Google shutting down 3rd party API
CSharpner:
OK, this scares me:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/11/04/merging-of-google-voice-and-hangouts-will-result-shutting-down-all-3rd-party-voice-apps-in-may-2014/
In May 2014, Google is going to shutdown their VOIP API for 3rd party apps. I presume this is going to kill my home phone, which is 100% Google Voice via my OBi110? http://csharpner.com/blog/?p=60
What are your plans going forward?
gderf:
This has been extensively discussed on the forum in several threads. Here is one:
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=6867.0
Here is OBihai's own message about this:
http://blog.obihai.com/2013/10/important-message-about-google-voice.html
Look around some on this forum, there is plenty to read.
sdb-:
Quote from: CSharpner on November 18, 2013, 09:10:33 am
What are your plans going forward?
I second the recommendation to read the other threads for detailed discussion, pros/cons, etc.
For simplicity it could all be done fairly cheaply with Anveo. $2/month for incoming, $0.80/month for E911, $0.01/minute for outgoing.
My personal summary:
Incoming calls: Anveo for my "home" number, and Google voice via IPKall to Anveo. (current configuration)
Outgoing calls: Localphone with Anveo for backup and E911 (currently sending most outgoing via GV)
Ostracus:
Quote from: CSharpner on November 18, 2013, 09:10:33 am
OK, this scares me:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/11/04/merging-of-google-voice-and-hangouts-will-result-shutting-down-all-3rd-party-voice-apps-in-may-2014/
In May 2014, Google is going to shutdown their VOIP API for 3rd party apps. I presume this is going to kill my home phone, which is 100% Google Voice via my OBi110? http://csharpner.com/blog/?p=60
What are your plans going forward?
My plans are effectively nothing changes. GV for me was an effective spam call trap. Not a primary, life depends upon it service.
tazmo8448:
It does seem like when something good is introduced, some how there looms uncle sugar wanting a cut. I imagine the phone services starting howling that their bread and butter was taken away, so with lobbying as it is bills where introduced to get a piece of the pie, just like state taxes on internet purchases, just another form of income. There are services out there that will be provided for the local tolls and if my information is correct uncle sugar wants a dollar a month bringing the thing under 5 bucks a month total. Still not bad compared to the usual phone service fees. Any way you slice it since we all plan to keep our ISP no matter what, there will be others that will come in a and fill the void just not free. Me I plan to keep Obi up and running with the lowest fee as my home phone and a cell on the lowest fee as a backup. I remember when we thought Vonage was such a good deal and it was compared to regular service, but marrying up our internet to phones will be viable til its taxed to death.
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