Phonepower is terrible! Makes Obi unusable
retiredrobb:
I hear ya. It's shame.
I'm planning on going cell only - republicwireless.com has unlimited talk/text for $10/mo.
Good reviews, and got my dtr on it a month ago and she's very happy with it.
retiredrobb:
And oops, yeah Alan, it was your idea first, he just gave me the step by step.
Thanks for replying.
BillyBobAtlantis:
Totally opposite experience here. 2 days ago (with GV's impending obsolescence on OBi202) I followed Obi's PhonePower "Learn More" link, and in a few moments completed the signup and configuration for 2 different accounts (one personal and one business) all for less than $100/year. In only several minutes (perhaps 10 minutes) both newly chosen local PP-provided numbers were showing as configured in OBiTalk, and worked flawlessly without even a modem reset. I was pleasantly surprised. Then went into Google Voice and forwarded those two lines to their respective new (spoofed) PP lines, and then immediately had full service via PhonePower while using my original GV numbers. Call quality appears identical to previous GV-OBi setup (my broadband is Charter Cable).
So far, totally happy camper. 8)
TonyTib:
Two things I've found that can help with choppy audio on the other side:
1. Set the Obi's Ethernet port to always be 100Mbps (not 10/100) -- search the forums for how
2. If PP supports G.729, try forcing the G.729 codec, which recovers quicker from trouble than G.711. If you have high speed broadband, you shouldn't have this issue, but if you're on wireless (e.g. WiMax or LTE like me) or slow speed DSL this could be an issue
Best of luck!
P.S. I moved from Ooma to Obi, and one of the things I like better about Obi is that I can tweak it myself.
retiredrobb:
After PP said it was my ISP, and I spent over an hour with a TW tech talking about reducing jitter to no avail, I got an email from PP with a link to a page on "how to set up my Asus router to work with PP".
Problem solved, but poorly.
My first inquiry to PP should have directed me to that page - I didn't find it cuz it's not even linked to from the support page.
Hours of frustration and time wasted because the first PP tech didn't suggest optimizing my router.
So now it's about as good as GV was.
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