Google Voice - still working - and its 16 May 2014
Pepi:
Are you guys saying the 60 bucks I spent that broke me for life was a waste of money ;D Well one thing. I'm glad I've got 911 support now. This always made me uncomfortable not having 911 with GV. I'm really liking PP. It has a lot better response than GV has. No Latency at all with PP. Oh well, I have to put the new Ferrari on the back burner for now :P
justgrant:
Quote from: whoit on May 19, 2014, 06:11:53 am
Well here it is 3 days after my first post on this thread, and after being chided by a few other members, there is still no definitive word from Google about the future of GV/XMPP or a response from Obihai.
"No longer supporting" is not definitive, nor is it a date.
SNIP SNIP SNIP
It seems reasonable to conclude that whoit is not on OBihai's mailing list.
It is currently 13:40 UTC, which means this email was received at 9:05 PM Eastern Time U.S., approximately 12 hours prior to the distinguished whoit's post (noted above).
Truncated for brevity (removing their promotion of OBiTALK Approved Service Providers), OBihai's email reads . . .
BEGIN OBihai EMAIL
---- Original Message -----
From: Obihai Technology <info@obihai.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 01:05:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: OBiTALK Updates: Google Voice Transition + New Services Available to OBi Device Owners
The Google Voice Service is Still Working on My OBi! How come?
--------------------------------------------------------------------
At the end of last year, Google Inc. announced that the open and documented XMPP communication protocol would be abandoned in favor of a new, proprietary way to do real-time voice, video and instant messaging communications. The time-line for the migration to this new way was not stated.
At about the same time, but separately, Google stated third-party applications should stop supporting XMPP by May 15th 2014. Now that this date has passed, like you, we have observed Google services using XMPP are still connected and working, e.g. you can still place and receive calls using a Gmail account configured on your Obi device. It is important to note, this does not change the previous statements from Obihai that we no longer support direct connections to Google Voice on OBi devices. We strongly recommend all OBi owners using the Google Voice service obtain a new service to ensure continued, uninterrupted calling from the phone connected to the OBi.
Fortunately, there are several OBiTALK Approved Service Provider (ASP) choices available to all OBi device owners for Internet VoIP phone services. These services are easy to sign-up for and configure automatically on an OBi device. They also come at a great price – with all fees and taxes included.
END OBihai EMAIL
As of 9:40 AM Eastern Time, all 4 of my GV lines are working.
justgrant
whoit:
justgrant - I guess I'm not on Obihai's email list because I have not seen the email you posted.
So thanks for posting it.
Let point out however, that:
1) Still no dates
2) Still no direct Google link describing dates or specific 'shut off', only a push to other paid services.
3) Why do you have to be so freaking snarky? ("distinguished" ?)
Brandito:
Google is notorious for this kind of thing.
You seem mad that you're getting a few extra days of FREE phone service. Just be happy about it, and when you go to use your phone and it doesn't work, don't be upset you didn't just bite the bullet and switch providers.
whoit:
No, I'm not angry at having GV still working.
Perhaps you and a few others don't mind jumping as soon as Obihai yells 'fire', but I'd
prefer to smell some smoke or or see a flame first.
Or perhaps you live your life without any kind of planning - maybe you blindly follow others and never question anything - I have no idea who you are or what you do.
But to imply I'm "mad" because the service still works is ridiculous.
I am trying to plan ahead, which is difficult when there is no specific information.
I believe a cursory reading of this and other threads will show you that many others would also
like to know exactly what will happen and when.
I have no intention of switching providers.
I can still use GV to send calls to any other number/device that I can register, so it's not a problem.
Feel free to bite the bullet yourself, however.
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