 | OBi110 Voice Service Bridge and VoIP Telephone Adapter |
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Average customer review:
(137 customer reviews)
Product Description
Support (technical or warranty) will be provided by the seller from whom you obtain the product. With the OBi110, you are in control of your communications life. From the OBi110's on-board connections to a telephone, your phone line and via the Internet, you have the power to bridge mobile, fixed line and Internet phone services (VoIP). The OBi provides you with an abundance of control and enhanced convenience. OBi can use the web and social networking tools to bring everything and everybody together to speak freely and even for free! When it makes sense, the OBi110 can use the Internet and OBiTALK between OBi users. In this case, a traditional phone service is never needed to make the connections. Talking becomes truly free. You can put the “social” back into social networking. So Many Features! - OBiTALK Web Portal: The OBiTALK Web Portal allows you to manage your OBi endpoints and your Circle of Trust. There is also a utility which helps OBi users configure devices for optimum savings and access applications which make using OBi even more convenient. - OBi Circles of Trust: The OBiTALK Web Portal is where you can set-up Circles of Trust. This provide a means to team-up with other people who have OBi devices and endpoints so that everyone’s calls can be made as inexpensively as possible. - OBiAPP for PC: Soft Phone Integration - Works with Your Existing Services: PSTN, VoIP (SIP). Call Forwarding on All Calls, Busy Calls, Forward on No Answer. Caller ID – Name & Number. Call Waiting. Call Transfer. Block by Caller ID. Automatic Call Back. Call Return. Do Not Disturb. Conference Calling. Anonymous Calling. Message Waiting Indication - Visual and Tone Based. Speed Dialing of 99 OBi Endpoints or Phone Numbers.Product Details
- Color: White / Gray
- Brand: Obihai
- Model: OBi110
- Dimensions: 4.20" h x 1.20" w x 4.50" l, .90 pounds
Features
- Works with Google Voice for FREE calls to the USA and Canada to 2012 - Great international rates too!
- VoIP ATA and Gateway Supports Analog Line, GV and SIP Services; Callcentric, Sipgate, Vitelity, Voip.ms, etc.
- Make free calls on the OBiTALK Network - Connect to other OBi Devices or use the free OBiON for iPhone application or OBiAPP for your PC.
- Some of the OBi110 Calling Features: Call Forward, Caller ID ? Name - Number, Anonymous Caller Blocking, Message Waiting Indication - Visual and Tone Based
- OBiTALK Portal Features: Manage Your OBi, Connect to Your Friends' OBi Devices, Add Services, Download Apps for PC, Speed Dial Up to 99 OBi Endpoints or Phone Numbers
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews42 of 45 people found the following review helpful.
Simple setup with Google Voice By thamanrp
I have been looking for a simple solution that would allow us to setup and use Google Voice. Since asterisk 1.8 came out, I have been waiting for DD-WRT or tomatoes to integrate this in the router so I would not need a computer to run 24/7 to set up Google Voice.
Then comes Obi110 which solves this problem. The setup was very simple. If you don't want to store your GV credentials on the Obitalk.com you can set it up by logging on the adapter (just like logging onto the router). I did find it that if you do it this way, when you dial out you still have to dial "**1" (using profile1) then the number you want to reach. Maybe there is a way to get rid of this. But if you setup through Obitalk you can enable the prefix and dial just like in GV. You can also update the FW from Obitalk.
Everything is working as expected. Caller ID shows up correctly when you call someone. When someone calls the ID would show "+" then the number with no dash, something like this: +1234567890. My wife was on the phone for an hour and she said the quality was good. If you are looking into a simple setup (and almost plug and play) I would highly recommend the Obi110.
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful.
Great product By Wole
I purchased this product a week ago and recently set it up and it works perfectly. It's been running for a total of two days since I last set it up. I will update this review in a few months after its run for a while.
My goal was to get an alternative/replacement to Skype which was my replacement for Vonage -- I no longer use landlines & totally committed to VOIP. I was tired of paying extra costs associated with telephony services thus this option. This has turned out to be a pleasant surprise.
The people at OBi110 have perfected KISS principles, it was so easy to setup Google voice, actually much easier than setting up Google voice settings options in Gmail.
Pros.
- Free VOIP at least when connected to Google Voice for now.
- The installation is very simple my setup is a little different from the manuals recommendation, since this is connected to my power Ethernet adapter due to proximity of my phone but it still worked on the first try.
- Simple admin UI that is easy to use and understand.
- Just works perfectly.
- It's super small.
Con
- Next version should possibly have an automated firmware update check. It is currently a manual process.
This is the perfect alternative for services like Vonage and better, at least for now calling to the US and Canada is free using Google voice. I highly recommend this product.
Thanks.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
make Free international calls using ObiAPP By soma sekhar dhavala
In addition to all the things that other reviewers mentioned, you can set it up to make free international calls using the ObiAPP.
Background:
1) Your Obi110 will have a unique 9 digit number at the bottom of the device (say 111-222-333).
2) When you create an account with Obitalk.com, it assigns a unique 9 digit softphone number. You can "add device" and associate your physical Obi No to this account.
3) You can create as many accounts as you want (as I write now - using a different gmail address for each new account). And each account comes with its own 9 digit softphone number.
How to (setup ObiAPP to make free calls to your ObiDevice):
Here is how you can let someone else call you to your Obi110 for free. For example, I will create two new accounts - ObAPP-1 (with softphone no. 123-456-789) and ObiAPP-2 (with softohone no. 987-654-321) in addition to ObiAcc-0 (that has the Obi110 tied to).
And suppose that you have two laptops - L1 and L2 and assume that L1 is in India and L2 is in Brazil.
4) From Obitalk.com download the ObiAPP. Install it on both L1 and L2. Install X-lite version 4, (a softphone client) on both of them. Set-up the account preferences as suggested on Obitalk.com screenshots (The userid for X-Lite is your 9 digit softphone no).
5) Now create the Circle of Trust (CoT) such that each account is in the CoT of every other account.
6) For both ObiAPP-1 and ObiAPP-2, use ObiAcc-0 as the default voice gateway)
7) From L1, log on to ObiAPP middleware service, launch X-lite. From this X-Lite softphone, dial **9 111-222-333
8) You will hear the Auto-Attendant, and press 1, and it rings the phone connected to you (i.e phone connected to your Obi110). So anyone with an account with Obitalk and is in your CoT, can call your phone, free of charge.
There are more possibilities. For example, L1 can call L2 via Obi110, but you can explore them further on your own. It is totally fun.
A concern I have is, how scalable is the ObiTalk network as the userbase is likely to see tremendous growth. As of now, it brings new possibilities with the "social VoIP networking" concept and seems to be doing just fine.
Another minor issue is: the status message in the Google chat seems to be affected by this device, in particular the "invisible" mode. Google chat complains - "Oops! You are not invisible because you're logged into Google Talk from another client, device, or location that doesn't support invisibility". Of course, if you do not plan to use Google voice as one (or both) of the VoIP providers, this wont be an issue.
