Comments on: 2011 VoIP Device of the Year: Obihai OBi110 for Google Voice

By: Jeremy Butler

Jeremy Butler — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 07:34:28 +0000

looks like i am 2 years too late but great article any ways

By: Rosalee Sumter

Rosalee Sumter — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:14:18 +0000

What is yout take on the "Open Web" project?

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:57:25 +0000

I installed Obi110 to interface with Google Voice. I can make outbound calls but when the Google number is called it want to use one of the forwarding numbers setup. It will not ring the phone attached to Obi.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

By: Jeff S.

Jeff S. — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:28:14 +0000

It works well! I cancelled Vonage and use this for my home telephone. Thank you.

My fear now is being dependent on Obihai’s servers. They are a new company and I’m surprised there is no charge to join the Obitalk network. But as long as it lasts throughout 2011 it was worth it.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:41:18 +0000

@Ward I have a question. Can I use Obihai 110 for home phone through GV and at the same time can I use it for my android phone in replacement of Pbxes? If yes any instructions available for the setup? Please help. Thanks in Advance

By: DPatil

DPatil — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:10:52 +0000

Finally got one at Amazon!

Watch obihai’s twitter updates on availability at twitter.com/obihai

By: xm202afro

xm202afro — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:57:28 +0000

Check out this warning on Obihai's site; "Note: While we restock, the OBi110 may show "out of stock" status and/or Obihai will not appear as a seller. Do not buy (and over-pay) from unauthorized sellers. Obihai will not provide support to or honor the warranty of devices purchased from scalpers."

By: Cory Gunter-Smith

Cory Gunter-Smith — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:57:22 +0000

I just checked Amazon, again. They are taking pre-orders but have bumped up the price to $84.94 I guess they couldn’t really resist given the infinite demand and zero supply.

[WM: That’s not really Amazon. It’s just a greedy reseller. There should be more units available from Obihai at the $49 price either tonight or tomorrow night.]

By: Trousle Undrhil

Trousle Undrhil — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:41:38 +0000

For those people who are trying to get one of these for the express purpose of using the Android app with their ObiHai device to get Google voice calls to and from their cell phone: Google Voice has an app in the Marketplace that does this directly from your phone and Google Voice. No third-party hardware required!

So, stop buying the Obihai boxes before I can buy one!

By: ward

ward — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:45:01 +0000

We think we’ve found the perfect setup for our new OBi. The device itself is registered with Google Voice which lets you make and receive calls from your home or office. Now add Google Voice to your favorite iPhone or Nexus phone and register it with the same Google Voice account. Be sure to register your cellphone as a destination in your Google Voice account. Now, whenever you make a call from your desk or your cellphone, the call will go out with your Google Voice number as the CallerID. And, when folks call you back, both your cellphone and your desktop phone connected to the OBi will ring which lets you answer the calls wherever you happen to be.

By: Trousle

Trousle — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:15:48 +0000

Is there a RSS feed or something that we can subscribe to that will tell us when Amazon has these back in stock (at the good price)? [WM: There's one posted in an earlier comment. Or try zlert.com.

By: ward

ward — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:43:41 +0000

OBihai has released an update to its Android client that now supports direct dialing through the OBi device using the Android client. In addition, incoming calls now can be forwarded from the OBi device to the Android softphone.

By: Computer Repairman

Computer Repairman — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:21:47 +0000

Do you have any control over what’s shown on outbound caller ID?

[WM: Only if your provider supports it, e.g. Vitelity or voip.ms.]

By: mr_cave_man

mr_cave_man — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:25:39 +0000

Does OBi110 replace Linksys SPA2102?

[WM: Think of it as an SPA3102 with FXO and FXS ports plus the Google Voice bonus.]

By: ward

ward — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:13:53 +0000

Rumor has it that the OBi will be back in stock at Amazon for $49 in about two weeks.

By: ward

ward — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:50:31 +0000

Another great tip from the OBiForum: If you configure both SP1 and SP2 for Google Voice, the latest firmware lets calls go out on either available port without dialing the **n prefix. The trick is to set Physical Interfaces, PHONE Port, PrimaryLine to Trunk Group 1 instead of SP1 Service.

By: ward

ward — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:17:15 +0000

Today's Golden Nugget from the OBiForum: "If you are using GV, you can only make one call at a time. You can configure both SP1 and SP2 with the same Gmail acct, and now you can make 2 calls (press "flash" to put the 1st call on hold, and flash again to conference). Hence 3-way calling with OBi/GV is possible to do."

By: ward

ward — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:02:15 +0000

The $49 OBi110 continues to appear and disappear from Amazon stock this morning. If you didn't know, there's an Amazon automated stock checker that you may find helpful in snagging one of these if you've been unlucky thus far.

By: Bill C

Bill C — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:13:40 +0000

Available on Amazon this morning, just ordered one. 50 bucks + free shipping. [WM: Yep. They lasted about 30 minutes. Follow us on Twitter for updates when they're back in stock.]

By: hkgonra

hkgonra — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:00:45 +0000

So this does or does not need a line to place and receive calls, just google voice ?

[WM: Just Google Voice if that’s the only provider you wish to use.]

By: rmclaren

rmclaren — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:51:51 +0000

May be better to wait for the slightly cheaper OBi100, unless you need the Line jack PSTN connector.

By: DPatil

DPatil — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:06:22 +0000

Currently available on amazon.com for 89.00.
Is it worth it? Or should wait?

[WM: Wait ’til next week. Amazon will have them at the old price.]

By: MaskedD

MaskedD — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:57:07 +0000

for personal not for business.. [WM: "in accordance with the Google Voice Terms of Service" ]

By: Tim Jaeger

Tim Jaeger — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:34:30 +0000

OBI might have to crank up the manufacturing plant.
🙂

Do you think OBI has got the blessing of Google?? (or do you think Google will try and muck things up at some point??)

[WM: Now that the Jabber protocol is well-documented, we think you’re safe from further tweaks. The problem before was that the Asterisk "solutions" really weren’t using Jabber at all.]