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Product Description
From the Manufacturer
FREE Calling with Your Home Phone
Use your existing home phone and your broadband router to make and receive calls over the Internet for free (or at a very low-cost).
Why You Will Love the OBi
- Save Money
Use FREE and low-cost VoIP services to lower your phone bills... Maybe to NOTHING! - Pay Only for the Device — It's Not Locked to a Service!
You can add VoIP services to make & receive phone calls to and from regular numbers. In addition, OBi to OBi calls are FREE. - Computer Not Required
All you need is your existing home phone and broadband router.
- Fantastic Voice Clarity
Talk with your family and friends anywhere in the world, from the comfort of your home telephone. - FREE Calls* to US & Canada Using Google Voice™
- Unlocked — Use with Any VoIP Service Provider
- Get the Lowest Cost International Calls with Service Providers of Your Choice
- Premium Features — Voice Mail, Caller ID, Call Forwarding, Call Waiting, 3-Way Calling
- FREE OBi to OBi Calls Anywhere in the World
- No Computer Required to Make/Receive Calls
- OBi Callback — Make Calls at Receiving Rate
- Fantastic Call Quality
- Use FREE OBiON iPhone™ & Android™ Apps from Your Smart Phone
- 1-Year Limited Hardware Warranty
- Live Technical Support via...
- Email
- OBiTALK Community Forum
- Phone - Free Software Updates & Enhancements
OBi110 Set-Up
How Does the OBi Work?
The OBi allows you to make and receive phone calls using your high-speed internet, your regular home phone and a "VoIP" Internet phone service provider like Google Voice™, Callcentric or VoIP.ms. No computer is needed. You can also call for FREE from one OBi to another OBi anywhere in the world. In this case, a traditional phone service is never needed to make the connections. Talking becomes truly free.
OBi110 Connections
Requirements
1. Broadband Internet Connection2. Internet Router with Available Ethernet Port
3. Analog/Digital Corded or Cordless Phone
4. Land Line Telephone Service (Optional)
5. VoIP Service Provider Account Username & Password (Optional)
Examples of Service Providers:
Google Voice™
Callcentric
VoIP.ms
plus Many More…!
Benefits
Easy Set-Up
1. Connect the OBi to Your Internet Router2. Connect Your Home Phone to the OBi
3. Sign-on to www.OBiTALK.com
4. Add Google Voice™ or Any Other VoIP Service Provider to your OBi Device (Optional)
Additional Benefits
OBi110 VoIP Phone Adapter
Features
Google Voice™ Derived Features:- One number for all your calls / phone devices
- Call forwarding
- Call blocking
- Call history
- Call billing - detail history
- Do Not Disturb
- International Calling
- Ability to ring multiple phones on incoming calls
- Voice mail (Voice mail acts like e-mail)
- Voice mail speech to text
- Voice mail alerts via e-mail, text-message, indicator on telephone
- Custom voice mail greetings
- Send and Receive Text Messages
- Use the Google Voice™ web portal to see, listen to and manage voicemail
- Call recording
- Multi-party conference calling
OBi Device Telephony Features:
- Message Waiting Indication - Visual and Tone Based
- Speed Dialing of 99 OBi Endpoints or Numbers
- Three-Party Conference Calling with Local Mixing
- Hook Flash Event Signaling
- Caller ID - Number
- Caller ID - Name
- Call Waiting
- Call Forward - Unconditional
- Call Forward on Busy
- Call Forward on No Answer
- Do Not Disturb
- Call Return
- Call Recording (From Device Web UI)
- Call History (Last 200 Calls from Device Web UI)
- Aggregation and Bridging of Two (2) SIP and/or Google Voice™ & One (1) OBiTALK Services
- Automatic Attendant (AA) for Simplified Call Routing
- Call Back Service - Connect to AA to Make a New Call or Ring the Attached Phone
OBiTALK Web Portal Integration:
- Configuration and Management of OBi Endpoints
- Addition & Configuration of VoIP Service Providers - Including 7-Digit Dialing
- Download OBiON Apps for Smart Phones, Internet Tablet Devices & PCs
- Creating & Joining Circles of Trust So You Can Share Your OBi's Services with Friends & Family
- Setting Up Your OBi Endpoint Speed Dial Directory
Which OBi Should I Get?
Obihai have two telephone adapters, currently - The OBi100 and the OBi110. The two products function the same except for one feature. The OBi110 has a physical port for an analog line service. This port, labeled LINE on the OBi110, can be thought of as a gateway to a traditional phone service. The service can be from a land line carrier. It can also be from a VoIP service, when the phone port of the service provider's device is plugged into the LINE port of the OBi110. This gateway functionality is useful for a number of reasons.
OBi110 LINE Port:
- Allows you to keep your current land line service yet take advantage of the OBi device's VoIP services.
- Provides for an emergency calling services route when connected to a service supporting the same.
- Acts as a gateway and bridge to the PSTN for calls originating on a VoIP service from a remote OBi device or soft phone.
The OBi110 & OBi100 Both Have:
- One Phone Port: For connection to an analog cordless or corded phone
- The OBi Phone Port Can Power All the Phones in Your Home
- One Ethernet Port: For connection to an Internet router
- Support for up to 2 Commercial VoIP services
- Support for SIP
- Support for Google Voice™
- Support for OBiTALK
- Message Waiting Indication - Visual and Tone Based
- Speed Dialing of 99 OBi Endpoints or Numbers
- Three Way Conference Calling with Local Mixing
- Hook Flash Event Signaling
- Caller ID - Name & Number
- Call Waiting
- Call Forward - Unconditional
- Call Forward on Busy
- Call Forward on No Answer
- Call Transfer
- Anonymous Call
- Block Anonymous Call
- Do Not Disturb
- Call Return
- Repeat Dialing
- OBiTALK Managed VoIP Network for OBi Endpoint Devices & Applications
- High Quality Voice Encoding Using G.711, G.726, G.729 Algorithms
* Google previously announced that calls inside the USA and Canada to the USA and Canada will be free through 2012.
