Obihai OBI100 VoIP Telephone Adapter with Google Voice & SIP ($39.99 AC, NewEgg, Expire 7/2/12)

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Obihai OBI100 VoIP Telephone Adapter with Google Voice & SIP (N82E16833617001) = $51.99
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TOTAL COST = $39.99 with Free Shipping

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Obihai OBI100 VoIP Telephone Adapter with Google Voice & SIP (B004LO098O) = $44.41

TOTAL COST = $44.41 with Free Super Saver Shipping

EDIT (6/26/12 @ 8:10 PM EDT): Amazon raised price from $39.99 to $44.41.
EDIT (6/29/12 @ 4:25 AM EDT): Amazon lowed price from $44.41 to $39.99.
EDIT (6/30/12 @ 3:38 AM EDT): Amazon raised price from $39.99 to $44.41.

I use google voice exclusively--is this the product for me?

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My ob110 bought 2 years ago is still in the box......
Nobody I know can help me with it.....

qube said:   Maybe you should reach out to people you don't know....like on the interwebs. I bet there is a forum, or some sort of site that helps people search for information.

Yes, and here on FW I have been previously provided with links
and also youtube links on how to do it and even how to get the google voice number...

yesidonoitall said:   My ob110 bought 2 years ago is still in the box......
Nobody I know can help me with it.....If you want to set it up with google voice I can do that for you. I am not that knowledgeable on the SIP set up. I have 3 myself and maintain 3 others for family members.

I can set everything, including google voice, up remotely and then you can take control of it.

If you don't use a landline and want E911, Anveo can provide that for $.80 per month.

I even "accidentally" bypassed google's voicemail on the last 2 setups. Not sure if it will happen every time, but it might.

BradMajors said:   There is a new model coming out.

Any additional info?

I bought mine from Amazon a couple days ago. Setup was a breeze and there are plenty of forums out for support. I don't need the 110 because I am VoIP only. Now in the process of getting my existing (Vonage) number transferred. That is a different story though and more cumbersome because of Vonage. Had to buy a T-Mobile card and now in the middle of the port to T-Mobile and from there to Google Voice. Good call quality and I also use it on my cell for the international calls.
Also still undecided if I will get 911 via callcentric or not, I would not but wife might force me to .

Great product for a very low price. And at least for 2012 free domestic calls.

GermanExpat said:   I bought mine from Amazon a couple days ago. Setup was a breeze and there are plenty of forums out for support. I don't need the 110 because I am VoIP only. Now in the process of getting my existing (Vonage) number transferred. That is a different story though and more cumbersome because of Vonage. Had to buy a T-Mobile card and now in the middle of the port to T-Mobile and from there to Google Voice. Good call quality and I also use it on my cell for the international calls.
Also still undecided if I will get 911 via callcentric or not, I would not but wife might force me to .

Great product for a very low price. And at least for 2012 free domestic calls.Also note, Google only allows porting of cell numbers. There is no guarantee that google will port every phone number, even after it is ported to a cell provider. The type of number doesn't change the fact that google does not support every area for service.

Check number eligibility
Mobile number:

Check for available options
Available options for using your existing mobile number:
Porting your mobile number to Google Voice is unavailable
Your mobile number can not be ported at this time.
- This number appears to be from an area we don't currently support for porting.
Click on the Back button below to setup Google Voice with a new number

I ported my home phone to a prepaid cell phone and then to GV. Set up of the Obihai was easy the first time around 6 months ago and again a few weeks ago when we upgraded to the 202 for fax capability.

techiegirl said:   I ported my home phone to a prepaid cell phone and then to GV. Set up of the Obihai was easy the first time around 6 months ago and again a few weeks ago when we upgraded to the 202 for fax capability.

I fax with my OBi 110 and GV just fine. Sent 2 today.

c3 said:   techiegirl said:   Set up of the Obihai was easy the first time around 6 months ago and again a few weeks ago when we upgraded to the 202 for fax capability.

