Google Voice - still working - and its 16 May 2014
martinsmithson:
Wow - a lot of (mis)information here . . . spoken by someone whom clearly prefers to inflame an issue versus research the issue for him/herself . . . accordingly, I find this post worthless.
Most OBi users are aware of OBihai's email which detailed . . . http://blog.obihai.com/2013/10/important-message-about-google-voice.html
It seems reasonable to allow "whoit" an opportunity to show us all if he/she can post comments worth reading instead of worth-less.
I have 4 GV numbers and also use an OBi202 and as of 8:30 AM Pacific Time all lines are currently working.
Ciao,
Martin
whoit:
"martinsmithson" - Thank you for so graciously allowing me to post here. Your kindness and generosity is second to none, and clearly I should be thanking my lucky stars that someone like you has taken it upon themselves to shine their beacon upon someone as worthless as myself. I am ashamed and humbled before your obvious greatness. All hail "martinsmithson" for he is truly worthy of the honor of Forum God!
aopisa:
Quote from: whoit on May 16, 2014, 07:39:24 am
Wow - a lot of (mis)information here.
So far I've read dozens of articles and forum posts declaring the death of XMPP and not one person has posted a link to anything official from Google.
If someone has a link directly to a Google page that indicates the proposed change(s) for May 15, I'd really like to see it.
Otherwise, this is all uninformed speculation, particularly since my Obi is connecting perfectly as of today.
I must admit I was skeptical of the above comment. I went searching for myself and came up with practically nothing official from Google.
I did transition, going with what Obihai has stated regarding today's alleged cutoff.
There is this from a Google employee:
https://plus.google.com/+NikhylSinghal/posts/MjyncJEbzxK
"- Finally, we want to make Google Voice as secure as possible. There are a few third-party applications that provide calling and SMS services by making unauthorized use of Google Voice. These apps violate our Terms of Service and pose a threat to your security, so we’re notifying these app developers that they must stop making unauthorized use of Google Voice to run their services and transition users by May 15, 2014."
Still, that is not a definitive official statement that GV would be cutting off XMPP on the 15th.
whoit:
aopisa - my point exactly. Several posts and articles (including the referenced Obi email) make it seem that on May 15 (perhaps at the stroke of midnight!) Obi would cease to function with GV/XMPP. However, articles all over the net, since the initial announcement fail to be explicit about this and I can't find a single Google page that specifically addresses this.
There are a lot of interviews with Google people that I've read but they none are specific about when/if XMPP server access will be shutdown. Only that they're not supporting it, which could mean anything. The fact that it is working today reinforces the idea that they will simply let it dwindle instead of 'turning it off'. In that case it could be active for years (like Windows XP!).
aopisa:
Hopefully someone here will find some definitive evidence from Google.
Otherwise I am beginning to think that I may have jumped ship too soon based on hive mentality.
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