Hey Everyone,
Apologies if this is already covered, but the cursory search as dictated by forum etiquette did not return results that I could wrap my head around. Let me first ask my question, then provide some context...
Is it possible to use a OBi device to connect a SIP client into an existing Voange home phone setup? In other words, I have a Vonage ATA that my home analog phone wiring is connected to. Works like a charm, no complaints. I would like to be able to fire a SIP soft phone up on my laptop and make and receive calls just like all the other phones in the house.
Why? Well... because I'm an idiot.
I have been a Vonage customer for years and years. Along come a good friend of mine who asks me to help them out by subscribing to this VoIP service they are pimping. I know it's a pyramid scam, but if the service is decent and they don't try to get me to sell crap, I don't mind helping them out...
Well, the service was terrible... My wife hated it, and as a result my life became miserable. I paid off the early termination fee and went crawling back to Vonage. Now, my wife is happy... she has all the features she wants (specifically surprisingly good and sometimes humorous speech to text emails of voice messages) However, this morning I realized that I can no longer use a KEY feature for me. The Vonage companion. This was a soft phone that (unlike the available Vonage SIP client) extended my home phone network to my laptop. It seems this service is no longer offered on any account except for the $355.00 prepaid annual deal... ummmmm.... no thanks.
So back in the day, I was dabbled in the world of VoIP, specifically Asterix, even building a production system for a software development company I worked for. (I'm still very proud of it) Soooooo..... I got to thinking. How can I have this same functionality without changing anything about the current system (and pissing off the wife)
So basically, what I would like to do is buy one of these bad ass looking devices that I just discovered today, (Obi of some sort) and have it act as a bridge between my existing home Vonage setup (the fact that it's Vonage really has no bearing... could just as easily be POTS from Verizon) and a SIP soft phone on my laptop.
Ok, wow... that was way longer than I intended... any guidance? ideas? get lost?
Thanks peeps!
-chris