GV issue today

[Rick]

Whether I call out or they call me, they can't hear me around 30 seconds into the call. 

[carl]

No problem here today, but GV is gradually deteriorating. My important DID's have been ported out, now I am using a throw away account for the time being.

[giqcass]

I think its just their XMPP service that has been having issues.  I don't have very many issues on calls that don't use XMPP.

[Rick]

Problem went away after that day.  By mid-April I'm going to forward my GV lines to CallCentric, since I have an old dormant account there, and get free incoming calls to the OBi.  Since that's not using XMPP, I'm hoping it will work fine.

On outgoing calls I haven't decided if I'm going to a) dial them all on my cell or use my PC to call via GV by ringing the house phone b) getting a XTTN Bluetooth device so that the house phone calls out on the cell line or c) paying for outbound service. 

I don't make a lot of outbound calls, and when I do I'm usually at my desk so GV calling my house or cell phone should still work fine.

[giqcass]

I mostly call from the computer or Cellphone myself.  How about a combination? I use my Localphone credit for when the other methods are unavailable or inconvenient. A little localphone credit will go a long way.  Sign up for an account now and test it out with the free call credit.  Then in a month or so if you don't buy any credit you will probably receive an email with a double credit promotion.  When you do buy some credit it lasts forever as long as you use at least once per year.

You can also jump on the asterisk train.