How to turn your OBi20x device into an mini-ITSP for Google Voice trunks
restamp:
I wanted to get this out before June 18th and have finally gotten it into reasonable shape:
https://cboh.org/voip/obi/OBi_As_ITSP.html
The document describes how to configure a FreePBX Asterisk server and an OBi20x device to allow the latter to serve as a SIP-to-GVSIP bridge for the Asterisk server. It provides another option for continued Asterisk support for GV in the (presumed) post-XMPP era. It is my hope that these instructions prove useful to those running Asterisk with GV lines as trunks.
GPz1100:
Thanks for the how to. I've skimmed it briefly and will read in detail tomorrow.
To clarify one point, with this arrangement, a total of 3 gv accounts can be used by the pbx, correct?
SteveInWA:
...and, "just to clarify..."
Read my linked post here, explaining many of the circumstances whereby you may lose your Google Voice number and all your access to the service.
https://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=14006.0
Google doesn't care how you access the service, as long as it is using the official OAUTH 2.0 authentication method, and you're not doing so from a prohibited country over a VPN.
Google does care about what you do with that access; its automation can, and will, shut down the service for a given Google account, if it detects calling patterns that indicate abuse, or for any of the other reasons I documented in the linked post.
Bottom line: use your PBX for your personal/hobby use, at your own risk, and NOT for commercial use. Every single week, on the Google Voice forum, we have to explain this to people who whine about how they got a box of business cards printed, and flyers sent out, and now their number doesn't work. I'm always tempted to send them a link to Vistaprint, to get another box of business cards, but I just let them wallow in their despair.
GPz1100:
Steve, try to stay on topic. You post has nothing to do with what is being discussed in this thread.
SteveInWA:
Sure it does. The title of the thread exactly describes the purpose of the exercise. Google Voice never has been a provider of unlimited free SIP trunks, like a "free" ITSP. I am simply pointing out the things that will get your service suspended. Follow the rules, and you're welcome to do whatever you want. I'd consider that useful information that is directly related to the topic, and in response to all the misplaced hostility from people who accuse Google of some sort of evil-doing. Information is power.
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