Obi 302?
JeffDB:
I had read an online article about using OBi with Google Voice and browsed around here for a little while before deciding to buy a couple of OBi 202s.
I have two phone numbers for my small home/office and a fax line, but no landline really for our family. I had moved my office to my home and had to go with Vonage to be able to keep my old phone number. I had to use AT&T to get a new business line with a prefix that wouldn't be a long distance call in the area even though the move was only about 15 miles as a crow flies, and they really gigged me.
They required a 2 year contract and charged me more than double what they had quoted me originally. When the time was up I moved it also to Vonage but their prices had climbed a few times and my wife was not happy with the phone bills, so I finally moved my main new line to my cell phone (Sprint) & made it my cell number. I cancelled that Vonage line and had Google Voice simulring my other line, and had it simulring my Google Voice/cell phone.
It seemed to work pretty well and did drop my rates, but Vonage went up again and my bills have been ~$64/month which seemed high to me for a VOiP line & seldom used fax. OBi / Google Voice looked like a dream come true. I could set up my cell/GVoice line as line 1, my old landline as #2, my fax as #3 and a family line to boot, with no monthly phone bill. What a deal.
I browsed around the site here for a bit, looked over the products page http://www.obihai.com/product-primer.html and decided a couple of the Obi 202s would be perfect. I knew my wife, being quite the penny pincher, would be none too happy about buying them, but figured I'd bring her around once she saw it all set up and working and learned how much money it would save in the long run. So I clicked on a link to buy from Amazon, but made the mistake of searching there for a lower price. I found one a few dollars cheaper from one of their partners & went ahead and ordered a couple. Unfortunately, it looks like I made a big mistake.
I was excited when they arrived, and was happy at how simple it looked to set them up. I plugged everything in and was surprised to get a dial tone right away. I followed the instructions and got my login or password & was quite pleased to see it listed my model number, serial number etc. right away on the screen. Much less hassle than setting up most things I've done.
But then I got stuck. After doing a quick set up, I couldn't figure out how to configure it for Google Voice, or any other service provider for that matter. I found a tutorial on the site and followed along with it. Everything on their screenshots matched up with what I was seeing through the screenshot I've labeled as Obihai setup p1 http://tinyurl.com/cdhuwjo . When I clicked on the “continue” button, however, I didn't get the screenshot they showed http://tinyurl.com/d4c6mce (Obihai setup 2nd page). My screen was basically blank below the upper yellow line.
Reading further and looking through various other sources I came to find out that there's apparently another Obi product that is not listed on the products page, namely an Obi 302. At first I thought maybe I was lucky and got some new upgraded version that just came out, but no such luck. From what I gather, the OBi 302 is essentially a crippled OBi 202.
Is it true that the OBi 302 won't work with Google Voice? Can it be made to work, or am I just out the shipping costs for sending everything back?
Rick:
If you ordered 202s and they shipped 302s, let Amazon know. 302s are for third parties to provision and appear to not include GV support. Little discussion about them.
JeffDB:
Quote from: Rick on January 11, 2013, 04:29:01 pm
If you ordered 202s and they shipped 302s, let Amazon know. 302s are for third parties to provision and appear to not include GV support. Little discussion about them.
Unfortunately, I wasn't really paying attention to what the numbers were. I thought Obihai only made one 2 line device. I had searched for OBi 202, but a lot of times those searches do pull up similar devices.
Bummer.
I guess it's live and learn. I guess I got a little too excited and didn't read all the fine print, so to speak.
Ostracus:
Has anyone tried flashing with 202 firmware? Maybe ask Obihai if they can do it?
giqcass:
I was of the understanding the 302 is identical from a hardware point of view. I'm sure you can fix the firmware to standard 202 if you consult Obihai. I would open a support ticket with them.
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