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An Open Letter to Google: Don’t Do It!

An Open Letter to Google: Don’t Do It!

Saturday, May 12, 2018

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With an obscure post on its support forum, Google has quietly announced that it will discontinue Google Voice support for XMPP on June 18. According to Obihai1 insiders, it will be replaced with a Google-proprietary version of the SIP protocol to which only Obihai has been provided access despite claims from Google staff (without documentation) that the "new Google Voice" will be "standards-compliant" and "should work with many third party solutions." July 20 Update: Google did it anyway and pulled… Read More ›

Obivoice = OBi Heaven: Dumping Google Voice for Less Than 10¢ a Day

Obivoice = OBi Heaven: Dumping Google Voice for Less Than 10¢ a Day

Monday, January 13, 2014

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What a difference a week makes! When we wrote last week’s article about netTALK and their terrific pricing, we were pleased to report that at least one company could offer a drop-in replacement for Google Voice without breaking the bank. But, alas, all is not well in netTALK Land. For openers, the Better Business Bureau revoked their accreditation last June because of failure to respond to or resolve technical complaints. And a recent SEC Filing paints a fairly bleak picture… Read More ›

netTALK to the Rescue: Dumping Google Voice for Less Than 10¢ a Day

netTALK to the Rescue: Dumping Google Voice for Less Than 10¢ a Day

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

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The Google Voice Adventure with Asterisk® has been disappointing to put it charitably. Google never really saw the benefit of providing free phone service to millions of Americans because they never could quite figure out how to monetize the project. In the meantime, shady call centers were eating them alive with dozens if not hundreds of Google Voice trunks that were placing endless calls around the clock. The final straw was Microsoft deciding to keep Skype proprietary while adding free… Read More ›

Paradise Found: The Holy Grail of Mobile Communications » Meet the OBi202

Paradise Found: The Holy Grail of Mobile Communications » Meet the OBi202

Monday, February 4, 2013

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Much has been written about the quest for Unified Communications where all real-time communications services are transparently accessible by phone, by email, or via the web using multiple devices and various media types. But the Holy Grail of Business Communications is a bit different from our perspective. For the modern business person, business telecommunications comes down to a 3-way time slice between a home or home office, a real office with a real phone, and a cellphone whenever the person… Read More ›

Meet the OBi110: A Permanent Google Voice Fix for Asterisk

Meet the OBi110: A Permanent Google Voice Fix for Asterisk

Friday, March 16, 2012

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Today we’ll show you how to get rock-solid, reliable Google Voice calling to work once and for all with your Asterisk server. Meet our old favorite, the OBi110. Follow today’s tutorial to integrate it into Asterisk with free Google Voice calling…

VoIP My Way: Best VoIP Bargain of the Year Or Is It?

VoIP My Way: Best VoIP Bargain of the Year Or Is It?

Monday, March 21, 2011

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Today we introduce a new VoIP provider with an incredible deal on all-you-can-eat VoIP service in the United States. We’ll walk you through the accounting to help decide whether this is a viable business model.

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