Which service do I port my main (home) number too?
RichP:
Quote from: jjk99 on December 06, 2013, 06:48:23 am
Are you guys changing to Anveo due to the GV going away issue? How did you choose Anveo?
Any idea where to get the latest on what Obi is doing to address the GV isssue? I wish they had a seperate subforum for that topic?
thanks
jjk99,
I am new to these type of SIP services. I have had VOIP many years now but that doesn't really require any configurations other than just plug in the company's VOIP box.
I am moving from traditional voip to SIP so I did not have GV set as a SIP incoming and outgoing.
I did alot of research and found Anveo to have the best price and features. Their personal use unlimited plan is unlimited incoming calls along with incoming faxes to your email for $2.00 a month plus $0.80 per month for e911 service. Then I will use voipbuster.com which is free, for all of my outgoing calls. Check out their website.
sdb-:
Quote from: jjk99 on December 06, 2013, 06:48:23 am
Are you guys changing to Anveo due to the GV going away issue? How did you choose Anveo?
I chose Anveo because 1) I do not trust porting my landline number to GV so there was NO reason to jump thru any hoops to do it, 2) it was only $24 to port to Anveo and have unlimited incoming for a full year, and 3) E911 is only $0.80/month. So for under $36 I have covered all my incoming calls and have E911 for a full year.
GV may or may not be going away, but using with the OBi is going away according to the only official word I have seen.
I have seen rumors (Obihai reportedly told someone who told...) that says Obihai is working on a solution to use Hangouts. Technically that should be possible so I believe it could happen. Until I see it happen I am making my own plans. (I am a firmware engineer. I have personally experienced multiple times in the past year where concrete plans with a 3rd party have fallen thru. It happens.)
jjk99:
Thank you both for the great answers. I appreciate it.
gderf:
Quote from: sdb- on December 06, 2013, 07:01:44 am
GV may or may not be going away, but using with the OBi is going away according to the only official word I have seen.
Not correct. Directly connecting to the OBi will be going away. But this does not mean you can't continue to use GV with your OBi.
Incoming GV calls forwarded to a DID will still ring your OBi and you can get a free DID for this use.
Callbacks to your DID can be used to initiate outbound calls using GV.
sdb-:
Quote from: gderf on December 06, 2013, 09:20:50 am
Quote from: sdb- on December 06, 2013, 07:01:44 am
GV may or may not be going away, but using with the OBi is going away according to the only official word I have seen.
Not correct. Directly connecting to the OBi will be going away. But this does not mean you can't continue to use GV with your OBi.
Semantics. Today the OBi is doing google voice (and likely google knows an OBi is connecting) using the google Jingle extension to XMPP, unlike any other ATA I know of. Obihai's statement said they will no longer be able to do that ca. 14May2014.
In your scenario google voice is only interfacing with the PSTN, the OBi would have no idea google voice was involved, does not need to do anything special for google voice, and any other way of answering a phone call would do just as well as the Obi.
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