Move my OBI with Google talk to Germany
SteveInWA:
The issue isn't whether it will work or not (it will, initially), but that the ToS require that you maintain a US-based forwarding number on the account. If that number gets disconnected or abandoned, your GV number will be reclaimed by Google. If you need to change your forwarding number, you won't be able to add a non-US number.
SteveInWA:
Of course, aside from OBi and GV, you and your parents can audio and/or video conference for free using Google Hangouts on a computer or Android or iOS portable device.
https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/2944865?hl=en&ref_topic=2944848
dircom:
you could take your Obi to your parents house and plug in to their router
Then get an Obi for Germany
For outgoing calls, call Obi to Obi, then dial out on your US Obi
incoming calls can be forked (I think) to your German Obi
drgeoff:
I looked at:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/
http://www.google.com/googlevoice/program-policies.html
http://www.google.com/googlevoice/legal-notices.html
and didn't see anything that forbids using GV outside the US.
A requirement for a US forwarding number can be met by one from IPKall which is routed to the OBi via a SIP account. (There are many no-cost ones such as pbxes, ekiga, etc.) The IPKall number does need at least one incoming call per 30 days to keep it alive. That can be satisfied by a call to it from your GV number. The only hardship is remembering to make that call!
SteveInWA:
Quote from: drgeoff on October 14, 2014, 06:09:02 pm
I looked at:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/
http://www.google.com/googlevoice/program-policies.html
http://www.google.com/googlevoice/legal-notices.html
and didn't see anything that forbids using GV outside the US.
A requirement for a US forwarding number can be met by one from IPKall which is routed to the OBi via a SIP account. (There are many no-cost ones such as pbxes, ekiga, etc.) The IPKall number does need at least one incoming call per 30 days to keep it alive. That can be satisfied by a call to it from your GV number. The only hardship is remembering to make that call!
I didn't say that using it outside the US was forbidden. I said that it was a US-only service, meaning that GV-issued phone numbers are only offered within the 48 contiguous US states, and that the ToS requires that you maintain a working, US-based forwarding phone number. How you do that is up to you.
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