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Region Specific Technical / Service Provider Support => North America - Including Google Voice, Skype, etc. => Topic started by: SteveInWA on April 11, 2022, 02:15:20 AM

Title: Using Google Voice with ATAs and IP phones after 2023
Post by: SteveInWA on April 11, 2022, 02:15:20 AM
This is an updated (December 14, 2023) set of instructions to continue using consumer Google Voice with VoIP hardware devices (Analog Telephone Adapters or IP phones), after consumer Google Voice stops working directly on OBiTALK devices.  Of course, you do not need to follow these instructions (unless you wish) until your Google Voice number no longer works directly on OBiTALK devices.

These instructions require that you obtain inbound and outbound SIP VoIP telephone service from Callcentric.com (or another SIP ITSP of your choice).  This also provides E911 service and Caller ID Name (CNAM).

Although these instructions have been written for use with Callcentric, any other ITSP that offers open SIP credentials should work.  VoIP.ms will also work.  I have not, and do not receive any compensation from any VoIP ITSP for providing these instructions, and I don't care which service you use.

These instructions were written to use your existing Poly OBiTALK device.  If you don't have one, you can use any ATA or IP phone that supports standard SIP.  The Grandstream HT-801 is a good alternative if you only need one Service Provider account.

Note that any older instructions to use Callcentric with Google Voice, dating back to 2012, are obsolete; don't use those instructions.