Google Sets the Date for the End of XMPP with Google Voice
synchron:
Quote from: mo832 on January 06, 2014, 02:55:40 pm
I have read elsewhere in this thread that sipsorcery costs at least $69 a year or so. Is there still a free option? If there is, is there an easy (for dummies) guide posted anywhere to set up the callback script so that you could dial directly from the phone without having to click a button on the GV website?
For $69/yr you can have multi SIP accounts and multi-registered bindings - ATA's with each one tied to a GV account via a seperate dialplan to call back to using either ipKall or Callcentric DID's to be used as the callback.
As far as being grandfathered in as a free user, that can change anytime. If I had to start paying, I would but it's nice that the owner of the site (who is one heckuva programmer, BTW) has kept it free to some of us.
AshGV:
I have not seen any mention of Obivoice (www.obivoice.com) so far. I stumbled on it just couple of days ago while researching cheap SIP providers. Doesn't seem to be any relation to Obi as such as far as I can see.
This service comes into the category of OBI device users who would rather switch to a cheap paid incoming/outgoing SIP provider while keeping their GV number.
Several plans exist including month to month and annual and biannual, limited minutes to unlimited. I needed unlimited one as I do long conf. calls daily from home. Annual pre-paid unlimited calling is $49, which is not bad at all. They offer CallerID spoofing, so I have it setup to show my Google Voice number. International rates are not bad either.
I have their service setup as SP2 on OBI100 now. So far I am satisfied - I wasn't satisfied with GV as people reported broken voice sometimes. I will signup for annual once I have test driven for 1 month.
SteveInWA:
There are already two other threads discussing this service provider; no need to add it to this discussion, too.
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=7177.0
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=7149.0
There is also a (typically) very long discussion of them over on DSLReports.
I think their service is not unlimited, so if you are on daily long conference calls, you should look into the calling minutes included in their plans, and read the discussions on the other threads.
AshGV:
Quote from: SteveInWA on January 26, 2014, 05:27:05 pm
There are already two other threads discussing this service provider; no need to add it to this discussion, too.
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=7177.0
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=7149.0
There is also a (typically) very long discussion of them over on DSLReports.
I think their service is not unlimited, so if you are on daily long conference calls, you should look into the calling minutes included in their plans, and read the discussions on the other threads.
Thanks for links to other forums. I would have thought there would mention of theirs here where we are discussing alternatives, but then perhaps their service is fairly new (started in Jan, 14?)
I think for unlimited being limited - I think it might be related to very long calls of total 5-6 hours daily will be classified as business use. Mine are 1-2 hours daily, but still I will read the fine print. I signed up for month to month initially just for this reason to try out.
jonsid:
I was excited three years ago when I was able to make free phone calls with my computer through Google. I thought, if only there was a device so I wouldn't have to use my computer and then I discovered OBI. It was so great I gave up my land line, could still use my cordless phones and saved a bunch of money since then. Now things are going to change again and I'm not sure exactly how to proceed.
I can still make free phone calls using Google Hangouts, even video calls too through my computer, plus there are many extra features with Google. So why do I need another service except for 911? So my computer has to stay on all the time but a phone does too - so what? A small Chromebook in every room will be handy.
When I use Hangouts I can dial a US number and a little pop up says "This call is free". Google gave me a 10 cents credit when I signed up with them 3 years ago - I guess for International calls. Is this all going away on May 15th?
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