What is this new Vestalink (obivoice) service provider?
QBZappy:
OBi Mary meet Obivoice man
There is a new kid on the block attempting a unique approach of picking up new clients in what I can see is a niche market. Obihai created this market by convincing people to buy their OBi product bundled with the ability to use the free GV service.
This upstart seems to be around since 2010 operating under the name of Intelafone (Intelafone LLC/Intelafone.com). The obivoice brand seems to be a spinoff of the Intelafone service to capitalize on the pool of OBi/GV users out there. The choice of brand name is interesting. It begs the question if obihai will challenge them on the choice of name.
The services included in the price seems to be interesting. I'll let you read the features yourself ( http://www.obivoice.com/index.php ). At the moment it is offering free GV ports. This is an aggressive move to quickly swallow up the potential new customers before they decide to go with the more established voip offerings such as voip.ms, Callcentric, etc.
Both entities use blogs to communicate to the public. The recent entry of the obihai blog implies that they are seeking voip partners after the May 15, 2014 GV switchoff, and obivoice mentions that they would like to develop a relationship with OBiTALK.
"Obivoice is looking to closely partner with OBiTalk in the new year to continue providing quality, affordable service to those who want to continue to use their Obihai devices as an alternative to standard home telephone service."
http://www.obivoice.com/blog/?cat=1
The obivoice and the official OBiPLUS services seem to overlap somewhat as they seem to offer some business like PBX functionality.
Both obihai and intelafone have draconian Terms of Service. If you take the trouble to read it, it seems that they can kick you out at any time for any reason. I think that most service providers have similar TOS and that may be par for the course.
Terms of Service
https://intelafone.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/1338220-terms-of-service
There may be other individuals involved, however it seems the main person behind this effort is Ryan Tilton.
"When I started a voip company in 2010 we started off with Google voice as a free service for our users as well."
Ryan Tilton
http://www.obivoice.com/blog/?cat=1
Ryan, take advantage of this opportunity and introduce yourself officially to the community on the OBi forum. Please tell us who you are and what you are offering.
LeoKing:
The OBiVoice service is by IntelaFone that I have been interested in after the May 2014 GV announcement. The website used to be http://www.intelafone.com/.
Jackson:
The $25/year 500 minutes of talk time per month would suit me just fine. I'm assuming this is for both in and out?
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Over 20 Calling Features
E911 Calling, Call Blocking, Call Forwarding, Call Waiting, Call Detail Records, Caller ID w/ Name, Ring Scheduling, Fax to Email, Web Faxing, etc. All free!
The only con I see.
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$3 Taxes and fees will be assessed per user/line per month
I am unclear if there is a monthly charge for the number they provide.
LeoKing:
Yep, the $3/line/month for taxes and fees was what had stopped me from signing up with IntelaFone as it was not clear to me.
Usetheforceobiwan:
So with the taxes and fees, the ~$2.00 month phone service becomes >$5.00 month phone service, right? If the bill doubles from promoted price, some people are gonna be real sore about it.
I went through part of the sign up process (but did not complete), nothing about it impressed me. You do at least get to see if they have a local number for your area code before you make a final commitment.
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