Google Sets the Date for the End of XMPP with Google Voice
Ostracus:
Quote from: Felix on October 31, 2013, 09:34:43 pm
Quote from: steveken on October 31, 2013, 07:34:45 pm
I suppose I am one of the very few people who use the phone barely any. I mean, it is usually less than maybe 5 minutes a month.
So, you can have CallWithus and it will cost you (gasp) 5 cents a month. And you can have free WA phone number from IPKall or free NY number from CallCentric. Or you can have both in and out from CallCentric or Voip.MS and it will cost you 10 cents a month.
Let's stop "the sky is falling" nonsense. Obihai is still an excellent device. It used to have a unique feature (GV support); now it will compete with Grandstreams and others. Maybe it will force them to improve their documentation - or maybe they will abandon retail market altogether!
Don't know about sky, but with their upcoming devices it looked like Obihai was aiming for the business market, in which I doubt GV is a big player.
azrobert:
Quote from: DaveHuss on November 01, 2013, 11:15:47 am
As someone pointed out the "call google, enter the number you wish to call, and have google call you back" method of placing a call should hopefully still work. If that is the case then a call-centric/pay by the minute number is all you will need.
I don't think you understand how GV works.
There are 2 methods to make a call from a PSTN or your OBi.
Method 1: Sign in to GV and initiate a call. GV does a callback.
Method 2: Call your GV number. You get a GV prompt. You enter "2" and the outbound number. GV makes the call. No callback.
I have a PSTN line and can call my GV number for free and then make a free long distance call. If you only have a SIP provider and using method 2, you are getting charged for the call by your provider.
gderf:
Quote from: azrobert on November 01, 2013, 02:43:55 pm
Method 2: Call your GV number. You get a GV prompt. You enter "2" and the outbound number. GV makes the call. No callback.
I have a PSTN line and can call my GV number for free and then make a free long distance call. If you only have a SIP provider and using method 2, you are getting charged for the call by your provider.
OK, so when using method 2 with a SIP provider I would estimate it takes less than a minute for GV to pick up the call and make the outbound call. Is the time charged for by the SIP provider over at that point - ie a one minute call?
carl:
Quote from: gderf on November 01, 2013, 03:27:50 pm
OK, so when using method 2 with a SIP provider I would estimate it takes less than a minute for GV to pick up the call and make the outbound call. Is the time charged for by the SIP provider over at that point - ie a one minute call?
No. You will be charged for the entire duration of the call. The 'method' 2 makes, as azrobert said, only sense if you have a PSTN line with free local but no long distance calling.
dennist:
Quote from: sdb- on November 01, 2013, 07:33:02 am
Quote from: steveken on October 31, 2013, 10:59:37 pm
Quote from: Felix on October 31, 2013, 09:34:43 pm
Quote from: steveken on October 31, 2013, 07:34:45 pm
I suppose I am one of the very few people who use the phone barely any. I mean, it is usually less than maybe 5 minutes a month.
So, you can have CallWithus and it will cost you (gasp) 5 cents a month. And you can have free WA phone number from IPKall or free NY number from CallCentric. Or you can have both in and out from CallCentric or Voip.MS and it will cost you 10 cents a month.
Let's stop "the sky is falling" nonsense. Obihai is still an excellent device. It used to have a unique feature (GV support); now it will compete with Grandstreams and others. Maybe it will force them to improve their documentation - or maybe they will abandon retail market altogether!
The thing is that right now, with GV, I have a number that is local to me. I do not want to have to give out a WA number or NY number to people if I need to give them a number.
Read more carefully.
Get the free DID mentioned above. Configure your OBi. Forward your google voice number to the new DID. Done.
Nobody but you needs to know.
Now your incoming calls to GV get forwarded to the DID and then to your OBi. Free. And nobody needs to know.
Outgoing calls go thru the new service. Costs pennies a call. Or for the ultimate cheapskates like me, add another service like localphone for outgoing calls. $0.005/minute or various plans up to $5/month for 5000 minutes. That is nearly as cheap as GV for low usage, and still much cheaper than the PSTN.
(Note that localphone bills by the minute while some other services charge $0.01/minute but bill in six-second increments which may be cheaper if you make a lot of short calls. On average you will waste 1/2 of a billing increment per call.)
I am not familiar with using OBi with other VOIP services. Can you point me to the right direction?
Where can I find the free DID?
I have an OBi 110. SP1 is configured with Google Voice. Should I configure the incoming DID in SP2?
For the outgoing calls, like Localphone, where should I do the configuration? SP1 or SP2? I could not find the instruction of setting up Obi device in Localphone’s website.
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