Advantage using OBi504vs vs. Two OBi202?
Mister_M:
Hi all. First post. I just got an OBi200 and hooked it up. Got GV setup and ported my land line number with RingTo. Have to admit that $12 a year for E911 is a lot better than $20 a month with my local cable company. Setup was smooth and pretty straight forward. Everything is working fine.
I just wanted to check for future reference what the advantage of getting an OBi504vs would be over two OBi202's? I have kids and eventually would like to get them their own private lines in their rooms with GV numbers. I'm looking at the amount of phone ports needed. I'm not running a business and at $100 less than a OBI504vs, the pair of OBi202's would seem the better way to go. Am I missing something obvious? Sorry, but I'm still new and there is an overwhelming amount of information on this forum. Thanks for any insight.
Taoman:
The most obvious thing is probably that the OBi 5xx series and OBi 3xx series of devices do not support Google Voice.
If you're going to use Google Voice stay with the 1xx or 2xx series of Obihai devices.......or their IP phone.
Mister_M:
According to Amazon's description the OBi504vs supports GV. It's on the last bullet in the description. If this is incorrect, then I guess it would be obvious I need a pair of OBi202's instead.
azrobert:
Have you thought about how you are going to wire this setup? I think most homes are only wired for 2 lines. If your phone uses the home wiring than you only have 1 pair of wires for the kids. You could put an OBi200 with an OBiWiFi in each bedroom or 2 kids can share an OBi202 with the house wiring. If the bedrooms are adjacent you could drill a hole through the wall.
The OBi200 has recently been on sale several times for $30. I would wait until they are on sale again and buy a bunch of them.
azrobert:
OBi5vs Series
Software Feature Highlights:
Call Signaling for Up to 8 Voice Services: SIP (UDP/TCP/TLS), Google™ (XMPP)
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=6550.0
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