https://www.obitalk.com/info/products/obi200For some reason, my AT&T cell phone service has been more sucky than usual at home, with a typical signal strength of 25% and many dropped calls. This is making it difficult for me to work in my home office. I have a Panasonic desk telephone handset/speakerphone that connects to the cell via Bluetooth. We do not have wired phone service at the house.
I wanted to figure out a way to get inexpensive VoIP service using my existing equipment. I did some research and found the OBi200 adapter that integrates with Google Voice. It arrived overnight from Amazon and it took about five minutes to connect, install and configure the service. I did have to make an emergency run to WalMart to get a telephone line cord; I had thrown them all away years ago.
This works really well. The sound quality is much better than the cell, and the OBi has better sound quality than the Ooma service that a neighbor has. The best part for me is being able to continue to use the existing desk phone, since I need the speakerphone for conference calls. The OBi device integrates with many different VoIP services, but the online reviews recommended this device in particular for Google Voice.
Recommended.