Calls to the USA and Canada from other countries are 1 cent per minute.
Google Voice cannot be used to place or receive emergency services calls.
iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
Android, Gmail and Google Voice are trademarks of Google, Inc.
Note: Some listed features are not available from every service provider.
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.
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
196 of 203 people found the following review helpful
By WadeC
Amazon Verified Purchase
I configured the OBi110 to use Google Voice, and it completely replaced my home telephone service. With free long distance within the US, the device will pay for itself in savings in a couple of months.
Configuring the device was easy. The online documentation was decent, and I found a few other blogs with tutorials as well. I recommend using the obitalk web site for ease of configuration. The only problem is that it stores your Gmail username and password, so there's a certain expectation of trust that OBi will not misuse that information. Personally, I created a second Gmail / Google Voice account just for this product. Thanks Google!
Note: this product does NOT provide access to 911. If this is needed, it is available through several Internet phone service providers. I used CallCentric, which provides enhanced 911 for $1.50 per month. The OBi online wizard provides easy setup for CallCentric and other Internet phone services, and configuring the device to place 911 calls through this service was fairly easy.
Also, the call quality has been excellent. I cannot tell a difference in sound quality between the OBi / Google Voice and my previous PSTN service. I have not had any problems with dropped calls either.
Overall, this is a solid product and a great way to save some money by dropping the telephone company.
Configuring the device was easy. The online documentation was decent, and I found a few other blogs with tutorials as well. I recommend using the obitalk web site for ease of configuration. The only problem is that it stores your Gmail username and password, so there's a certain expectation of trust that OBi will not misuse that information. Personally, I created a second Gmail / Google Voice account just for this product. Thanks Google!
Note: this product does NOT provide access to 911. If this is needed, it is available through several Internet phone service providers. I used CallCentric, which provides enhanced 911 for $1.50 per month. The OBi online wizard provides easy setup for CallCentric and other Internet phone services, and configuring the device to place 911 calls through this service was fairly easy.
Also, the call quality has been excellent. I cannot tell a difference in sound quality between the OBi / Google Voice and my previous PSTN service. I have not had any problems with dropped calls either.
Overall, this is a solid product and a great way to save some money by dropping the telephone company.
128 of 138 people found the following review helpful
By thamanrp
Amazon Verified Purchase
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.
Update 12/10/11: Caller ID has been showing the correct format for a while now. Also, my unit died a few months ago. I called their tech support, they checked from remote and confirmed that it's dead. They sent out a replacement unit the next day! I just have to send the dead one back. Great customer service. Google voice is still free for 2012 btw.
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.
Update 12/10/11: Caller ID has been showing the correct format for a while now. Also, my unit died a few months ago. I called their tech support, they checked from remote and confirmed that it's dead. They sent out a replacement unit the next day! I just have to send the dead one back. Great customer service. Google voice is still free for 2012 btw.
186 of 207 people found the following review helpful
By riversbed
Amazon Verified Purchase
I waited 6 weeks before writing this review. After looking at all the reviews@amazon.com, I bought this product . I set it up using google voice and sipgate. It was easy to set up. It works fine even with VOIP enabled home security system. It worked fine for 2 weeks. After 2 weeks of use, I encountered 3 main issues. 1) Every 2-3 days, I have to reboot the system. It was stuck and we were not receiving calls. It was frustrating experience for the family. Customer service promptly pushed the update. It did not help the problem. Later, customer service attributed the problem to google voice. 2) At times, caller on the other side can't hear you. If you hang up and call back. It works fine. Customer service blamed it on google voice. 3) call gets disconnected in the middle of the call.
If you visit customer forum, you will read that many customers are having similar problems. I need a reliable communication phone line. I am disconnecting from obihai 110 and signing back with vonage. If they fix these issues, I will go back.
I encourage you visit customer forum before buying this product. I feel that the reviews at amazon.com are based on very short term use.
If you visit customer forum, you will read that many customers are having similar problems. I need a reliable communication phone line. I am disconnecting from obihai 110 and signing back with vonage. If they fix these issues, I will go back.
I encourage you visit customer forum before buying this product. I feel that the reviews at amazon.com are based on very short term use.
85 of 94 people found the following review helpful
By Wole
Amazon Verified Purchase
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.
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.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just works = free VOIP service
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5.0 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars
OBi110 Voice Service Bridge and VoIP Telephone Adapter is hands down...
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Published 3 days ago by AG
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic !
This is the best way it to give to the phone companies. One time investment no more monthly charges. Great value and quality connections. I bought two!
Published 5 days ago by Robert Ortiz
1.0 out of 5 stars
Land line problems
Beware if you are planning to port a land line to use with the OBI. I bought this product and was trying to set my land line number up as required with Google voice and found out... Read more
Published 8 days ago by rrock
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great!
It has even more features than I expected. Using it with Google Voice and Anveo for E911. More reliable than my previous service with Teleblend.
Published 8 days ago by Wouter Verkerk
4.0 out of 5 stars
server the purpose
Received the box, set it up with my router, followed the screen shots from Obi web site.
I can receive in bound call and dial out as well. Read more
I can receive in bound call and dial out as well. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Polly Lu
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's something should list as a must buy item!
This is a great unit for everyone that would like to have savings on every calls they make. Installation is as easy as 1, 2 and 3. Mostly should say it's connects automatic. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Raymond K Wong
