Will GoogleVoice stop working on all deployed OBi devices after May 15?
telecomm:
Thanks in advance for any advice. I use Obi with GV, but the GV # is forwarded to my free callcentric number for e911. I understand from this thread that in May when the changes occur, I will still be able to receive calls like I do now. But, what about outgoing calls? Right now I use GV for that. Any ideas on alternatives where I can still have my GV number show as the caller ID when I place an outgoing call? I assume I may have to use something like Callcentric to place the outgoing call after May if GV will not be able to place it directly from my Obi202.
Koby:
Quote from: telecomm on December 10, 2013, 01:46:00 pm
Any ideas on alternatives where I can still have my GV number show as the caller ID when I place an outgoing call?
You could set up a FreePBX based system using something like Asterisk for Raspberry Pi and use it as a Service Provider for your Obi, and then see if the old method of placing outgoing Google Voice calls from the pre-xmpp days will still work. I think it does now, but there's no way of knowing if it will continue to work indefinitely.
gderf:
Your incoming calls forwarded to your free Callcentric DID number will continue to work post May 15, 2014, so long as that is a working solution as it is now for you. Some of those free Callcentric NYC area DIDs are having problems now, so there is no telling if those that are working will continue to do so. You can get a free IPKall DID today to play with now if you want to have a backup. Just aim it at your Callcentric SIP credentials.
For outgoing calls post May 15, 2014 you can buy outgoing VoIP service from any number of vendors. They should all allow you to use your GV number for CallerID. I have PAYG outgoing service with CallWithUS. I gave them $5.00 for about 475 outgoing minutes which do not expire. I have only used a few of those minutes to place test calls.
giqcass:
A lot of people will be moving to localphone for outgoing calls. They start at 1/2 cent per minute pay as you go or 1/10 of a cent per minute if you buy a bucket of minutes each month and they will "spoof" your caller ID so it appears the call came from your Google Voice account. Any service with caller ID "spoofing" will work.
The old Asterisk method will work as well but when Google changes something it can break in which case you must wait for an update. It has worked pretty well for a long time but you never know.
carl:
Quote from: giqcass on December 10, 2013, 03:28:36 pm
A lot of people will be moving to localphone for outgoing calls. They start at 1/2 cent per minute pay as you go or 1/10 of a cent per minute if you buy a bucket of minutes each month and they will "spoof" your caller ID so it appears the call came from your Google Voice account. Any service with caller ID "spoofing" will work.
The old Asterisk method will work as well but when Google changes something it can break in which case you must wait for an update. It has worked pretty well for a long time but you never know.
I would not call it spoofing. You can set any registered number( which has to be verified) as your caller ID, it cannot be just any number. So I can pick any of my Localphone DID's, my 2 GV numbers , My Callcentric number or my 2 cell phone numbers. That's it.
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