Cheapest VOIP provider for OBI100/110 etc..
clawdogs:
If you are looking for a google voice "free replacement" after 5/15/2014, I'm sorry to say there really isn't an alternative.. at least not yet. There are very cheap alternatives to the likes of vonage, or your local cable company. I was looking for the cheapest and easiest to set up as well as an unlimited plan. After a lot of research, the provider I went with is http://www.vestalink.com/ .. I signed up for 12 months unlimited local and long distance (within US) for only $49.99 (that's a little over $4 a month). It includes E911, a free local number at no extra charge and a slew of other standard features like vmail, call forwarding, blocking, rollover, caller ID, spoofing etc. International rates are also super cheap. Setting up my OBI was a snap - literally just one-click to set up via vestalink website. I have been very happy with the clarity so far and I will report back any issues if I run into them. Thanks. ;D
gderf:
You may want to read thru the forum before making your first post :)
We know all about Vestalink, formerly known as Obivoice, formerly known as Intelafone.
If you had been here a few months ago, you would have beaten the price increase and paid less :) But you did beat the next price increase ;)
Enjoy the service, I did when I took the free trial some time ago and might sign with them if and when I tire of using GV with callbacks to continue making free calls post May 15.
clawdogs:
Thanks. I was just directing this post to those of us still on gvoice looking for a decent alternative once the service goes down. I've been using my OBI100 for a while with gvoice but sadly that great service is going away. My hope is that some readers will use this post as a good source to start with a viable alternative since there are so many options out there but few that are as simple and feature rich.
ceg3:
I used GV for a couple years as my only home phone and it worked pretty darn well for the cost of .... nothing, but it wasn't perfect for me and I had to buy e911 and didn't have CNAM. When I signed up with Vestalink (still like name Obivoice better) in January I got the things GV didn't give me and better call quality. I still have GV on SP2 just for kicks but, a few glitches aside, I remain happy with Vestalink.
Marty.ba.calif.usa:
I signed up for the free trial, and it worked well. But it's missing the features I really need, and I don't really want to go through the hassle of using GV to somewhat get them back.
They have no filtering to fight against telemarketers - only specific caller IDs, which helps almost not at all. Most providers provide at least something simple, such as pressing a key to continue the call, which would cut out automated robocalls, one of the most common and annoying of them.
Anveo has full IVR capabilities. I tried them, and was able to easily set up something that says "Press 1 to continue to voice, press 2 to leave a voice mail". This will probably stop all robocalls, and most telemarketers, who often don't come on line until this message is passed, so they would also get disconnected.
I paid $2.80 to try an Anveo plan for a month. Not a big deal in cost to me.
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