GrooveIP/RingTo vs Talkatone for free north american calling from abroad
blipton:
With 3rd party google voice support officially dead, my mom's obitalk device no longer works for calling the u.s...
GrooveIP/RingTo looks like a good alternative, and could be used on the obitalk device, except that you have to give up & port the google voice number to it. I'd really like to keep her local gv number for now
Talkatone seems like a good replacement, and even provides a new local number, however it runs only via an android app. I need something that can run on a pc (or obitalk)
Anyone in a similar boat, and know of a PC friendly solution that can make free calls to u.s. landlines?
drgeoff:
Reports of the death of GoogleVoice have been greatly exaggerated.
(Look for the real reason your mother's service is not working.)
And even if GV do pull the plug on the XMPP protocol that OBi devices use to connect to GV, there have been no indications that GV via a PC is to be axed.
rastoma:
Quote from: blipton on June 29, 2014, 01:40:57 pm
With 3rd party google voice support officially dead, my mom's obitalk device no longer works for calling the u.s...
No it's not 'officially' dead. It's still working and hasn't stopped.
Are you saying she can't call out anymore because you thought the service was coming to end, or did it actually stop working? If it actually stopped working it's not because of GV and 3rd party support.
drgeoff:
@rastoma
Be careful. That's the same as I said in the post above yours and I've been branded a GV/XMPP crusader - http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=8069.msg54757#msg54757. ;D
blipton:
In spite of this,
dslreports.com/forum/r29473001-The-Almost-Official-Word-on-Google-Voice-and-Obihai-
Are there still people with an obihai device that can receive calls made to their gv#?
I haven't been up in months! Is there any consensus on the next best device and/or provider?
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