Sorry for the wait! This video is all about finally cancelling your ancient home phone line through your cable company, and how to keep it through Google Voice for free! It also touches on how I cut my bill in half after my cable company doubled it every month, and even tripled my internet speed while I was at it!
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What if you have no service active on your phone line ?? an use satellite broadband ?
Spectrum is a bully, they always push you into triple package, if you cancel one the price of the phone or internet goes up so you are stuck. They raise the cable but cut down your chanel. They have control over your cable box and can change the chanel and also internet what you download. Horrible!
You will be charged $20 by Obihai per year to keep using this device for VoIP after the first year of service.
I’m beginning to think that you really like Google hey so do I!
nexus 6p all the way
I have been using ooma for years. $5 a month after buying the base. Works great.. I am FED UP with what they charge me for TV though.
It is fantastic !!!! Complicated !!!! And how much of talk….
T mobile does not work in my area. What then. I do not live near a city.
You have a clear and nice voice.
Magicjack has a network connection so you DON’T need to plug it into your computer any more. I CALL BUULSHIT!!! ALSO, can you have more than one phone # per household by using 2 obies?. I have 2 magic jacks at my house with 2 different phone #s.
You mentioned purchasing the SIM and then returning it for a refund. Sounds easy BUT… Did you need to have a spare cell phone to put the new SIM in in order to port it over or was there info on the SIM package that allowed you to port the number over without having a prepaid phone? Please help. Thx!
I did this same thing only I set up Google Voice through Callcentric and I use a regular Analog Telephone Adapter. It cost me $5 to Callcentric as prepaid credit so that I don’t have to worry about them messing with my setup if I don’t use it that much.
lol that LISP !
quick question how did you go about porting the number to the tmobile card then return it to the store… dont you have to activate it in order to port the number?
Can u use regular old school phone or does it have to be a voip phone? Is obi charge monthly fees or just the cost of the device
you talk toooooooooooo much!
UPDATE FOR 2018; GOOGLE MODEM WITH WIFI WILL COST YOU $75 USD ALSO, T-Mobile will require you to purchase the card with minimum of $10 with a total of $20 for setup to card. Porting with google requires you to have a T-mobile device to punch in the access code they send to the number you’re porting. Googles fee is also $20 so, you’ll be $100 give or take to have a free phone with an old cable number. Also takes about a week to complete the entire process. Google voice is worth it!
Quality is excellent. Number falls off your internet bill. Getting a good value for Internet not so much.
Wellllll, everything online is a matter of public knowledge (forever). So as long as you like your conversations recorded – no problem.
I use textnow. Can put it on any machine. speakers. And headset. BOOM.
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Is it an entry vulnerability for hackers?
How to identify incoming google voice / primary line calls ??
What about Google’s ever shadier commitments about your privacy?
Obihai charges eventually for you to keep using the device you already bought…
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And make it easier for all your communications to be listened to and saved! How marvellous! Just what we all want!
People GET OFF THE CABAL, SICK-INDUCING ANDROIDS AND I-PHONES!
so how do you make calls? do you plug a handset or DECT phone into this setup somehow? maybe demo a call?
What if you don’t have a home phone line and use cable?
I need talk to my husband about this since he pays everything on the cable, not just the cable and phone and everything that in house. So I don’t think Google will pay for that too.
you have a sweet voice
Subscribe to me and I’ll subscribe to you….Please. Thank you. ….. There…done. Now your turn.
Can Google Voice give me a new number? I do not want to import my cellular phone number. I noticed that you mention that Google Voice gives you a choice?
Who uses google for things like this? Not me
Do you actually have to buy a cell phone too as described in the instructions?
Thanks… Not very easy and not a quick process (7 Days) but I did follow your steps and they worked. Longest part was porting the landline to a tracfone and then to Google. Now I only pay for internet. Cut Cable TV and the Phone. Bill went from $215 to $74.
My computer is always on. I probably should turn it off when IM not home
I’m opening a new tech company that supplies a direct inward dialup number and much more for 395 a year.
I don’t even have to use the ob box…
The MagicJack info is not accurate. I have had a MagicJack for a few years and my PC does not have to be on for it to work, instead it is connected directly to my modem through WIFI. The MagicJack which he speaks of is from about 2013 – 2014.
Hey, you moron, way too much bass in your voice. Altering the voice like that is unnatural and very stupid !!
+Dev great job, just sold your soul to the devil and google spying to save $60 America must be a real SH*TH*LE. I get 300gig per month for $49 and I didnt have to get a google spying machine in my house…. guess you have a smart phone, TV, etc… way to go…. no wonder USA is the pits…. oh boy….. and all the hangers on, none realise the the google box is another spy in your house… enjoy 🙂 LOL
So, can you read a book for us, your voice is awesome.
I am from UK, was so excited to get Google Voice after watching this vide; only to realise its only available in USA
even $10/month is a lot of money for archaic landline service
Does this work for international calls to Germany, Peru, Canada, etc?
Just wanted you to know you gave me an idea that may help my friend’s elderly mother who is partially blind and deaf, who sometimes stays alone, and can’t afford to pay a monitoring service and is so blind she can’t see to use a phone of any kind. They have cable so they didn’t think they could get an emergency 911 dialer lanyard without a landline. After seeing your video, I was searching for a solution for her when I found the Guardian on Amazon for $149 with no monthly monitoring fees because it dials directly to 911 with a push of a single button and allows for 2-way communication. I think I can make it work with your instructions here by replacing a phone with The Guardian 911 dialer (as long as the Obi creates a dial tone). Thank you again for this idea!
PS- Maybe you could make a safety/tech video about it so other elderly or disabled people needing something like this could save money by setting it up with Google Voice. You really made a great presentation here!
Have a nice day!
Does that work for TTY phones
1:11 is that Sonic adventure?
Wish I could I do this in Canada. Because the CRTC are asshats about transfering numbers or even letting voip services use numbers I would have to use a long distance number locally to send/receive calls. Makes Google Voice useless to me even though I have had an account for many years now. That and not being able to use Cable Card TV tumers like you can in the US ticks me right off.