Google Voice - still working - and its 16 May 2014
smossoo:
I just deleted PP from the Obi and reset it to activate Google Voice and, knock on wood, it is working just like before. I can call out and the phone rings when someone calls me .... Which it never did with PP. After reading a lot of these posts, I, too, became skeptical of this whole, May 15th thing..... I am happy there is this forum on OBI ... ,thank you. PS. I also called PP to cancel their service and they were very nice about refunding my payment.
aopisa:
I wonder if anyone at Obi ever actually confirmed May 15 with Google? I have searched and not found any evidence of Google ever saying they were going to shut anything down on that date. They did state unauthorized use by app developers needs to terminate on May 15, 2014 and users need to be transitioned. Obi may have misled their customers to stay out of trouble with Google by saying that "Unfortunately, you will no longer be able to use the Google Voice communication service to make calls using the phone connected to your OBi device. Also, the ability to receive calls to your Google Voice number, directly from Google’s service, will not be possible."
If this is the case, I am not happy for being expected to read between the lines. I never had a problem with GV and I am not entirely happy with Vestalink. Who knows how long they will be around? I ported my number because I was having forwarding problems.
Ken1908:
It's 2 PM PST and my 2 obi 100 and GV still working. I've started the port of one of the numbers over to Phone Power just in case.
superdesi:
I was one of those who jumped on the "wait and see" bandwagon regarding GV use on my OBi product rather than start porting to another provider and alas, looks like my patience paid off! My GV number is still working thru OBi, I can make and receive calls with no problems. On a side note, my GVoice Callback android app has been working great on my smartphone all day, which I believe also uses XMPP.
Hopefully I can continue with my free lunch like this...................forever
Lavarock7:
I envision it as...
The ship is sinking and the Captain said "everyone to the lifeboats in the next 20 minutes".
At the end of 20 minutes, people are still filling lifeboats, so he waits to pull the plug on the bottom of the boat (to let it finally sink) because people are abandoning ship as he asked.
Just give it time.
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