Did your original one not work with fax? My test fax (outgoing) with obi100 and GV went through just fine.Faxing success with google voice is very much YMMV. For every success story there are many failures. I have no success. But with the small amount of faxing I do I use FreeFax for sending and K7 for receiving.

But with the Obi ATA there are many options for other services that have excellent fax success.

edit: price went back up on Amazon.

it is $44.41 now on ama zon, new egg still has it at $39.99

NOTPC said:   dd

suspendmix said:   Does anyone know if I can use 2 OBI's at the same time with my 1 google voicenumber? wanted to hook up the extra one to my directv reciver for caller ID now that none of my phone jacks work. All told, its a great system, mostly easy to set up and allowed me to get rid of my land line!You can not set up the same google voice account on multiple devices, or in multiple places. The last one to sign in at google is the one that will work.

You can connect your existing house wiring to your Obi, then all the phone jacks will work like before.

Disconnect the wire coming into the building at the telephone interface box (or equivalent process).
Connect a phone cord from the phone port of the Obi to any phone jack connected to your existing wiring (backfeed).
Plug your phone(s) into any jack as you normally would.

Google voice does NOT provide Caller ID and neither does the OBI as far as I have read. If that has changed please correct me.It does have caller ID though just the phone number, not names/companies

suspendmix said:   jimates said:   suspendmix said:   Does anyone know if I can use 2 OBI's at the same time with my 1 google voicenumber? wanted to hook up the extra one to my directv reciver for caller ID now that none of my phone jacks work. All told, its a great system, mostly easy to set up and allowed me to get rid of my land line!You can not set up the same google voice account on multiple devices, or in multiple places. The last one to sign in at google is the one that will work.

You can connect your existing house wiring to your Obi, then all the phone jacks will work like before.

Disconnect the wire coming into the building at the telephone interface box (or equivalent process).
Connect a phone cord from the phone port of the Obi to any phone jack connected to your existing wiring (backfeed).
Plug your phone(s) into any jack as you normally would.

Thanks, can't put the OBI near the junction box since my router isn't nearby and running phone cable to it isn't practical.Get the Obi202 and the WIFI adapter that goes with it. Then you can put the Obi anywhere. Downside is total cost is $100.

suspendmix said:   jimates said:   suspendmix said:   Does anyone know if I can use 2 OBI's at the same time with my 1 google voicenumber? wanted to hook up the extra one to my directv reciver for caller ID now that none of my phone jacks work. All told, its a great system, mostly easy to set up and allowed me to get rid of my land line!You can not set up the same google voice account on multiple devices, or in multiple places. The last one to sign in at google is the one that will work.

You can connect your existing house wiring to your Obi, then all the phone jacks will work like before.

Disconnect the wire coming into the building at the telephone interface box (or equivalent process).
Connect a phone cord from the phone port of the Obi to any phone jack connected to your existing wiring (backfeed).
Plug your phone(s) into any jack as you normally would.

Thanks, can't put the OBI near the junction box since my router isn't nearby and running phone cable to it isn't practical.

Just so you're understanding things correctly:

You don't need two OBi boxes. Simply unhook the POTS line coming into the house from your phone system. Plug the OBi into ANY phone jack on the wall, and you've now powered ALL phone jacks to work with the GV number.

You seem to have an issue with where you put the OBi in relationship to the router, and availability of a phone line/jack at that location. Your router is connected somehow to your cable system(?) by a piece of coax, and then possibly connected to pc(s) by ethernet or wireless. You need to get the OBi connected to the router and to the phone jack. You might want to consider moving your router nearer to a phone jack? If it's wireless, then it may not matter. If it's wired, then you'll need to think this through.

In my house, I have a panel with everything except the router on it. Cable modem is mounted on the panel, sends signal up to my router via ethernet which sends it back down to the panel to multiple devices. My router is upstairs for best wireless signal, and connected via ethernet to several PCs and then back down to other devices and a switch that adds more ports.

suspendmix said:   EradicateSpam said:   suspendmix said:   jimates said:   suspendmix said:   Does anyone know if I can use 2 OBI's at the same time with my 1 google voicenumber? wanted to hook up the extra one to my directv reciver for caller ID now that none of my phone jacks work. All told, its a great system, mostly easy to set up and allowed me to get rid of my land line!You can not set up the same google voice account on multiple devices, or in multiple places. The last one to sign in at google is the one that will work.

