Feeling a bit duped
BillDoe:
I just replaced two 110's with a 202. Could not get it to work correctly. Spoke at length with one of the "premium" service providers tech support guys who seemed VERY familiar with Obi (he helped me fix my connection problem quickly!!). He tells me that the whole case to switch to a newer device (in my case a 202) is unnecessary because the only thing that's changing is.... Obi just won't support the 110 anymore, BUT THE DEVICE WILL STILL WORK FINE INDEFINITELY AS LONG AS YOU'RE OK WITH NO OBI SUPPORT. Now since Obi has NEVER been known to crack the top 100 when it comes to support, that doesn't seem like any sacrifice to me. So feeling stupid I shelled out $75 for a 202 and have two perfectly capable 110's sitting idle. Anyone else feeling this way?
Lavarock7:
Decades ago in my I.T. years I tried to tell people... "Not Supported" just means that the company is not spending time or effort to update the product. It may keep working indefinitely. Also although the company may not support it, there may be fixes by others that may or may not work.
In the case of the 110, it will work for things like SIP providers, just not GV. Well, it will work until it doesn't.
Case in point, I have multiple free telephone numbers overseas with UKDDI. They closed down and suggested porting these numbers quickly. A year or more later, they still work. That is until they don't.
BillDoe:
Would you go so far as to return the 202 and just keep using the 110's?
Almighty1:
What Lavarock7 mentioned is correct since just like the Obi1xx and Obi2xx, there is 3rd party firmware available that allows Google Voice to still work even if it no longer works officially.
https://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=13385.0
vtsnaab:
BillDoe there's been controversy aplenty about what you've mentioned both here & elsewhere.
The way I see it is that what most folks need is to know just a little about VOIP as users of it.
That way folks would find out that Obi boxes are just really ATAs with a little extra functionality - but that they can also be used as regular ATAs - even after the dreaded EOL.
Our POV is that we no longer really care about the (non)support and if/when I happen to stumble across a good, working Obi110 for sale at a good price, I'll grab it as a spare very happily.
Aside of that maybe happening, it is easy enough to use GVGW with a standard, cheap ATA, thereby avoiding the controversies of EOL, support, etc. .
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