Risk is avoidable in a very simple manner:
Quote from: BillDoe on July 20, 2014, 05:19:47 AM
can't take a chance with GV because this will be my wife's business line, so I can't risk GV shutting off one day as her phone is critical as a home-based account exec. Just want to find a solid, reliable service that doesn't kill you on outbound minute charges as she makes a LOT of calls.
I have done this myself and it works fine.
Get an Android phone (mine cost 19.95 and has Android 2.3.6 which does not have the IP bug in newer versions).
Get Acrobits softphone & set up GV with that or forward GV to a free DID and use it with that over Wifi.
(My phone has no cellular account at all and still does all I need for it to do.)
Now I have the Android phone on my desk in a cradle as well as my Obi-connected phone, and they both get incoming calls just fine.
If/when the Obi-connected (GV) phone quits on me it'll be no problem.
I also have accounts with Circlenet & Future9 using the same softphone.
I'll use GV even after the cut-off this way and it'll be no big deal and make no interruptions for me.