If I buy an Obi Business Phone, do I also need to buy the Obi VOIP Adapter?
blinx77:
Or does the phone include an adapter inside it? If not, what does the phone do that a non-Obi branded phone couldn't?
Also, if I buy an Obi VOIP adapter and plug a phone into it, is there a way I can have a second phone also ring in a different part of the house that is not plugged into the adapter?
N7AS:
With the OBi1022, OBi1032 or the OBi1062 the ata is built-in. The audio quality of these phones are alot better than an OBi1xx or OBi2xx device with an attached phone.
To answer your 2nd question, Yes. The easiest way is to use a multi handset cordless phone.
blinx77:
Thanks!
I assume the other handset cordless phone doesn't need to be an Obi brand (it doesn't look to me like they even sell those). If I can just buy anything, how do I sync that cordless phone to the ObiPhone (I would probably just get the OBi1022)?
Also, I don't have any VOIP provider set up yet. I was assuming I would just go with Google Voice as they are the 800 pound gorilla in this arena, but if anyone would recommend another VOIP provider, please let me know.
N7AS:
If you purchase the OBi1022 or the other Obi IP phones, you can not attach a cordless phone to it. If you need to have phones in other areas of your home you could purchase additional OBBi IP phones. That would be expensive. A work-around would be to purchase an OBi200 and connect a multi handset cordless phone to it. You then can have all calls that come into the OBi1022 ring those cordless handsets.
blinx77:
I think I am going with the 1022 because I want to make sure the sound quality is crystal clear. This is the main reason I am even getting a landline at all -- I am sick of using cell phones and having poor sound quality. I also want to use a wireless headphone (the $200 planatronics one, because I had that at my old job and loved it) and they work best with a corded phone.
All that being said, is there any work around where one could hook up an extra cordless phone via wifi or bluetooth? Or any hope Obi might release a compatable additional handset in the future?
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