OBi Phone Service $39.99/year
azrobert:
http://blog.obihai.com/
thunderstruck:
Who's the partner, and far more important, how many minutes?
giqcass:
My first guess.......... Anveo
At this price point my guess is 300-500 outgoing minutes.
Completely guessing but this is my logic. Anveo appears to be partnered with Obi based on their recomending them for 911. Anveo has Geo caller Id so it's no stretch to think they would be willing to send our GV caller ID. Based on Anveo pricing schedules and the assumption we will get a small break for the year contract.
$3.33
-$0.80 caller ID
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$2.53 Calling Credit
$2.53/$0.01= 253 minutes
I assume Obi negotiated some kind of price break so they round up to 300 minutes. Based on the post I don't believe these minutes will roll over. If they don't roll over and we figure in for users that won't use all of their minutes Anveo could be generous and add 200 minutes without affecting their bottom line. Thus giving us 500 minutes total outbound.
It is unlikely they could compete with magic jack on outbound minutes because Anveo offers a higher level of service. In addition Magic Jack is "Jacking" up their prices for those that want 911 calling.
I have no information that is not available to everyone else so don't ask me if I have any inside info. This is just a guess. For the noobs I don't work for Obi or Anveo. Anyone elses guess is just as good as mine.
sdb-:
Your logic seems reasonable to me, we'll see how it pans out!
BTW, Anveo does allow me to set my GV number for outgoing calls. (As does Localphone.) I still think my combination of Anveo and Localphone is cheaper than their bundle offer. And my ala carte approach is definitely more flexible.
giqcass:
Quote from: sdb- on January 02, 2014, 07:13:07 am
Your logic seems reasonable to me, we'll see how it pans out!
BTW, Anveo does allow me to set my GV number for outgoing calls. (As does Localphone.) I still think my combination of Anveo and Localphone is cheaper than their bundle offer. And my ala carte approach is definitely more flexible.
I have settled on Localphone for outbound calling myself. I'm still deciding on inbound routing. I also have a MagicJack with a free year of service. I won't renew it after the year is up. After the year is up or maybe even before if service sucks I'll use it as an FXS for my computer.
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