Is Obi100 + Google Voice now dead for good?
turnstyle:
Hi all, I've been chugging away with an Obi100 and Google Voice for years now.
Just stopped working, and from a quick look around here -- the Obi100 will likely never work again, is that correct? (meaning: with Google Voice)
Just wanted to make sure before I figure out what the next step is.
Or is there some trick to get the Obi100 back working with Google Voice again?
Many thanks!
FrankHaynes:
That's my guess.
I have an Obi110 with both GV accounts configured, both are in "backing off" this morning, even after factory resetting and re-affiliating it with both accounts.
I had another Obi110 laying around from a relative who passed away and it is doing the same thing.
I'd say we got plenty of use out of them over the years so I can't complain. I'm sure others will, though.
Time for a 202 or whatever the 2xx series box of choice is these days.
vtsnaab:
As of this morning BOTH our Obi boxes ceased to function.
Seems most likely that this failure mode is due to actions/choices rather than happenstance, therefore it is probably time to move forward into other options to keep using GV with many Obi boxes.
No big shock with the Obi110 - but our Obi2xx also quit at the very same time.
We have Simonics Gateway set up for a Panasonic cordless SIP phone & after the initial setup it has been 100% flawless for quite a while on a different GV account.
None of this is endearing me towards Obi anymore except to use the boxes as ATAs going forward; absolutely NOT planning to buy anymore stuff from Obi when there are other alternatives that can work with GV and need not cost as much as Obi products tend to, even during their 'sales'.
I am currently seeking other good ideas for connecting what we already have with GV before pulling the trigger to move our lines over to the GVGW.
Any further helpful info will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: turnstyle on December 05, 2017, 08:55:45 am
Hi all, I've been chugging away with an Obi100 and Google Voice for years now.
Just stopped working, and from a quick look around here -- the Obi100 will likely never work again, is that correct? (meaning: with Google Voice)
Just wanted to make sure before I figure out what the next step is.
Or is there some trick to get the Obi100 back working with Google Voice again?
Many thanks!
Read:
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=13113.msg84139#msg84139
and
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=13147.0
vtsnaab:
Thanks for this helpful reply !!:
Quote from: GPz1100 on December 05, 2017, 02:58:37 pm
@vtsnaab If you want a cheap ATA, picked up the vonage HT802 from bestbuy for ~$10. Follow the unlocking instructions on dslr. It requires some tech expertise but isn't overly complicated. Once unlocked, it works quite well with simonics gateway too.
As it happens, I do already have a spare ATA that I got for that price for a time like this, but before making quite that radical a change I will try to keep my Obi110 in use.
An area of interest to me is mentioned repeatedly at the Nerd Vittles blog - and that is the idea of setting up a PBX in the cloud using a very low cost service like Cloud at Cost.
Just so happens I grabbed a great deal there a while back, so since I already have that I may just play around with it a bit before heading over to GVGW...
Seems to me that having 1 PBX set up there for our 3 lines on 2 Obi boxes will be a good solution as long as it is fairly reliable.
For today, all I had to do is power up my cellular that GV forwards to as a temporary solution for the (now 100% ??) dead Obi boxes that we have.
Since all 3 of those lines have notifications, if anything is mised it will be easy enough to just return the call.
Thanks Again & Happy Holidays to You and Yours !!
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