OBi202 as Landline VOIP?
slack1285:
I help a friend with her phone and internet service. I told AT&T that she would like the traditional, reliable landline, and their 6 Mbps internet.
They got the internet service part right, but gave her their "Landline VOIP" service, which was only figured out 6 months later because:
1.) no phone when the power went off, and
2.) stuttering dial-tone when she picked up the phone, because calls had been transferred to her "in-the-cloud" answering machine, when her phone line was busy (which neither she, nor I, had any idea about how this worked).
So, they didn't give her the phone service reliability that she wants. It looks like she'll finish out the year with this, then go back to the reliable landline . . . but, while not 100% reliable, this service is neat.
When I got the OBi202, I also got the Panasonic KX-TG6513 - Expandable Digital Cordless Phone, which came with 3 handsets for around the house - because that's how I thought you had to do this - wireless phone over the internet . . . this too is neat, but . . .
. . . I see that with AT&T's Landline VOIP, the phone line goes through the modem - - - which then goes to all of the phones "hard-wired" in your house - now that is amazing . . . Can this be done with the OBi202? . . . if not, what makes it so that AT&T can do it?
drgeoff:
Quote from: slack1285 on June 03, 2017, 06:18:54 am
. . . I see that with AT&T's Landline VOIP, the phone line goes through the modem - - - which then goes to all of the phones "hard-wired" in your house - now that is amazing . . . Can this be done with the OBi202? . . . if not, what makes it so that AT&T can do it?
Nothing clever about that. Any OBi (and most other makes) ATA can do it too. After you have ensured that any telco line is completely disconnected from your house wiring, just plug a standard phone cable between the OBi's phone jack and a phone jack in the wall. Use a jack doubler if you need a corded phone or cordless base by the OBi.
Disconnecting the telco's line is not solely to prevent the possibility of you interfering with them. Just because a phone line pair is not in service does not guarantee that it will never be exposed to 48 volt local office battery or ringing voltage. Your OBi would not like either of those and could be mortally wounded.
More at http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=12735.0, especially the post from SteveInWA may be helpful.
slack1285:
Any idea where it says you can totally disconnect your landline, and plug the device into the wall, and make it available for all your phones? Is there a web page?
A friend of mine did this with the Magic Jack. I didn't know the Obi202 could do it.
drgeoff:
Quote from: slack1285 on June 28, 2017, 08:23:53 am
Any idea where it says you can totally disconnect your landline, and plug the device into the wall, and make it available for all your phones? Is there a web page?
If you are asking if there is a page which says it is possible, then such a page is unnecessary. The phone port(s) on an OBi connect to phones in exactly the same way that a telco line from the telco's local office does. In the same way that a telco line can drive multiple phones via house wiring, so can an OBi. But the house wiring must be connected to only one of the two. Otherwise you run the risks of damaging the OBi, angering the telco and, last but not least, no phone service from either telco or OBi.
But If your real question is how to disconnect the landline from the house wiring I cannot tell you. There is no single universal method of connecting the two which has always been used. When the property was constructed and what country you are in are significant variables. For anyone who understands basic electrical circuits it should be trivial to know what to do once the joining point has been physically inspected.
LeoKing:
Quote from: slack1285 on June 28, 2017, 08:23:53 am
Any idea where it says you can totally disconnect your landline, and plug the device into the wall, and make it available for all your phones? Is there a web page?
A friend of mine did this with the Magic Jack. I didn't know the Obi202 could do it.
I am using a Panasonic DECT 6.0 cordless phone system with 6 handsets with the OBi200. Any cordless phone will work great with the OBi's. Some AT&T/VTech and Uniden cordless phones support up to 12 handsets.
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