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Pros & Cons
Pros
Obi makes it very easy to set up an account and do the basic device setup and testing. Google voice requires a little bit of tech savy person to sign in online, look at options on your google voice page to configure how you want your account to work. ... Read More
Sound is not as good as a classic landline but you can beat the saving after several months. Free gv voip service. Only gripe my fam has, home phone panasonic 5 sets will no longer record messages, they fwd to my google voice and email and rest of fam... Read More
Cons
Multiple posts on the support forums about this recurring time and time again. Completely zero response. After a year has passed, you have to resort to forums.
The obi only rings when it is plugged into the obi directly. This defeats the purpose of the obi ringing all the house phones! No dial tone.
If phonepower isn't a sinking ship they really need to pull it together. Have to reboot the device often. If there is any lightening anywhere near your house this thing is going to be fried.
Highlights
Quality
The call quality is very good and yes gv doesnt provide the e911 service but this is jus for home phone and with our other 2 ce... Read More
Lo and behold the sound quality is fantastic and making calls to japan have been seamless
Xfinitys internet connections are implementing some nasty bandwidth limiting lately as of mid 2019 as well so im sure that affe... Read More
By official support i do not mean that one can call google and get voice support for issues but that the product works with goo... Read More
Price
A home phone at no monthly cost
Competitiveness
I have mostly appreciated the many options of google voice i have discovered since my obi200 purchase
Ive been using obihai voip appliances for 10 years while living overseas and they amazing
I watched utube videos on setting it up but still it got confusing as i struggled to get it to connect
I switched over to google voice with this obi200 hardware may 2016
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I watched utube videos on setting it up but still it got confusing as i struggled to get it to connect
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was a bit all over the place with it trying various ways to get it connected and in the process the struggle was more on my part
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If they dont youll come up with a 403 error as i found out from one of the obi forum members
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Im using tmobile home internet which runs at 500 plus mbps
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I got tired of magic jack fails
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Be aware that this product is at end of life but still should be good for a few years
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Cell phones these monthly fees are not justifiable
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Think i paid around 40 for it
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