Purchased after May 1, 14 ONLY ::This also complicates the issue, since,.. say for example,...
If they started selling after the May 1, 14 some particular OBIs-pieces with their Id nos. suggesting in a particular way, that reveals that, they were made and sold after May 1, 2014,
But still,.... so many e-bay dealers, neweggs,
buy.com and many such net dealers have either a big chunk/load been already bought before that, and hence, even as a customer, if someone bought from them , say,..after May 1, 2014,..... it will be very hard to justify it,.... Unless,.. "ring.to" asks for the actual receipt of having bought that piece.
Or, perhaps,....
in this case,.. Obi may give all ID numbers that were
already registered with them before May 1, 2014 and that's how "ring.to" can reject them to make them, eligible them,.. under the free offer.
Now,..
For GV, I think,.. they will stop the service by this May ending or say June or July ending, as May 15, 2014 was not such a hard n' fast date, but just a guideline,.. for somewhere around the mid of the year 2014.
What I doubt one more thing, that "
ring.to " could also be just a pie in the sky, to tempt the new customers to not to completely stop, buying these obi pieces, and once after a period of one year when more customers are used to with them, they also will "pull a Cat underneath the hat" ( after a year ) by saying that, we have to also pay the taxes to the Govt, that we are paying uptil now, but now we will charge you, per your state taxes, and hence 4 dollars per month, and again the same story.
Nettalk who started with TK6000 and later nettalk duo
OOMA who stared with ooma classic and later Telo,..
had done the same, of charging you a later, once you are used to with their products and its services,..
