Google Voice - still working - and its 16 May 2014
ramjet73:
Quote from: dircom on September 10, 2014, 03:25:30 pm
Steve does not work for Obi, so how would he or anyone (expect for an Obi employee), know why Obi does what it does?
your question makes no sense
He doesn't have to answer if he doesn't want to and I'm sure he doesn't need you to tell him that.::)
Steve seems to know as much about Google Voice and Obihai devices as anyone and may at least have a theory or opinion on why Obihai decided to modify their firmware to support an alternate authentication method for a service that was previously documented as end-of-life.
If my question makes no sense to you then please refrain from trying to answer it.;)
SteveInWA:
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Steve does not work for Obi, so how would he or anyone (expect for an Obi employee), know why Obi does what it does?
your question makes no sense
What he said, but "nicer": It's partly a marketing strategy move on Obihai's part, not some indication as to the future availability of GV access via XMPP. I've been viciously flamed over on DSLReports for daring to try to interpret Obihai's strategy, so I'll leave that to Sherman, who is in charge of marketing for Obihai.
On the technical side, however, the answer is clearer: Google told third parties that it would stop allowing direct access to their users' accounts (by direct access, using their user name and password) via XMPP. Obihai has now complied by replacing their access method, and instead, using Google's more secure OAUTH 2.0 method. That's a "good thing" as Martha Stewart would say. I can't speculate beyond that.
ramjet73:
Quote from: SteveInWA on September 10, 2014, 03:54:50 pm
I can't speculate beyond that.
Nor am I asking that you do that. As to why Google Voice is featured (again) as a supported provider, and the authentication method was updated for a service that was supposed to have already lost support, the rest of us can speculate about that.;) I'm just glad I stayed with pay-as-you-go VoIP providers instead of jumping on the long term commitments that have recently been featured on this site.
Thanks for your clear answer on why it was necessary for Obihai to update the Google Voice authentication method regardless of what that may or may not imply about their future plans for that service.:)
nlurker:
Google Voice - OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED - and its 11 Sep 2014
ramjet73:
Quote from: nlurker on September 11, 2014, 11:18:40 am
Google Voice - OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED - and its 11 Sep 2014
You must be referring to this.
How timely.;)
Now all the complaints from the Obihai users that abandoned Google Voice and subscribed to other services will begin.::)
ramjet73
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