Google Voice + OBi

BeerCheeze · Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:00:43 Post Subject: Google Voice + OBi

So I was looking at adding a 2nd line to the VoIP account because sometimes when the wife and I work from home at the same time (more likely to start happening more now with my new job), but I really didn't want to pay $30ish a month for that... So I looked around and found

An OBi 110 and hooked it up to google voice. BAM! Got a free VoIP number, and only spent about $50 on the adapter (ok, I bought a 2 line cordless phone too, but I was going to need that anyways). No monthly charges, and free US calling. Plus right now I have it linked to my cell phone so if you call my Google voice number it rings both at home and on my cell. Probably add my work number in as well and just my Google voice number as my work number.

No idea when/if Google will start charging for US based calling, but until then... FREE! King

So far voice quality is pretty good too. If I was sure they'd never change their prices, or what they would change them too I might just switch all my VoIP to them. I wonder when they'll be buy to collect my soul? Yikes

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:38:34 Post Subject:

I was looking at getting one of those... Member fatbastard has one and says it works pretty well, except that sometimes in-coming calls never ring. Do you ever get that? He says outbound is always fine.

I am doing something similar I mentioned in this thread...

http://bigbruin.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34083

No OBi, but a mobile phone with no SIM that uses Google Voice for calls and texts when connected to WiFi.

May look in to OBi once we move...

BeerCheeze · Posted: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:20:56 Post Subject:

Honestly haven't used the incoming feature enough to say. My little bit of testing works fine, and with Google voice you can have it ring to multiple lines, so you could also have it ring to your cell phone the same time (there abouts at least) as it does to your OBi device.

Of course yesterday an upgrade on my firewall blew it up, and then when I went to restore from back up it updated itself with out asking and hosed the configs... ugh. So now the OBi is down until I either start over from that FW or change out to Astaro (which is what I think I'm going to do).

Speaking of Astaro - they have a free home version (up to 50 IP's) that is the same as the full blown commercial version. NICE

skarydrunkguy · Posted: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:57:00 Post Subject:

I've been on Obi + GV for about 18 months and have no complaints (other than getting annoyed at people who call me).

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:47:26 Post Subject:

Since we're moving and will have a brief disruption anyway, this may be the time to try this. Very few people use our home number, but I want to keep it... Just not at $28/month. I can't port straight to Google, but I can port to T-Mobile, where I will get a day-to-day plan and then port to Google.

Either of you use a 911 service with this - or is it not the main phone? CallCentric?

skarydrunkguy · Posted: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:21:17 Post Subject:

BeerCheeze · Posted: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:16:45 Post Subject: