues.

I am really impressed with the features and it is free for the remainder of the year.

 

[ahoier]

Could possibly be a "block" by your landline carrier I suspect...I've heard of some carriers (particularly Vonage amd Brighthouse) that will in particular, block certain numbers from dialing in or out....

 

[CivicFan]

All the landline numbers for my Google Voice ring fine.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: ahoier
Could possibly be a "block" by your landline carrier I suspect..

That's not it because I can manually call this landline number using my GV number and it rings just fine, so it's not getting blocked.

Also, when I add this landline number to GV, there is a verification process where GV calls this landline and asks to enter a PIN code. This part works just fine. The landline rings and I provide the PIN, and it's all nice and dandy. But after that, the landline never rings again if someone tries to call my GV number.

 

[CivicFan]

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice/thread?tid=305569fc1c68c6aa&hl=en

 

[Quattro Pete]

Yeah, I did go through that thread and all the linked threads a few days ago. Unfortunately, none of the suggestions worked for me.

 

[CivicFan]

i wonder is Papa Bear there is Papa Bear on BITOG.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: CivicFan
i wonder is Papa Bear there is Papa Bear on BITOG.

Haha... I wondered the same thing.

 

[Papa Bear]

That isn't the real Papa Bear but he plays one on Google ....