OBi110 Voice Service Bridge and VoIP Telephone Adapter $40 + Free Shipping at Newegg

Quote from Initial Z : Question. I currently have a landline phone and I want to discontinue its service due to price. So I want to get the obi. If I switch to the obi + gv, will I be able to use my current landline phone number (after I cancel my current service)? Also, question about how to set up my phones. So I have 3 landline phones, 2 in rooms, 1 in the living room. I'm assuming the way to set up a phone is router <ethernet> obi <phone plug> telephone. But I only see two telephone jacks on the obi. So does that mean I can only connect two phones max? Also, does that mean I need to do some crazy rewiring in my house?

first things first, you cant port your phone number to google voice directly. in order to do that you would need to get a prepaid cell phone. i followed a guide similar to this, http://primebranding.com/transfer...agic-jack/

ported my vonage number to an at&t go phone (which cost $15 at walmart), added $15 credit to the phone so at&t would port the number (waited 3 days for that to complete), then paid $20 to port this to google voice (which took another day to port). hooked up the obi after a week of waiting for numbers to port and within 5 minutes i had a dial tone to my old (ported) number. that easy

as for the multiple phones, its quite easy. if you have your own house, simply disconnect where the plain old telephone line connects to your home wiring, then plug the phone output on the obi into any regular old telephone wall jack in the house. this will spread the obi signal to any phone in the house and give all your phones dial tone. this is the way i have it done in my house

Quote from dadab : What service for 911?

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I think he uses http://www.anveo.com/service.asp
Free plan with E911 $0.80/month.

or

to redirect 911 to a local ten digit emergency number

http://www.obitalk.com/forum/inde...opic=339.0

I have had my OBI + GV for about 6 months and have had zero problems or issues. Call quality is outstanding and I often have people comment on the other line about how strong and clear it sounds. Since Google Voice came out and said it's free through 2013, there's really no reason not to get this.

Also, we add money to the Google Voice account so my wife can use it to call her relatives in Thailand, and it costs either 2 cents or 3 cents a minute, depending if she's calling a land line or cell phone. It's cheaper and less hassle than her having to buy a phone card and use her cell phone (which was an issue before as she didn't have unlimited minutes). Her family says they can hear her like she's calling locally, so she's very happy with this setup.

My Android phone is my VOIP. Your tablet can be a VOIP too.

Right now the Vonage app is free and can call any phone number. TalkATone and of course Google Talk is free too.

Quote from Hawk2007 : So how many watts do you think you're saving every night?

How many do I think or how many do I know? I metered it. 5 watts while idling. Not a lot but why waste it? The timer uses so little as not be measurable.

The OBi202 is like 30 bucks more!

How does this compare with the Ooma Telo? I'm moving to Japan, and want to have the ability to talk to family back in the States for cheap. If not free, if my parent's & in-laws get the same device. Any recommendations would be appreciated!

Quote from hinsdale1 : For those in the know... recommend this (or it's more expensive cousins) as the cheapest/best method for VOIP? I currently pay ITP $15.07 a month ($9.99 +. taxes) for my VOIP landline and am pretty happy - good quality - 911 (important), voicemail, blacklists, etc work well. But if I can get the same service for a bit cheaper I wouldn't mind trying one of these things... is it worth it to make the switch?

I have both the Obi110 and Obi202 and can say that the 202 is much more reliable and clearer

Quote from dixon1985 : How does this compare with the Ooma Telo? I'm moving to Japan, and want to have the ability to talk to family back in the States for cheap. If not free, if my parent's & in-laws get the same device. Any recommendations would be appreciated!

Are you active duty or civil service?

Quote from ape : I have both the Obi110 and Obi202 and can say that the 202 is much more reliable and clearer

But, 202 doesn't have line port which 110 has... it has it's uses for some folks

Quote from dixon1985 : How does this compare with the Ooma Telo? I'm moving to Japan, and want to have the ability to talk to family back in the States for cheap. If not free, if my parent's & in-laws get the same device. Any recommendations would be appreciated!

The OBi110 works great. It can use GV, but even if GV goes paid. OBi has their own service so that you can call other OBi devices for free. Does Ooma have that?

Quote from row : The status of my google account on the obi is idle (orange icon) and says voice only.

Thx and repped. Sounds like it disables google chat functionality for the associated google account when the Obi is running. Gonna have to think about this...

Quote from dadab : What service for 911?

anveo.com

also, added to Wiki since i've been asked 4 times already lol

Quote from msk2982 : anveo.com also, added to Wiki since i've been asked 4 times already lol

People still don't read the wiki.