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Two AT&T Lines to Ooma and multiple line phones

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 10:23 am
by tonyg
I have two AT&T land line numbers that need to be ported over to Ooma. I have a phone with two line capability. How do I get each external number to ring to its own line on the two line phone? I believe private accounts is the answer.

Can you use the private account to associate each Linx to one of the phone numbers and go to each line of the two line phone and have a fax connected directly to the Ooma device directly? I wasn't sure if both lines could be assigned to Linx devices.

Essentially we want what we have now - two lines that can ring in independently of each other and make calls independently.

Re: Two AT&T Lines to Ooma and multiple line phones

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 11:50 am
by murphy
Presumably the fax is connected to one of your two lines.
Add one Linx as a private line using the non fax number.
The other number is on the Telo and connects to the fax and the phone using a standard phone line splitter.

Re: Two AT&T Lines to Ooma and multiple line phones

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 12:00 pm
by tonyg
Was going to have a separate/third number for the fax IF we used it. Wanted two lines exclusively for phone. Wanted both of those lines connected via Linx, leaving the Telo port for fax.

Re: Two AT&T Lines to Ooma and multiple line phones

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 1:17 pm
by murphy
If you want a third line then yes two Linx, each as a private line will do what you want.

Re: Two AT&T Lines to Ooma and multiple line phones

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:41 am
by tonyg
Thanks very much. Unrelated, but very important. There is no true "busy ring over" function in either Ooma or Ooma Office from what I'm reading. Phone number 1 on line 1 is being used and someone calls. The call is pushed to phone number 2 on line 2

Re: Two AT&T Lines to Ooma and multiple line phones

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 6:20 am
by murphy
Once the second number is made a private number it is just that. The original use was for an in-law private phone in the same house.

You could add another Linx or an HD3 in the same group as line 1. Then if line 1 was busy and line 2 was not busy that Linx or HD3 would ring using the instant second line feature.

There is a maximum of two simultaneous calls on a Telo no matter how they are allocated.

Office can handle more lines but it comes at a cost.

Re: Two AT&T Lines to Ooma and multiple line phones

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 6:37 am
by tonyg
I don't know. That seems to contradict everything else that I have read in the forums - that there is no real busy ring over with multiple numbers available.

Re: Two AT&T Lines to Ooma and multiple line phones

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 7:42 am
by murphy
If you have Premier, which you have to if you have two numbers, you have the instant second line The Telo can handle two simultaneous calls on a single phone number. The second call can either be answering an incoming call or originating an outgoing call. To be possible there must be either a Linx or an HD3 allocated to the number.

Re: Two AT&T Lines to Ooma and multiple line phones

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:38 pm
by jwhart
I have 2 Ooma telephone numbers (accounts) at 2 locations. I want to move the 2nd number (account) to the 1st number / location. If I upgrade to Premier at the 1st location, change the service address for the 2nd number to the 1st location, will I then be able to receive calls to both telephone numbers at that address?

Re: Two AT&T Lines to Ooma and multiple line phones

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 5:01 pm
by murphy
It sounds like you have two Telos.
Move the second Telo to the first location.
Update the address for the moved Telo.
Plug both Telos into your router. Do not put them in series.
You are done.
Premier is not needed unless you want both numbers on a single Telo. That requires porting the number and a Premier account. You can't have two accounts on a single Telo.

If this isn't what you want to do, describe what you have now and what you want to end up with in extensive detail.