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I bought the single port version for my home service and it worked so good that I bought this one for my Home Business. Remember, the quality of your service is dependent on your Voip Provider. I have had a lot of crappy Voip Providers. The Voip Provider I have been using for years is callcentric. I have this box feeding into an old analog PBX. Works perfectly! This box is "rock solid", It always works and has great call quality capabilities providing your Voip Provider is delivering you quality audio. I recommend this box to anyone that wants cheap and reliable phone service.
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I purchased one of these to take the place of a (still working) Grandstream box that was being connected to Google Voice via Simon Telephonics. When Google Voice made changes to their service this summer, Simon was unable to continue service due to server loading and other issues that weren't solvable by what was essentially a hobby effort for the community. I currently have 4 "lines" connected to this box, three Google Voice and 1 Callcentric. Two of the lines are purely voice, the other two are an X10 Telephone Responder and an Alarm Announce unit. There has been no issues with any of the devices connected. Physically, the box is similar size to the Grandstream unit, save the LEDs are a more pleasing green than the hard to see from an angle but still eye-searing blue LEDs of the Grandstream unit. (That was honestly my only complaint about Grandstream's products...) To set up, you need a wired phone to plug in to the unit, and an account with Obi. You get a number to dial that allows Obi to recognize your box, and then you can simply tell it what kind of service you're using and it's automatically provisioned within 10 minutes, or you can go in and mess with settings yourself. (Obviously you need a service provider to have service.) Overall, while it's not as "techy" as the Grandstream unit, it's overall an awesome choice if you want a wired line, have a Google Voice or other VOIP service, and don't want to pay the telephone company a stupid rate for what's essentially a cellphone backup.Read full review
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1. It works! 2. Voice quality is great 3. When paired with Google Voice, it's FREE. FREE. FREE to get and place calls in the US. 4. Setup is simple (*) 5. It's CHEAP compared to the alternatives. Especially, e.g. Ooma Telo Free Home Phone Service, Vonage, Xfinity. Even the outlay for the cost of the box is less than you'll pay for those services because they charge more outright (Ooma is $120), or require a one year contract. 6. It has TRUE multi-line support. Ooma, for example, allows you to have "two lines" but they behave like one unless you purchase Ooma's handsets and their $10/month service. You need two (or more?) Google Voice numbers. 7. You can probably port your EXISTING phone number to Google Voice - if you first port the number to a cell carrier (find any carrier with a Pay as you go plan and a low cost, e.g. T-Mobile). Google Voice will not port numbers from most landline or VoIP providers, but for $20 will port from nearly all cell carriers. Ooma, by contrast, charges $40 to port a number. 8. Google Voice has voicemail to text, multiple ring, spam call reduction, call screening, text notifications and more. Want those services elsewhere they will cost you. E.g. with Ooma you'll be paying a minimum of $20/month ($10 service, $5 for the cheap voicemail transcription and about $5 month in taxes and fees).Read full review
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Great tool. Lots of options to get VoIP including Google Voice. But in Canada, you can Only call with Google Voice. You cannot receive calls, because you cannot get a Canadian phone number yet with the service. In order to receive calls in Canada, you need to subscribe to a paid VoIP service. But some are quite inexpensive. I installed this VoIP connection only as a backup in case the cellular network has a breakdown. So I expect that the annual cost of the VoIP service will cost me only around 25$ USD/yr... : ) (e911 not included. You have to add around 3$ USD/month to add this functionality) I wish there had been a version of the Obihai with wireless capability included. You have to get the Obihai OBiWiFi5G Wireless Adapter to make the OBi202 capable of wireless connection. It works great, but it adds to the total amount ot the system. If you don't need to connect a fax or a second phone, for a little less, you can get the OBi200 with only one phone connection.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
How to Set up Obihai 202: Summary: Works well. Gives free voice phone over your internet. Easy set up if bought new, a nightmare used. I already had a Google Voice account, if you don't, get it first. I bought an Obihai 202 used. It needed 3 steps to work properly and they are poorly documented. Lost a star in the rating, because of the horrible process to get this working if bought used. First, hardware reset to clear previous owner's registration. You stick a paperclip through a small hole in the bottom for 15 seconds. Second, restore defaults. The reset made it unusable, no IP address. So you restore default settings using your phone. Key in ***8 on your phone, then 1, and wait several minutes for that to finish. Third, you'll probably need to pay them $10 for "premium service" to get a firmware update, which you need to talk to Google Voice. Just pay, they got you. After that, your OBIHAI looks like a new one. Follow the standard setup after all that. Voila, free telephone via Google Voice. Well, yes, but you don't have 911. Another but: I wanted to use my old landline phone number so my contacts could still contact me. If you don't care, skip the rest. After searching, it seemed the cheapest solution was to use Anveo, which has cheap annual phone costs and can port your old number and has 911. Anveo charges $40/year for a basic phone using Obihai adapter. They charge $15 to port your old number. Still less than my phone costs, per month, with my old carrier, so I went for it. Setup was a pain, but the Anveo system has some good call handling features, so maybe it's good. If you just want a free landline, forget Anveo and stick with Google Voice. Read full review
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