Google Voice is still working normally, but why?
AJor:
Quote from: Kage on May 25, 2014, 10:18:02 am
Because they haven't finished rolling out Hangouts yet? You can be sure once they do Google Chat is gone so be thankful for every extra day you get.
This is one of those few instances where a company taking their time is to our advantage.
Looks like this is unanswerable in any detail at the moment. The following link acknowledges the delay but a cutoff date may only be known to Google employees who'll make the switch from open-source XMPP to a proprietary method. I'm not using it as a business phone and should probably be grateful it's been free as long as it has.
http://blog.obihai.com/2014/05/the-google-voice-service-is-still.html
YASH:
What is the story of Google Voice? My Obi202 still works with GV
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I have obi202, which is 10 mos old and recently ( was using via Google voice ) there was a wave of Google voice, stopping its services around May 15, 2014. But My piece is still working via GV and,…. as I received an e-mail from Obitalk,......
they say that Google has somehow made a provision to work it out, some other way, so the service has not interrupted. But the obi202 staff will not assist anymore for the Google voice for any questionnaire support, as they had declared.
So what is the true story ? Are you still using GV,..... or should change to other service?
So far, I have no problem. Pl. comment on this, an dalso ig there is another easy change for free service.
Somehow obihai helpline number is not returning my calls,
and they have stopped assisting via phone, it looks like.
Thank you.
Lavarock7:
Google's side asked people to get off their service by a specific date.
It is like a doctor telling you that you have 6 months to live and you question why you are still breathing at 6 months plus a few...
Harley:
That's not what Google said, they said the would quit supporting XMPP but they didn't say get off our site. What Obi actually said after May 15th Obihai will no longer support the Google Voice service on its OBi devices, and that Google would end its support for the XMPP communication protocol. This is a far cry from saying get off!
MikePA:
Quote from: Harley on May 27, 2014, 04:07:57 pm
That's not what Google said, they said the would quit supporting XMPP but they didn't say get off our site. What Obi actually said after May 15th Obihai will no longer support the Google Voice service on its OBi devices, and that Google would end its support for the XMPP communication protocol. This is a far cry from saying get off!
Here is a link to what Google actually said.
https://plus.google.com/+NikhylSinghal/posts/MjyncJEbzxK
Specifically, bolding and underlining are mine.
- Finally, we want to make Google Voice as secure as possible. There are a few third-party applications that provide calling and SMS services by making unauthorized use of Google Voice. These apps violate our Terms of Service and pose a threat to your security, so we’re notifying these app developers that they must stop making unauthorized use of Google Voice to run their services and transition users by May 15, 2014.
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