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Old Feb 2, 2011, 4:12 pm
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Zarf4
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: SNA Rwy 20L
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Free VoIP using Google Voice

I've been trying to cut the strings w/Ma Bell for the past year for home phone service and have tried MagicJack and Ooma but didn't like having a computer on 24/7 for MagicJack and I'm a bit uncomfortable w/Ooma being around for the long haul. Since then I've been using a Linksys SPA3102 with cobbled together free service using Sipgate for the outbound & Google Voice for the inbound.

Just stumbled on the Obi110 on Amazon for $50 which directly interfaces with Google Voice for free US inbound/outbound calling. Uses standard phone/fax dialing.

http://www.amazon.com/OBi110-Service...6687686&sr=8-1

It has a FXS & FXO port and you can bridge between the two, nice for use out of the country too for calling relatives or making local calls at the remote.

Got it a few days ago & it's working great, easy to set up & good quality voice over free Google Voice. Google has confirmed that their service will be free at least for 2011 but I'd suspect they would receive a bunch of blowback if they decided to charge a lot for the service going forward.

Setup guide at:

http://voxilla.com/2011/01/24/how-to...alls-free-2512

[No affiliation w/Obi or Google, just a happy user]
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