Please Help with Obivoice/Google Voice voicemail solution....
se1961:
Rats. I was afraid somebody might say that. I'm surprised more people haven't commented on this problem, since many folks (including OBI tech?) are offering the "caller id spoofing" and direct dial from another VOIP service provider as a solution. It seems that it isn't, really.
cluckercreek:
The only time I've seen GV (lately) be an improvement was when making a call using my NetTALK Duo with the Obi.
MikeHObi:
Quote from: se1961 on February 12, 2014, 10:46:59 am
Rats. I was afraid somebody might say that. I'm surprised more people haven't commented on this problem, since many folks (including OBI tech?) are offering the "caller id spoofing" and direct dial from another VOIP service provider as a solution. It seems that it isn't, really.
Google Voice has been having poor performance routing to various VOIP providers of the past few months and appears to be doing nothing to resolve the problem. It is pretty dissapointing but it does seem that GV is not going to be a long term product for Google. I still will use it as my "cell" number going forward but my home number will probably get ported away from it when XMPP no longer functions. At least with Anveo or CallCentric or Voip.ms or ObiVoice you can get in touch with someone and have them look into problems.
se1961:
:) :) :)
I would like to report a (at least for now) fully successful transition to the "forward Google Voice" and "spoof Google Voice Number" method of replacing GV.
After reading through MANY MANY forum posts, on this and broadband reports forum, I ended up trying Anveo. It's somewhat daunting to get it set up, but (strangely) when google voice numbers forward to the Anveo DID, I am not getting any of the "what's wrong with your phone??" reactions I got before. I know that there are slightly cheaper alternatives, but my needs are for simplicity and reliable phone service. I'm very comfortable paying somewhere between 5-8 dollars a month for phone service that works!
Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions and commiseration. Strangely, by now, I no longer care about getting a message waiting indication. If I find I miss it, or if the forwarding quality degrades, I may just port the number away from Google. At the moment, I'm very happy.
OneForTheTeam:
Quote from: se1961 on February 12, 2014, 05:16:53 pm
I know that there are slightly cheaper alternatives, but my needs are for simplicity and reliable phone service. I'm very comfortable paying somewhere between 5-8 dollars a month for phone service that works!
I was in the same boat. Have switched over to ObiVoice and am satisfied with their service. Looks like Future-Nine also offers something in the same price range. I hope more VOIP providers can offer competitively priced residential offering.
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