Zarf4

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]

GoingAway

I'm new to all this, looking at the advertisement I'm not sure of the purpose ... are you using the product so you can use "real" phones in your home?

Zarf4

Exactly - this adapter connects to the internet and you can plug a regular phone into the back then make and receive calls like a normal phone. You can also plumb it into the house wiring and have all the phones go through this device. Note that you will have to pay $1.50 a month or so to another SIP provider to have 911 calls automatically show your home address to the authorities if you so choose.

riteshraja

Nice info. Anyone know if a Vonage phone number can be ported to Google Voice?

They just announced this service recently. - http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/...number-to.html

docbert

Not at the moment - only cell phones.

Of course, nothing to stop you porting your Vonage number to a cheap pre-paid cell, and then porting that to GV...

sbm12

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Let's continue the discussion of this device in the existing thread here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ed-obi110.html.

Thanks.
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