Steve Collins
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
As a cost cutting measure, we decided to drop the land line at the business and move the phone number to our Sprint family plan. This saved us some money and added some features we didn't have on the land line, most significant of which is texting.
The security system we have, however, requires a traditional phone connection, so we needed an economical way to get that to happen. So, we found a nifty VoIP solution that works with Google Voice to provide sending & receiving calls to any number without a phone bill (which means "for free"). OBIHAI has several products in this space, but we went with the OBi110. I added a line splitter to connect a phone as well as the security system to the back. The OBi110 cost $50 & I had wires and a phone splitter already.
You can get video chat for it from their web site called OBiON, which works with a soft phone to get a working video chat on any computer that has a camera, speakers and microphone. I use X-Lite, which is free and works well. There's versions of OBiON for iPhone, iPad and Android. All free.
We setup Google Voice to give us a new number, which is what the security hardware uses for communicating. Works like a champ.
The security system we have, however, requires a traditional phone connection, so we needed an economical way to get that to happen. So, we found a nifty VoIP solution that works with Google Voice to provide sending & receiving calls to any number without a phone bill (which means "for free"). OBIHAI has several products in this space, but we went with the OBi110. I added a line splitter to connect a phone as well as the security system to the back. The OBi110 cost $50 & I had wires and a phone splitter already.
You can get video chat for it from their web site called OBiON, which works with a soft phone to get a working video chat on any computer that has a camera, speakers and microphone. I use X-Lite, which is free and works well. There's versions of OBiON for iPhone, iPad and Android. All free.
We setup Google Voice to give us a new number, which is what the security hardware uses for communicating. Works like a champ.