Obihai Google Voice XMPP Solutions
simpleAnswers:
Quote from: gderf on January 12, 2014, 09:39:16 am
Speaking for myself, if I can't afford less than $4.00/month for unlimited VoIP calling, how can I afford the internet connection to run it on in the first place?
I think you misunderstood. I like what GV offers. The call history, the text messaging from the number, the email transcribing of voicemails. The multiple numbers I can have it connect to along with the a schedule for when to try each number. The google integration...the list goes on.
All I'm trying to do is still be able to make and receive GV calls without needing a computer and I don't mind paying for it.
My understanding through reading everything I can find so far on the blog is a mix of various half baked answers which will work for techies but not for most users who actually decided on the obi in the first place.
Here is how I see it. Post May 2014
The Obi will still receive inbound GV calls as it does today and ring the phone attached to the OBIOutbound calls will no longer work with GV as-is so we need an alternative.
My sought alternative is like most users to still be able to make calls that present my GV number as my CID.
Ideally I would prefer to make the calls using GV so all my call records are in GV which is a big plus for me ( I tend to look up when I last contacted/emailed/texted my contacts from the GV history)
The best solutions I've seen here
Using Sipsorcery with some DID from X, CID from Y and paying 69$ to Sipsorcery which I don't mind. However it appears that this doesn't use GV for outbound calls and instead relys on some other SIP service.
This is not much different from simply signing up for localphone.com, setting it up as SP2 on Obi, and making all calls from it while also setting localphone.com to spoof my GV number. This hits almost all points for me.
Another solution which I just seen is to use GVMate. yes I know GVMate needs a computer on to work, but I have a Home Server that is always on so it could be hooked up to the GVMate which then means I don't use the Obi but I can have in/out bound calls via GV all the time.
drgeoff:
Quote from: simpleAnswers on January 12, 2014, 10:16:36 am
Here is how I see it. Post May 2014
The Obi will still receive inbound GV calls as it does today and ring the phone attached to the OBI
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Using Sipsorcery with some DID from X, CID from Y and paying 69$ to Sipsorcery which I don't mind. However it appears that this doesn't use GV for outbound calls and instead relys on some other SIP service.
1. My understanding is that incoming GV calls to OBi devices will also not work after 14 May.
2. Sipsorcery does use GV for outbound calls. The method is the same as Google's call back method where you enter the number you want to call and select/enter the number of the callback phone on the web page. Sipsorcery does exactly that. It accesses that same web page with your GV login details and gives it the two phone numbers. GV calls back to the number which reaches your Sipsorcery account (via the DID from X). GV then dials the number you want to call and bridges the two.
lhm.:
Drgeoff is correct. A diagrammatic representation of the SIP Sorcery GoogleVoiceCall dialplan application is linked below.
http://sipsorcery.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Google%20Voice%20Call%20Dialplan%20Application
simpleAnswers:
Damn this just gets worse and worse.
SipSorcery appears to be the only option that is being posted that will use your GV for in/out bound calls using some magic.
Obivoice appears to tout themselves as the next best thing. From what I see, they can port the number over and have some GV like features (voicemail transcript, voicemail email, unlimited calls (fee based), call log, and even E911). But I really would like to not rely on unproven companies that may be down for days on end. This is the reason I would like to stay GV as much as possible. Google's stuff works. I've read issues on this board with pretty much all the alternates listed either having issues which result in long downtimes, CLID issues etc.
My Solution options for now will be either
GVMate on my homeserver or
Obitalk Solution : GV out via [SIP] which can spoof my gv number. GV inbound forwarding to my [SIP Provider] number. The choice of [SIP Provider] could be localphone, betamax or obivoice. I might try all 3 out and see how they hold up.
Thanks for clarifying that GV inbound won't work on Obi also. The information put out has been confusing or little. My guess is there is a rush to ship as many of the Obi devices before all consumers catch on.
giqcass:
You can also run an Asterisk server that does the same thing as Sipsorcery. I have been looking into an Asterisk appliance. I'm waiting to make sure they update their firmware to work with Hangouts fully but I expect them to.
Here is an option noone has talked about. For $10 you can add a device to your Obi that will do what you want. I'll have one in a few days to verify it works. The device is called an auto dialer. It will call your Google Voice number then log in and dial out Via Google Voice. You would need to pay for outgoing calls to your Google Voice number but all of the Google Voice features you are accustomed to would remain intact.
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