Using OBi and GV Outside the USA
jimates:
Quote from: 4myphones on March 07, 2011, 02:16:01 pm
thanks you for the reply
i am hoping not to need 2 OBi110 ATA
right now i use my PAP2 and it works fine with GV to Gizmo or any other Voip BUT
the OBi110 lets you bypass the need to use GV to make calls something a PAP2 can't do
my question since OBi110 connects to my Google account will is work overseas
right now my Google Voice account is fully usable overseas and that is how i make all my calls BUT
i do not have the ability to you use Gmail to make calls that feature is not available to me unless i run a Proxy and when i do i can make calls from Gmail
So can anyone tell me what part of my Google account does the OBi110 connect to my GV or my Gmail account for me one works and one does not
The Obi connects as if you were signing into your gmail account, which you can now do. But it works as if it were the Google Chat feature of gmail to place calls, which you can not use. I guess until someone tries it and gives a guaranteed answer it would be a toss up.
4myphones:
i want to clear a few things up
1: Google only lets you sign up for GV from within the USA (i needed a friend in the USA or remote desktop type program that was connected to a USA computer) a good proxy would probably work also
2: once i created my GV account i have FULL access to it overseas with no proxy and it works fine and i have Google Chat enabled in GV
3: in Gmail i have the Voice & Video (Chat plugin) installed i even see the camera icon showing me that its installed properly and my Gmail interface language is set to English (US)
i just do not have the option to Call Phones in Gmail
4: if i run a proxy like uSurf or others the Call Phones option appears and i can make & receive calls in side of Gmail
i hope i do not have a problem with OBi110 (just ordered it yesterday it will take a few weeks for my to get once my Family recieves it(
ItsAllGood:
I did use the OBi110 in Costa Rica in February. I set it up in the US prior to departure. We all forwarded our mobile numbers to the Google Voice number when we left the states. It worked very well. We made and received close to 200 calls during the week, all without any tolls.
Location: Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Connection type: plugged into a Linksys router that was using cable Internet, 2Mbps/56Kbps
Calls: To and From the United States
ShermanObi:
Going forward, the purpose of this topic is to memorialize success associated with using OBi devices with Google Voice outside the USA.
Where were you?
How were you connected to the Internet?
What kind of calls worked?
What kind of calls did not work?
Any other observations?
4myphones:
i am based in israel (and i cannot believe israel is blocking anything
israel FWIW invented VOIP and does not block it
So far i have tried my local isp (018) and i have a cellular data modem (Celcom) and that does not work
i eagerly await the arrival of my OBi but it has not even shipped yet
BTW a few months ago i tried Asterisk pbx 1.8 and that DID work (but i sold the old laptop it was running on)
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