ring.to will not work with existing OBi devices (purchased prior to 5/1/2014)
YASH:
^^ No. The features were still, all same. ( No addition or deletion of 911 service )
The previous was a trial/beta version, with life-time free service,
with not even the govt. tax, being charged to you.
Those who bought earlier, were lucky.
Later, they all now charge,
roughly 3.50 to 4.50 dollars per month, for all of them, now,.. and Now this obihai is also a NO exception.
magic jack / magic jack plus
ooma old model / Telo
Nettalk duo
now,.. obi in this list.
They all charge monthly fee now. So, No free lunch !!
YASH:
Quote from: giqcass on May 24, 2014, 02:43:10 pm
I suspect they will use the .......................a productive business model.
I read below your post, this line.
Register at e164.org and friends can use Sipbroker to call you from a regular telephone for free from almost any country.
Could you elaborate, please?
I have obi202 in the USA and have relatives in India and UAE.
How they can call me, from there, for free? Or,. I can call them for free using the sipbroker?
I read that web page, but it's complicated and hard to understand.
Can you pl. explain me step by step, as I am a novice. Thx.
dircom:
send them an OBi, then you can call Obi to Obi for free
Gonzo:
I have two obis in two locations. Was happily using GV. Now that is gone. I had one of my GV numbers ported to ring.to thinking it will be supported by Obi. Now learning that my devices were purchased in 2013 they do not qualify.
Whatever the reason of this, it certainly does not feel Obi cared much of customers that purchased their products so I decided to not buy any other Obi products EVER. I will likely sell the obis on eBay and go to other brands. At the end, customers are what makes any company and we have the power to take our money were we thing we will be treated best. This behavior by Obi has left me with too much if a bitter taste to continue supporting or using obis products. I will ensure friends, colleagues, etcetera also know of this so will do as much as possible to ensure they don't buy Obi devices
giqcass:
I probably should have posted this in this thread originally but since I didn't I will just quote myself from the other thread. I consider this positive news for those of us with older Obi devices. It suggest they are considering expanding support to older devices.
Here is a direct quote (misspelling and all) from Ring.to. I believe it supports my earlier speculation about the service possibly expanding to more Obi devices. This does not say it will but it implies they are considering it. It also implies that this particular limitation was imposed by Ring.to and not Obihai.
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The OBi fanship is huge and for good reason. And though we wish we could, RingTo does not have the ability to support the entire Obihai user base at this time. That’s why we’re currenting restricting entry to OBi devices purchased after May 1, 2014.
Last Updated 2014-06-12
https://bandwidth.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/379232-can-i-enable-my-older-obihai-device
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https://bandwidth.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/topics/56636-obihai-integration-faqs
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