Newegg: Obihai OBi200 VoIP Telephone Adapter $29.99 after coupon code

[Sonikku]

Coupon code: EMCAXKK52

A good deal even without a code in my opinion.

 

[PliotronX]

*high five* Thanks man! These things are awesome.

 

[balloonshark]

Here's the link. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833617008

Does anyone know if it's possible to port a vonage number to use with the various Obi service providers?

 

[mikeford]

Wow, very tempting, good thing its on sale all weekend, and no real point in ordering until early Monday morning.

 

[BenJeremy]

Here's the link. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833617008

Does anyone know if it's possible to port a vonage number to use with the various Obi service providers?

I ported the number from my old VoIP provider Teleblend... AFAIK, all numbers are supposed to be portable now.

I'm running an Obi202 with Google Voice (Fax, but not really reliable), Ring.To (My Teleblend port) and Anveo for E911 service. I pay $4/year for the E911, everything else is free. Sure beats $34/month (Teleblend, formerly SunRocket kept raising its prices)

For sending faxes, I scan to PDF and send them with FaxZero, which works great (Up to 5 3-page faxes per day for free)

 

[balloonshark]

I ported the number from my old VoIP provider Teleblend... AFAIK, all numbers are supposed to be portable now.

I'm running an Obi202 with Google Voice (Fax, but not really reliable), Ring.To (My Teleblend port) and Anveo for E911 service. I pay $4/year for the E911, everything else is free. Sure beats $34/month (Teleblend, formerly SunRocket kept raising its prices)

For sending faxes, I scan to PDF and send them with FaxZero, which works great (Up to 5 3-page faxes per day for free)

Thanks! I'm seeing Anveo come up often so they must be decent.

 

[balloonshark]

Wow, very tempting, good thing its on sale all weekend, and no real point in ordering until early Monday morning.

Waiting isn't always wise. Many things from Newegg "sell out" very quickly. Plus this deal is mentioned on slickdeals and I'm sure other deal sites.

Actually, it's already sold out from Newegg and is only available from 3rd party sellers and the code doesn't work.

 

[RossMAN]

Bought one last night.

Is it possible to port an original Ooma number to Google Voice/Obihai? It's not a cell phone number that I ported into Ooma.

 

[mikeford]

Waiting isn't always wise. Many things from Newegg "sell out" very quickly. Plus this deal is mentioned on slickdeals and I'm sure other deal sites.

Actually, it's already sold out from Newegg and is only available from 3rd party sellers and the code doesn't work.

OTOH maybe Monday morning will have it back. I'm less concerned about saving a few dollars than getting not quite the right device.

 

[BenJeremy]

OTOH maybe Monday morning will have it back. I'm less concerned about saving a few dollars than getting not quite the right device.

I've had mine for about 5 months, and I'm very happy with it.

If you do not need E911 service, you can basically have 100% free phone service to anywhere in the US and Canada, as long as you have internet. It works with Google Voice, too.

Ring.to could use some better features, but those may be coming (they recently had a survey of customers for new features to implement) - still, ring.to has caller ID (just number, though), voice mail, SMS texting, and caller blocking. I put a three-tone "Disconnected" sound, along with my own robotic-like message as my voice mail message to fend off robo-calls.

 

[balloonshark]

OTOH maybe Monday morning will have it back. I'm less concerned about saving a few dollars than getting not quite the right device.

Maybe but in my experience Newegg seems to want to sell so many units and then the product shows out of stock. Then after the sale is over the product is mysteriously back in stock. Plus I've learned the hard way to jump on a deal asap or I end up missing out.

Still with that said it's only about $15 savings and that is a drop in the bucket compared to what you would save from switching from a provider like Vonage to something much cheaper. I also understand what you're saying about getting the right device and you are correct.

 

[RossMAN]

I've had mine for about 5 months, and I'm very happy with it.

If you do not need E911 service, you can basically have 100% free phone service to anywhere in the US and Canada, as long as you have internet. It works with Google Voice, too.

Ring.to could use some better features, but those may be coming (they recently had a survey of customers for new features to implement) - still, ring.to has caller ID (just number, though), voice mail, SMS texting, and caller blocking. I put a three-tone "Disconnected" sound, along with my own robotic-like message as my voice mail message to fend off robo-calls.

Thanks for mentioning ring.to, how exactly does it interface or connect with the Obihai and Google Voice? I'm interested in a setup similar to yours.

You may have to dumb it down a little as VOIP and I don't really get along. Thanks

 

[BenJeremy]

Thanks for mentioning ring.to, how exactly does it interface or connect with the Obihai and Google Voice? I'm interested in a setup similar to yours.

You may have to dumb it down a little as VOIP and I don't really get along. Thanks

ObiHai goes through all the steps to hook it up. ObiHai provides the hardware (though there is an administration panel for your device available through ObiHai's support web site), and they have all the steps to set up Ring.To, Google Voice and Anveo. Ring.To and Anveo both also have their own cooperative "wizards" for Obi users.

Google Voice was as simple as changing a setting in GV and providing login information for the Obi device to connect and monitor for incoming calls.

The most painful thing was making sure I had NAT entries in my router/firewall for the device. My current entries are UDP Port 10000 and UDP & TCP 9060, and of course the Local LAN IP address of your Obi device. They even walk you through verifying it is set up correctly.

 

[mvbighead]

I believe I have the Obi100. Totally awesome device so long as your Internet is reliable.

 

[ivwshane]

I stopped using my obi100 because they dropped/lost support for google voice, did this change?

 

[BenJeremy]

I stopped using my obi100 because they dropped/lost support for google voice, did this change?

My Obi202 handles GV just fine.

Their homepage touts Google Voice.

I do remember reading there was a time when there was a problem with GV before I got my 202. Looks like they got it resolved.

 

[ivwshane]

My Obi202 handles GV just fine.

Their homepage touts Google Voice.

I do remember reading there was a time when there was a problem with GV before I got my 202. Looks like they got it resolved.

Thanks! Now that I think about it, they did add support back to older obi devices, you just had to pay them a fee in order to update the firmware.
I did a manual firmware update and all is good (for the most part).