Outbound calls via inbound...some kind of callback, perhaps ??
vtsnaab:
Another viable solution, thanks:
Quote from: gderf on May 11, 2014, 01:33:45 pm
You can also use the Google Voice browser extension. With that on a compatible browser, you get a button on the toolbar and don't have to navigate to any particular web page.
I may have to try a portable version of chrome just for this at some point.
(There is a Firefox extension as well, but it has very mixed reviews so I'll avoid that one...)
mo832:
vtsnaab,
While I'm sure you have your reasons for wanting to completely separate yourself from any ties to Google Voice, or maybe Google altogether, most of the free or clever solutions offered on this board will involve some Google service of some sort. That's just how it is.
Seeing as the board activity is largely related to the fact that Google is altering some of its features as they relate to Obi, most of the activity on here is going to tie in to Google. If there were a way to completely remove G from the equation and still get 100% free service, there would have been no need to involve them in the first place to use the Obi, and also it would have been demonstrated here a long time ago, even without the changes coming this week.
So as gderf says, suit yourself. You don't need to use GV, but your options are reduced.
Shale:
Quote from: drgeoff on May 11, 2014, 10:38:23 am
Sigh! Can't understand how someone with 90 posts on these forums doesn't already know this!
It would become clear if you looked at the history.
vtsnaab:
In recent times (and not just in the tech sectors) there has come to be a new 'norm'; that of companies making/selling products and then stepping back ASAP and 'allowing' their loyal userbases to provide all (or nearly all) of their product support for them at nearly zero costs to them.
This tends to create clear divisions between the users which are seldom very friendly or helpful.
There are always those who take on the whole device or program as a hobby and want to dig into every tiny detail so as to make it their own and/or show off their proficiencies. (I'll call this the top of the food chain...)
At the opposite end of the scale there are many more who just want to use whatever it is in whatever way suits them best - thus creating the bottom of the food chain.
As with any group of creatures, there are also (always) aggressive ones and even predators as opposed to those who are simply meek prey.
Then there are those who know very little about {whatever}, yet still try to converse as helpfully as possible and who do not delight a'tall in the snippy little asides of the more aggressive top-feeders.
Speaking just for myself here - supporting clients is what I used to do more than full-time.
I have some expertise that kept my business going quite well for around 20 years without pause (until declining health finished that for me), and then my learnings expanded into areas that most folks would be frightened of - but which have kept me alive for around a decade now.
So, having shared stuff that is personal and which nobody here cares about - what exactly is my point in doing so ??
Having faced death squarely face-to-face and still being around to tell of it makes squabbling on any online forum seem quite petty - almost silly in fact.
Folks come to these places to get help - not to be verbally abused (and not even in the very clever and/or indirect ways that I often see here & other places).
Thus my real point now is to say to anyone who gets discouraged by such snippiness:
Just ignore it and get what you need as best you can despite those who think it is their work in life to be unfriendly or unhelpful.
And BTW=>
I again sincerely thank all those who have pitched in and have given me some really great help here since I got my Obi110 a couple of years ago - I very much appreciate those who are friendly & helpful.
Peace out.
giqcass:
I don't see a reason why you would need to set up a Callback in order to have a backup outgoing service. For a backup service I am quite fond of Localphone. Credit does not expire as long as you use it at least once per year. Calling rates are quite low. If you truly need a service to give you a callback that can be done from localphone as well. It just doesn't make a lot of sense to do it that way if the callback is going to an ATA like the Obi.
http://www.localphone.com/services/callback
A few search engine manipulation examples. This is how I find things on the Obitalk website. The search function of the website is practically useless.
Voice gateway localphone
Callback
Callback search 2
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