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Polycom OBi200 1-Port VoIP Google Voice Digital Internet Telephone Adapter

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Amazon has Polycom OBi200 1-Port VoIP (Voice Over IP) Digital Internet Telephone Adapter w/ Google Voice, SIP & Fax Support for $39.99. Shipping is free.

Newegg also has Polycom OBi200 1-Port VoIP (Voice Over IP) Digital Internet Telephone Adapter w/ Google Voice, SIP & Fax Support for $39.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member sr71 for sharing this deal.

About this item:
  • Formerly known as the "OBIHAI OBi200"
  • How it works:
    • Using this device along with your existing broadband Internet connection, you can make and receive phone calls using a multitude of VoIP services for free or at a fraction of the cost a traditional telco would charge.
    • Use Google Voice with the OBi and enjoy free calls inside the USA and Canada.
    • Call internationally at amazingly low rates to over 150 destinations.
    • When someone calls, ring multiple OBi devices, anywhere.
    • Block unwanted nuisance and tele-marketer calls.
    • Features: Caller ID, call forwarding, call waiting, 3-way calls, faxing
    • Voicemail that acts like email
  • Designed, developed and supported in the USA
  • Limited 1 year warranty
  • Ports
    • 1x Phone Port for connection to a telephone or fax machine
    • 1x Ethernet port for connection to a home router

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  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $9 lower (18% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $48.99 at the time of this posting.
    • Price matches this Frontpage Deal from February. -qwikwit
  • About this product:
    • 4.4 out of 5 stars based on 6649 reviews at Amazon.
  • About these stores:
    • Click here for Amazon's return policy
    • Newegg's return policy details can be found here.
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  • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.


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Amazon has Polycom OBi200 1-Port VoIP (Voice Over IP) Digital Internet Telephone Adapter w/ Google Voice, SIP & Fax Support for $39.99. Shipping is free.

Newegg also has Polycom OBi200 1-Port VoIP (Voice Over IP) Digital Internet Telephone Adapter w/ Google Voice, SIP & Fax Support for $39.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member sr71 for sharing this deal.

About this item:
  • Formerly known as the "OBIHAI OBi200"
  • How it works:
    • Using this device along with your existing broadband Internet connection, you can make and receive phone calls using a multitude of VoIP services for free or at a fraction of the cost a traditional telco would charge.
    • Use Google Voice with the OBi and enjoy free calls inside the USA and Canada.
    • Call internationally at amazingly low rates to over 150 destinations.
    • When someone calls, ring multiple OBi devices, anywhere.
    • Block unwanted nuisance and tele-marketer calls.
    • Features: Caller ID, call forwarding, call waiting, 3-way calls, faxing
    • Voicemail that acts like email
  • Designed, developed and supported in the USA
  • Limited 1 year warranty
  • Ports
    • 1x Phone Port for connection to a telephone or fax machine
    • 1x Ethernet port for connection to a home router

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $9 lower (18% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $48.99 at the time of this posting.
    • Price matches this Frontpage Deal from February. -qwikwit
  • About this product:
    • 4.4 out of 5 stars based on 6649 reviews at Amazon.
  • About these stores:
    • Click here for Amazon's return policy
    • Newegg's return policy details can be found here.
  • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
  • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.


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DonV1962
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No one can guarantee that they will be alive tomorrow and everything spent today was just a waste. The thing here with this box is that in two months you are well into the plus side. The rumors of its demise have been going on for ten plus years and I have had the service working perfectly for those ten plus years. Two months of a similar service are going to set you back $60. Yes all actions are a gamble but this is one of the few sure ones that will see profit in very short order.

In my case I was paying close close to $50 a month for a landline, at 11 years in to the OBi that has saved me $6520. It's been one of the best deals ever and a cell phone as a replacement is just not really feasible or convenient.

GV on a cellphone is a lame and clunky solution. No cellphone will run the 7 years that my Obi did without a need for a new battery. Just the cost of the cellphones would be higher. A cellphone has to be constantly charged and constantly updated. Cellphones are not grandma friendly in the least, try to guide grandma though an Android update and you will know what I mean. The OBi is set and forget and will run for years on end and the non tech savvy will think they just have a phone. My Obi 110 ran for 7 years without touching it. Ergonomics and voice quality is better even on a cheap handset and I can have multiple handsets strewn through the house for a phone to be in easy reach. Those handsets can sit on the sofa for a month or more without needing to be charged.

