Obi202 Static when switching back back to original caller after call waiting
managerharry:
I'd like to know whether anyone with an Obi202 can currently use call waiting successfully? If there's a chance a new Obi202 will fix this issue I will buy it but seeing as how I see a few other posts complaining about the same issue (and another posting on this thread reports this happening with a <1 year old 202) I suspect this issue persists across all Obi202 devices?
If the 202 can't handle call waiting is there another model that is working correctly?
billsimon mentions the 1062 phone seems to be able to handle call waiting, however this review on Amazon suggests that the 1062 is also having issues: "I bought four of these phones for my business, and for the first year or so they were great. For the past several months, we've had nothing but problems with them -- no dial tones when calling someone, people on the other line not being able to hear us, incompatibility with Google Voice. Now, they're completely unusable with Google, which means I have to junk these and get four new phones. Complete waste of money."
billsimon:
I don't think the 1062 and the 202 have anything in common with each other really, but I could be wrong. Also that review sounds like nonsense, especially the part "completely unusable with Google" [Voice] - which works just fine. Seems like the reviewer had some bad luck or network problems.
SteveInWA:
I just now performed this test: With a Google Voice number provisioned on my OBi 202, I called that number from an unrelated mobile phone number. I answered the call on the OBi-attached phone, and verified that the call was working. I then called the same GV number from a different unrelated mobile phone number. The OBi-attached phone got the call-waiting beep. I pushed the flash key on that phone. It put call #1 on hold, and it answered call #2. I could then click the flash key repeatedly, to alternate between the two calls.
So, if that is your definition of call waiting, then yes, it works. No, there is absolutely no OBi hardware problem that would cause it to not work. It should work with all OBi 2xx series devices.
Given your various issues with Google Voice, I'm going to (again) suggest that you port your Google Voice number out to a VoIP ITSP that is more of a plain vanilla telephone service, with the typical calling features they provide.
managerharry:
Holy merger mania batman... I clicked on the Obihai is now part of Polycom banner read up on Polycom and shortly ended up at this page "Plantronics to acquire Polycom": https://platform.mi.spglobal.com/IRW/CustomPage/4611682/Index?keyGenPage=1073753325
All of which suggests to me that Obihai is probably headed to the trash heap of corporate merger consolidation; or at very least that there will probably not be much staff or energy left to fix bugs over the next few months while Plantronics takes over.
I hope I'm wrong, but in the meantime it looks like I better locate something to replace my once trusty Obi + Google Voice solution which has worked like a dream for years. For me there are a few must have features: support for a standard phone / handset, ability to send SMS and MMS from a computer, ability to record multiple voicemail greetings for holidays, closures, etc, voicemail to email transcription and ability to listen to messages from a computer, and a good android mobile app. *sigh* now that I look at the list it makes me remember why I've used obi for so long. dang.
Can the 1062 be used as a standalone device with google voice? I.E. no need to use the obi202, just connect it to my router, add it to obitalk portal, and configure google voice? Anyway to add a second cheap handset to these phones?
My current setup is obi202 with a Panasonic KXTGF380M phone which comes with one DECT wireless handset and has built in bluetooth so I can use my Jabra Motion bluetooth headset.
SteveInWA:
No. Just no. Stop jumping to conclusions.
There were three separate companies, each with separate core competencies in different equipment and services. Obihai's expertise was in VoIP hardware and business/enterprise-class device provisioning and management. Polycom's expertise was in legacy analog conference room phones and speaker phones, and later, IP phones. Plantronics' expertise is in headsets (they developed the first headsets used by the military, NASA and the telephone operators). When these mergers are completed, there will be one company that has comprehensive expertise, products and services for consumers, small business, large enterprise, and telephone carrier customers and system integrators. To quote Martha Stewart, "this is a good thing." Combined, they'll be the market leader, and will be a strong player in the Microsoft Skype for Business and Google platforms. The consumer market will benefit from more choices and better support.
Again:
All current OBiTALK-heritage products (200 series ATAs, 1000 and 2000 series IP phones) support either Google Voice or any other SIP VoIP provider that will provide SIP credentials to their customers.You can use any combination of OBiTALK ATAs and IP phones, with any combination of service providers.All current OBiTALK products support call waiting as I detailed it above.Think of the OBiTALK IP phones as a telephone with the VoIP capability built in. Since they are all digital (except for their analog microphone/speaker/handset), there is no ATA function needed -- the phone does that.
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