Set up Obi200 with Google Voice & Comcast Phone?
SteveInWA:
I'll give my <unsolicited> vote for the OBi 200. I understand the issue with buying a $35 OBiLINE adapter that may become a paperweight, but the newer, more powerful processor in the 200 vs. the 1xx series enables it to support more features and is a bit more "future proof". If the OP has a spare telephone on hand, just try out the Comcast digitial phone service standalone (plug the spare phone into it), rather than route it into the OBi. If it turns out to be a valuable service to the OP, then buy a OBiLINE and integrate it with the OBi.
Personal opinion: I am certainly no fan of the cable companies, but the one advantage that their phone service has over most commodity SIP VoIP providers, is that much more (and often all) of the call path traverses their own, managed, private IP network, which is separated from most of the quality problems caused by inconsistent network performance via the public Internet. Aside from that, I'm dismayed at their strong-arm tactics to lock in customers with a "triple play" that just makes it less likely that the customers will defect, since they're dependent on one more thing provided by the cable company.
So, a "free trial" will simply demonstrate that it's a very good phone service, for an additional cost. You decide if it's worth it to you.
Taoman:
Quote from: SteveInWA on September 01, 2015, 01:36:11 pm
I'll give my <unsolicited> vote for the OBi 200. I understand the issue with buying a $35 OBiLINE adapter that may become a paperweight, but the newer, more powerful processor in the 200 vs. the 1xx series enables it to support more features and is a bit more "future proof". If the OP has a spare telephone on hand, just try out the Comcast digitial phone service standalone (plug the spare phone into it), rather than route it into the OBi. If it turns out to be a valuable service to the OP, then buy a OBiLINE and integrate it with the OBi.
Good advice. If the OP knew he was going to continue with Comcast I'd also recommend going with the OBiLINE adapter.
Just didn't want the OP to buy a $35 potential "paperweight."
ProfTech:
To lrosenman; This is all an interesting read. If I read your post correctly you said that you either have or had the Obiline adapter connected to a 20x and are using it? If so, what kind of luck are you having with the much maligned echo problem? I sent my 200 to my daughter who doesn't have a POTS line but I also purchased the adapter and have it in a drawer. Wondering if it is worth my money to buy another 200? My 110 has served me very nicely for nearly 3 years now but the extra 2 SP slots in the 200 are enticing.
lrosenman:
To be quite honest I *DO* have the obiline connected to my TWC line, but that's mostly to have something(TM) attached to it. We get mostly Robocalls on it, that NoMoRoBo zaps.
So, I don't have an answer. Supposedly they fixed the echo problem in later firmware.
azrobert:
Quote from: ProfTech on September 05, 2015, 09:18:51 am
My 110 has served me very nicely for nearly 3 years now but the extra 2 SP slots in the 200 are enticing.
I wouldn't worry about the OBiLine working correctly or not. If you have an echo, you could continue to use your OBi110 and access the PSTN line from the OBi200. You would send and receive PSTN calls between the 2 boxes using IP addresses. This also gives you an extra phone port and you would be able to access all trunks on both boxes from the either phone port. This is how I have my OBi200 and OBi110 setup.
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