On top of that a cellphone can not handle four lines as the OBi does and lacks almost all the convenience features that are native to the OBi. I can have distinctive rings for calls to the wife and calls to my business that are handled by the same phone. I can run a whole house full of phones off existing wiring. I can fax when need be and I can do some serious telephony with the built in star codes. You can even set these things up to act as intercoms and have speed dials to local services. It is a feature rich device designed to do one thing which is telephony, a cell phone is designed to do many and lacks in dedicated features for just true phone use. Just the fact of needing constant charging points that out quite clearly.

I get it, it may not be what you need in particular but if your comments dissuade someone that can truly use it to save thousands you have done a disservice to other SD members. Not being your cup of tea and the service being taken away from you for no reason are two different things. The service has been going on ten plus years and there has always been talk of it being taken away but that has never happened. I can't predict the future but for something that puts you in the positive cash flow in a month it may be worth the gamble.

It's a great and dirt cheap box that has telephone features that no cell phone can touch. There are many people that still find a great need for just a phone. Personally I'd give up my cell before I would the Obi. Yes the cell is invaluable when on the road but I find them little use at home. A regular handset is a better device to make and take calls on. My handsets must be pushing fifteen years and still are running strong. In that period I have probably been through 6 cells. Many cells don't even have replaceable batteries which is a real big downside.
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Presuming a reliable internet connection, it would be perfect for a business. If anything, Google Voice (VoIP) is more flexible and provides far more convenient options than a typical landline.

Whether a phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop. You can pick make and pick-up calls on any device where you are logged into your Google Account and have it enabled (Google Voice application on Android/iOS and Chrome Extension for Windows/macOS/Linux). You can have access to your messages and voicemails wherever you are physically located. You can also set-up call forwarding to other phone numbers. You can have e-mail notifications for missed calls and voicemails. You can SMS/MMS and GV supports group messaging and short-code. There is a ton of flexibility and features you can use with GV.

This box is magic as you can connect it to Ethernet for a stable internet connection and have it hooked up to physical phones via phone jacks, intended for landlines. And have it run on Google Voice which is a hyper-flexible service.
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I use one of these in my beach rentals so I don't have to have phone service. It's minimal bandwidth and e911 is cheap to add on. If you have robust firewall rules, you may have to open some ports. Stable and works well.
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Apr 25, 2021 6:48 PM
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Sam HobbsApr 25, 2021 6:48 PM
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Quote from aenews View quoted comment :
Presuming a reliable internet connection, it would be perfect for a business. If anything, Google Voice (VoIP) is more flexible and provides far more convenient options than a typical landline.
Does Google Voice support outgoing caller id? In other words, can I set up my phone number with my name and then when I make calls will the person I am calling see the name I provided? When I was using Callcentric with an OBI100 I could not get the outgoing caller id to work. The caller would see a VOIP id or something like that. That would be a killer for a business, their calls would look like spam.

Also, is there a way to connect this device to the building's internal wiring? For me it would not be for a business but I would like to be able to used wired phones in my home and be able to connect the wired phones to the phone jacks that already exist in the home.
Apr 25, 2021 6:50 PM
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GregWmsonApr 25, 2021 6:50 PM
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Quote from DIVAD View quoted comment :
lmao, this is a setting from within Google voice, not the box itself. I just find it amusing that it's something that's bothered you for 5 years.
Well it hasn't really bothered me that much since I probably only had 10 phone calls on the line since I created it 5 years ago. The most calls I ever got on this was when I'd call myself to test it. There is a setting in the Google Voice to turn off call monitoring, which frankly never worked well anyway.
Apr 25, 2021 6:51 PM
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DealMeInPleaseApr 25, 2021 6:51 PM
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Quote from Tubal View quoted comment :
I'm not familiar with this one specifically, but typically each port will handle one SIP line, i.e. phone #.
Each 2xx series OBi ATA can handle 4 SIP accounts, 4 GV accounts or a combination of both. Plus it can handle multiple SIP gateways for outbound calls only. I have 2 GV accounts and 6 SIP accounts configured on my OBi200.

Quote from Tubal :
The only reason you'd want two ports is if you have two different phone #s.
The reason you would want 2 FXS ports is so you can have 2 simultaneous conversations (or fax). One port on an OBi device can handle multiple inbound/outbound separate numbers.
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Apr 25, 2021 7:03 PM
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np1050Apr 25, 2021 7:03 PM
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I've had mine for years to replace my magic jack landline. Magic jack was already pretty cheap, but pairing this with google voice, it's free. And you can't beat free. No issues since initial setup
Apr 25, 2021 7:04 PM
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huzzl3rApr 25, 2021 7:04 PM
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Quote from Rana630 View quoted comment :
Can someone explain what's the point of this product? Since we can get google voice free on wifi.
Basically, this is so you can use your google voice number to become your home phone/landline, using an old school telephone unit.