You can connect your existing house wiring to your Obi, then all the phone jacks will work like before.

Disconnect the wire coming into the building at the telephone interface box (or equivalent process).
Connect a phone cord from the phone port of the Obi to any phone jack connected to your existing wiring (backfeed).
Plug your phone(s) into any jack as you normally would.

Thanks, can't put the OBI near the junction box since my router isn't nearby and running phone cable to it isn't practical.

Just so you're understanding things correctly:

You don't need two OBi boxes. Simply unhook the POTS line coming into the house from your phone system. Plug the OBi into ANY phone jack on the wall, and you've now powered ALL phone jacks to work with the GV number.

You seem to have an issue with where you put the OBi in relationship to the router, and availability of a phone line/jack at that location. Your router is connected somehow to your cable system(?) by a piece of coax, and then possibly connected to pc(s) by ethernet or wireless. You need to get the OBi connected to the router and to the phone jack. You might want to consider moving your router nearer to a phone jack? If it's wireless, then it may not matter. If it's wired, then you'll need to think this through.

In my house, I have a panel with everything except the router on it. Cable modem is mounted on the panel, sends signal up to my router via ethernet which sends it back down to the panel to multiple devices. My router is upstairs for best wireless signal, and connected via ethernet to several PCs and then back down to other devices and a switch that adds more ports.

Just so I understand this correctly, I can plug the obi into any phone jack, not just at the junction coming from the outside? I can't have the router at the junction as I have cable modem where the coax is in a different room 50 feet away and would have to fish wire through several walls. But I have my old landline jack next to my router so I can plug into that to send a single to all my jacks?

Yes, that's what we've been telling you. Just make sure to FIRST disconnect the wire feeding from the outside into your home wiring. That can be done EITHER at the outside junction box OR inside the house where the outside wire should feed into the house wiring through a small box, and you may be able to either unplug the outside wire or take off the cover and disconnect the wires. Then plug the OBi into the old landline jack, and EVERYTHING that is plugged into an old landline jack will work.

And, keep in mind, that if you plug in the base station of a wireless phone setup (mine has 4 handsets), then all the wireless handsets work just fine. My Obi powers that, a wired desk phone, and a fax machine.

yesidonoitall said:   Phone box

To disconnect the outside landline from the house wiring, unplug the male plug
Top part with screws go to your various jacks in the house.
To add new jacks, do it there.
Bottom wire is from the street connection to the POTS.Be sure to put a note on the unplugged/disconnected cable alerting anyone not to reconnect it.

$39.99 at Amazon again.

jimates said:   cybert19 said:   suspendmix said:   Does anyone know if I can use 2 OBI's at the same time with my 1 google voicenumber? wanted to hook up the extra one to my directv reciver for caller ID now that none of my phone jacks work. All told, its a great system, mostly easy to set up and allowed me to get rid of my land line!

Google voice does NOT provide Caller ID and neither does the OBI as far as I have read. If that has changed please correct me.The Obi is a device, not a service provider. Google voice does provide caller id, and the Obi will pass that caller id to the phone port. Google does not provide caller id with name CNAM.

But you can route your google voice calls through the Simon Telephonics Google Voice Gateway (Obi connects to the GVGW instead of Google) and get the full CNAM service. This is currently FREE. The cons are you cannot have direct access to your google voicemail or voicemail indicators (blinking light or stutter dialtone) when using Simon's Server.

Simon Telephonics

Thanks for the info, would you happen to have directions on how to set this up? I tried googling it and found a site which I followed directions for but I can't get the CNAM to work on it:

http://michigantelephone.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/how-to-use-the...

I'm registered and have google voice on SP1 and the Simon on SP2 but still no CNAM showing up on phone. Thanks for any help!