Obivoice (Intelafone) vs. Forthcoming Obihai Service?
simpleAnswers:
Quote from: gderf on January 19, 2014, 05:40:25 pm
Quote from: simpleAnswers on January 19, 2014, 05:23:41 pm
With Obivoice it appears I can make a seamless transition from XMPP without any issues.
As you could just as easily with any other VoIP provider.
Sorry but I have to disagree with you on that one. Every other option I found here was full of gimmicks and take backs. If I wasn't paying X for E911, it was Y for DID, Z for per minute calling or some other charge using perl script.
Truth is like most GV-OBi users, I bought the OBi because I could easily use it with GV without worrying about all of these issues.
I tried CallCentric, Localphone and Obivoice, and I'll have to say ObiVoice is the most transparent when it comes to what you get and you get a lot. All the others are just full of nickel and dime here with too much hassle. I never liked my cable company so I'm not one for a bunch of charges. Just give me a final number and no hassle which is what most of the GV-Obi users are crying for.
ObiVoice is the easiest way to transition off GV XMPP. I got a DID, unlimited calling, voicemail, even FAX from the portal. All for $30 per year. Which is the cost of 1year of SipSorcery, I already get everything I need without the Perl.
I didn't even have to port my number, it works seamlessly with the Obi device, in just 3 steps, I'm now using it instead of GV as the SP in my Obi, my callers don't know the difference, same CID and all, so far so good.
giqcass:
Quote from: simpleAnswers on January 20, 2014, 04:23:26 pm
ObiVoice is the easiest way to transition off GV XMPP. I got a DID, unlimited calling, voicemail, even FAX from the portal.
If you use the fax feature please let us know how well it works or what limitations you find.
ceg3:
So, I decided to go ahead and try the free trial and I connected my OBi. I added my new number to GV and spoofed my outbound caller ID to show my GV number. It was all very simple to enter the proxy numbers and so on from my OBi configuration to my obivoice account. One downside I see right away is that the free month is a month or 60 minutes and of course 60 minutes won't last very long. That seems kind of cheesy. I did make one test to call my new number and the caller ID only showed "unknown caller." I have little doubt that will work itself out. I'm feeling good about the service in the first few hours, the limited trial aside, and as I stated setting it up was pretty simple. I may decide to port my GV number eventually. I'm told Google charges 3.00 to port out a number, but obivoice is waiving their normal 10.00 fee for us GV clients.
gderf:
Did you make your test call to your GV number which is forwarded to your obivoice number, or did you call your obivoice number?
LeoKing:
I ported one of my GV numbers to a cell phone provider last year and Google charged me $3 through my Google Wallet. Porting into Google Voice would cost more, I think it's $20 or so.
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