ring.to will not work with existing OBi devices (purchased prior to 5/1/2014)
zorlac:
Quote from: ceg3 on May 24, 2014, 07:55:54 pm
I would be tempted to order a new one, but my dang OBi just refuses to die. ;D Not my fault Obihai makes a product that lasts! ::)
Mine's tied to my house phone wires driving 6 phones, lets see if it makes it through this summer's lightning season. :o
I did wrap the wire from the wall jack to the obi through a couple of split ferrite beads to hopefully ward off an early demise.
HDFLucky:
Quote from: giqcass on May 24, 2014, 02:43:10 pm
I also believe this is an effort to test the waters without overloading support or overloading the system. If all goes well they might allow older Obi devices to register as well. The sister company of Ring.to rolled out the Kit Kat update on their phones in a similar fashion to reduce support cost. I trust the parent company of Ring.to Bandwidth.com since they have yet to steer me wrong. Right now I consider the ring.to service to be an experiment that will allow them to develop a productive business model.
I tend to agree. Another consideration is that as of May 15, GrooVe IP switched from Google Voice to ring.to as their sp. This has probably resulted in a massive uptick in new accounts and service requests. Once things settle down, we'll see.
drgeoff:
Quote from: zorlac on May 25, 2014, 06:51:10 pm
Quote from: ceg3 on May 24, 2014, 07:55:54 pm
I would be tempted to order a new one, but my dang OBi just refuses to die. ;D Not my fault Obihai makes a product that lasts! ::)
Mine's tied to my house phone wires driving 6 phones, lets see if it makes it through this summer's lightening season. :o
I did wrap the wire from the wall jack to the obi through a couple of split ferrite beads to hopefully ward off an early demise.
Your ferrite beads give absolutely no added protection against lightning. (Nor against lightening.)
zorlac:
Quote from: drgeoff on May 26, 2014, 12:51:22 am
Quote from: zorlac on May 25, 2014, 06:51:10 pm
Quote from: ceg3 on May 24, 2014, 07:55:54 pm
I would be tempted to order a new one, but my dang OBi just refuses to die. ;D Not my fault Obihai makes a product that lasts! ::)
Mine's tied to my house phone wires driving 6 phones, lets see if it makes it through this summer's lightening season. :o
I did wrap the wire from the wall jack to the obi through a couple of split ferrite beads to hopefully ward off an early demise.
Your ferrite beads give absolutely no added protection against lightning. (Nor against lightening.)
Nah, I've been at this crap for decades so I respectfully disagree.
drgeoff:
Quote from: zorlac on May 26, 2014, 06:47:21 am
Nah, I've been at this crap for decades so I respectfully disagree.
I respect your right to disagree but you are wrong. :)
The telcos have been at it even longer than you and they don't and never have used ferrite beads in their lightning protection devices.
The only sure way to protect an OBi (or any other) device from lightning is to disconnect it during thunderstorms. ;D
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