EOL for OBi 200, 202 and 212
rjniles:
Interesting discussion on another forum.
https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r33282630-Equipment-Poly-sets-EOL-timeline-for-OBI-ATAs-200-202-212
SteveInWA:
Quote from: MSRobi on December 19, 2021, 04:59:51 pm
Quote from: SteveInWA on December 19, 2021, 03:59:30 pm
Correct: you can simply use any of the other Internet Telephone Service Providers (ITSPs) you wish. My votes go to Callcentric or voip.ms, as very reliable and reputable service providers with a very long track record.
I know I could look this up, but with Callcentric or voip.ms, if I want to use my GVoice "landline" number, would I port my GV number to the ITSP? Or just get a new number from ITSP and use GV to link to my new number? If I do it by linking, will I be able to call out and have my GV number be displayed for caller ID?
You would port your Google Voice number out of Google Voice and into the ITSP (Callcentric, for one, does this for free). The number would then behave like any other telephone number (sends caller ID of that number).
SteveInWA:
To those who are still asking the same questions already answered, here you go:
Poly is giving us TWO YEARS more service before they shut it down.
No, this is not a Google decision. It is a simple End of Life decision by Poly. No, Google is not shutting down Google Voice. They've invested many millions of dollars in modernizing the service to support the paid, business-class version for Google Workspace customers, and the consumer version uses the same infrastructure. Google has also done a ton of work to modernize and convert the consumer side to the same back-end and the same mobile and desktop user interfaces.
People go ballistic every time Obihai/Poly announces the end of life of a product. There is absolutely no "but, but, I was guaranteed free phone service for life!" clause. Companies phase out products all the time.
No, there will not be any follow-on Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA) products that work with Google Voice. As someone already pointed out, landline phone use is rapidly declining, and there is no money in making/selling/supporting landline ATAs.
The remaining market is in business IP phones that work with cloud-based or PBX SIP phone systems.
Your OBiTALK device does now, and still will support any SIP VoIP service provider that provides open SIP credentials. Free? No. Affordable? Yes.
MSRobi:
There are definitely advantages to old style landline. I have a base station with 6 handsets throughout the house. When grandma calls, any of us (wife, 3 kids, 3 cats) can pick it up and talk to her. Call quality is still better than cell phone, but cell phone quality has noticeably improved in the last few years.
With a cell phone, I invariably leave it downstairs and when it rings, I'm invariably upstairs.
:D :D :D
doctor34:
Quote from: MSRobi on December 19, 2021, 08:13:04 am
I'm not surprised, the writing has been on the wall for a while now. As drgeoff says, we have until December 2023, or until GV makes a change requiring a firmware update, which is very unlikely to be developed and released by Poly.
"but, but we were guaranteed free phone service for life", but it doesn't say WHO's life :)
This board will have a good consensus on what we should do well before December 2023. My first thought is callcentric with my Obi202 (although it may not be wise to use an out-of-support ATA).
It's NOT JUST GV that you might need some sort of update or at least a programming change (via the direct portal after Dec. 18, '23), as ANY SIP service provider could require a change and leave you out of luck if they don't post a hack you can make on any specific ATA to make it work.
Someone else mentioned the Obi50x (4- or 8-phone port adapters), and still others here and on DSLReport.com's forum for this issue (see link in a prior post) have mentioned the Obi10x2 (22, 32, & 62) units, of which Amazon has the 22 for $60 right now & the 32 is $146, there's no word on if they are next, but the scuttlebutt is that these are aimed at businesses, so are likely to be continued to be supported for the time being.
(Vs. the 2xx, as they are aimed at individuals more than businesses, and sales have been steadily dropping, so they stopped making them, and are selling off the remaining stock 2 yrs. before discontinuing support for them.)
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