Quote from: DonJ on April 23, 2013, 09:44:39 PM
Quote from: Rick on April 23, 2013, 05:45:44 AM
The reality is that if OBi went away as a company, it's likely that at some point the GV capability would abruptly end with no notice.
This was my original point. It is great that the poster Felix's SPA is still working fine with no firmware updates in 8 years, he says. But that is not the rule I would imagine with any of these things but an exception.
Sorry, DonJ you are missing Rick's (and my) point. OP is comparing Ooma with Obi. So, the impact of Ooma going out of business renders Ooma devices useless immediately! Obi going out of business will render
GV capability inoperable
at some point. SIP will continue to work - just like my Sipura or any other 8-year old unlocked ATA (Grandsream, Linksys, whatever else you can think of). It's not an exception - it's SIP standard.
Finally, with all the turmoils in the world of hardware (routers, hard drives, etc.) - I can't think of any manufacturer just going away; they are always bought by other company. I am sure somebody will point an exception - but nothing comes to mind! Service providers, on the other hand, go away much more often. So, if somebody buys OBi, and Google will make incompatible change - I have high hopes that new owner will make updates to firmware just like Obihai did. Obviously, there is no guarantee - but there is no guarantee that Google won't intentionally make a change that will prevent OBi from supporting GV. I am just saying that the chances of that happening are slim to none!