Google Voice support ending May 15, 2014, Google Hangouts transition
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Quote from: giqcass on March 30, 2014, 09:56:09 pm
I think it would have been a good idea to send email to their customers but they did post it on the blog, twitter, and Facebook. They didn't exactly hide it.
Saying "every Obi user is goaded to register with an email address" is incorrect. If you don't use Obitalk or the forum they don't have your email address. Neither one is needed. I set up my Obi without the help of either. It was only later that I decided to join the forum and gave them my email address willingly.
Their Blog, facebook, twitter..LOL...Don't think I've ever looked at those since I bought mine.
No offense but you are a more expert user than 99% of the users I've encountered and most of us do use the web to setup the Obi.
Practically all the GV users will tell you that they set up their OBi using the web interface provided, and did provide an email address to do it. i.e their GV credentials also.
I can assure you that come May 15th, there will be more users who already registered their emails, who will wake up to no GV and one of their gripes will be the lack of notification email. I just think that given the number of users who registered with them and subsequently set up GV, they should still simply email those users to let them know it won't work after 15th. Just my 2cents.
giqcass:
Many of us expect this entire forum to crash on May 15. If you need any help that day try the GV forum and http://www.dslreports.com/forum/voip.
TonyTib:
about the Google Voice service ending.
The e-mail is pushing the Obi services from Anveo & PhonePower, although I'm glad they note the Obi can be used with many services; if they'd added a link to these forums it would have been even better.
--Tony
Who has learned a lot from these forums
WTF!:
>:( When I purchased my OBi100 it stated on the box FREE CALLING with Google Voice. With the change in the integration, why is OBIHAI not offering us users another free alternative. Why must we now search for other providers that my or my not work effectively in our respective areas.
I believe OBIHAI is responsible in providing another free service or issue a buy back program for an unuseable product.
Usetheforceobiwan:
Quote from: WTF! on April 14, 2014, 05:28:24 pm
>:( When I purchased my OBi100 it stated on the box FREE CALLING with Google Voice. With the change in the integration, why is OBIHAI not offering us users another free alternative. Why must we now search for other providers that my or my not work effectively in our respective areas.
I believe OBIHAI is responsible in providing another free service or issue a buy back program for an unuseable product.
If 10 percent of the Obi owners feel this way, there might be some trouble come May 14th.
However, I don't feel that Google ever offered GV as a permanent service. Google has always been really cagey with Voice, they introduce features (SIP dialing / INUM dialing) then take them away. They have always held the carrot in front of GV users about it remaining free till the end of a given year. Did they ever make an announcement about free calling for 2014? I don't recall ever seeing that.
Just face the facts, Google Voice is an offering that Google pays for by AI algorithms that anonymously listen to conversations and target and tailor ads and search results to GV users based on the informatics Google obtains through their research. It's a free service that you are the product.
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