Questions before getting the obi110 or obi202
zapattack:
The 110 does support additional outgoing providers if they do not require registration.
There are eight Voice Gateways which can be used for providers that give low rates to specific countries.
Felix:
Quote from: zapattack on January 14, 2013, 10:27:05 pm
The 110 does support additional outgoing providers if they do not require registration.
There are eight Voice Gateways which can be used for providers that give low rates to specific countries.
True statement (all OBis have this feature, not just 110; and outgoing provider can only be SIP, not GV). There are some limitations, though... so for the purposes of decision making, it's almost better to ignore this capability (don't flame me; I put almost as a cop-out :) )
Ostracus:
Agreed, it's one of the more neglected aspects of the Obi's Be nice if there were a local proxy that could register with the provider while accepting unregistered clients.
giqcass:
Someone else could better answer this but isn't there a way to trick the Obi into pulling up Caller Id from another provider? I think this would mean forwarding the call to the other provider to pull up the cnam. There are better minds then me on here that could explain the possibilities. Unless you are uber cheap CID can't cost that much if you really want it but do you really need caller ID if you only plan to use it for fax?
Personally I love my 202 but if you want to keep the landline the 110 is probably a better option. Otherwise you would be looking at adding a two line phone or some other hack. It would likely be better to get the 110 and then you can always add a 202 later if you wanted additional features. They can work together.
If you use QOS settings on your router other traffic won't often interfere.
If you want to switch your landline to a sip provider the 202 is a good choice and you can keep your existing number. Be sure to read the threads about number porting.
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