You can use this for Fax and you can also register it for Emergency 911, so EMS/police can automatically know your address.
Last edited by huzzl3r April 25, 2021 at 12:07 PM.
Apr 25, 2021 7:06 PM
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daversionApr 25, 2021 7:06 PM
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Quote from spittlbm View quoted comment :
I use one of these in my beach rentals so I don't have to have phone service. It's minimal bandwidth and e911 is cheap to add on. If you have robust firewall rules, you may have to open some ports. Stable and works well.
Can you add e911 onto GV or do you need to use another voip service?
Apr 25, 2021 7:12 PM
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tommygunner11Apr 25, 2021 7:12 PM
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I've made the switch to the smart phone version of Google Voice which requires no $$ device. I got tired of being jerked around by Google Voice and others with regard to ATA devices. First Google Voice worked with Sunrocket ATA devices, then they stopped that, people started using Obi100 then they stopped supporting that. Then I switched to Callcentric which worked with my Sunrocket ATA and that worked for a while until they disabled support for that without $$. I'm just wondering how long before this $40 device is no longer supported by Google Voice.

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Apr 25, 2021 7:20 PM
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xemiApr 25, 2021 7:20 PM
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Quote from DealMeInPlease View quoted comment :
Each 2xx series OBi ATA can handle 4 SIP accounts, 4 GV accounts or a combination of both. Plus it can handle multiple SIP gateways for outbound calls only. I have 2 GV accounts and 6 SIP accounts configured on my OBi200.


The reason you would want 2 FXS ports is so you can have 2 simultaneous conversations (or fax). One port on an OBi device can handle multiple inbound/outbound separate numbers.
Maybe you can answer my question. I want to have one phone number but people to receive multiple calls like in a business. Thank you if I'm answering one call and another person calls I want my friend to be able to pick up the other call and answer their call on the same phone number.

Would it be possible with this box or do I need the two port box
Apr 25, 2021 7:30 PM
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ssiApr 25, 2021 7:30 PM
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itsn't it would be easier and cheaper if I just get one of those cheap $20 prepaid phone and connect using Wifi? Unlike this thing, a prepaid phone will enjoy the same WiFi coverage. I don't see any reason to buy this. Its not even convenient and most people would need to buy a traditional telephone to use it.
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Apr 25, 2021 7:48 PM
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soliloquy23Apr 25, 2021 7:48 PM
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I've been meaning to get a home phone for 911 service (I've read it can be setup with Obihai for a small fee). In for one Obi200 $40, a Poly OBiWiFi5G USB Wi-Fi Adapters $30, and found a Panasonic - KX-TGC352B at best buy for $40.

Signed up for a new Google Voice number, picked a number out that spelled out something memorable (avoid 1's and 0's in the number for best results). https://www.internetmarketingninj...ber-spell/

Thanks!
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Apr 25, 2021 7:49 PM
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Sam HobbsApr 25, 2021 7:49 PM
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Quote from xemi View quoted comment :
Maybe you can answer my question. I want to have one phone number but people to receive multiple calls like in a business. Thank you if I'm answering one call and another person calls I want my friend to be able to pick up the other call and answer their call on the same phone number.

Would it be possible with this box or do I need the two port box
The OBiTALK [obitalk.com] page for businesses describe options for businesses. I am not an expert but you probably want a PBX system. Poly [poly.com] (Polycom) owns OBiTALK (Obihai), so also see the Polycom products [poly.com] page.
Apr 25, 2021 8:06 PM
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PurpleStove2383Apr 25, 2021 8:06 PM
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Quote from daversion View quoted comment :
Can you add e911 onto GV or do you need to use another voip service?
No, need to go to a separate service like https://www.gv911.com/, but it works as an add on to your existing GV.
Last edited by PurpleStove2383 April 25, 2021 at 01:14 PM.
Apr 25, 2021 8:16 PM
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DIVADApr 25, 2021 8:16 PM
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Quote from PurpleStove2383 View quoted comment :
No, need to go to a separate service like https://www.gv911.com/, but it works as an add on to your existing GV.
Alternatively, just having an old cellphone would allow 9/11 calls without service.
Apr 25, 2021 8:19 PM
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daversionApr 25, 2021 8:19 PM
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Quote from PurpleStove2383 View quoted comment :
No, need to go to a separate service like https://www.gv911.com/, but it works as an add on to your existing GV.
The website doesn't engender confidence for an essential service but I guess it is only $15/yr. Any others to speak of?

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Apr 25, 2021 8:27 PM
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fanfan2Apr 25, 2021 8:27 PM
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Just use an old android phone as dedicated house phone with google voice?

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