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self-hosted alternative for google voice / manage multiple phone lines and forward to one device (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by neutron@thelemmy.club to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I currently carry a dual-sim phone to have two numbers, private and work each. I am not entirely happy with this setup however:

  • Dual sim phones aren't common and cost more when I have to upgrade.
  • I need call recording for business, but android phones aren't very clear when it comes to call recording support. I had to try and return several new devices.
  • I would love to have additional temporary phone numbers for privacy (e.g. retails).

And here's my situation:

  • Google Voice is not available in my country. Plus, it's Google.
  • Prepaid SIM cards are cheap and easy to acquire where I live.
  • I have a bunch of old spare android phones.

I was thinking, could I leave the SIM cards for private and work at home, inserted to phones/devices that are managed by a call-forwarding server, which transparently forward the calls to a third device I am actually carrying?

Self hosted Google Voice is what I would love to have.

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[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Asterisk / FreeSWITCH. Not sure why you insist on having a SIM card, it's possible with both of these using cellular modems, but it's a lot easier to just get a DID from a VoIP provider.

[–] tvcvt@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is the route I’d go. I use FreePBX for all this, but my voip provider could do most of the work (voip.ms). There are decent softphone apps (Zoiper, Linphone, etc.) to initiate calls from and porting a number to the voip provider isn’t too difficult.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

VoIP.ms is clearly the connaisseur's choice in this thread 👌

[–] neutron@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was thinking about preserving my phone numbers and all that. From what I'm reading, all it takes is a voip provider routing calls directly instead of my own equipment?

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, you can also let the provider do all the work if you prefer.