Which voip service is the best?

[Hulkbert]

I need a cheap service for my home phone. Anything unlimited and under $20 a month will probably do. I have been looking at ooma and magic jack and idk which one is better.

[partypanda64]

I think google has one, but not sure, I would check it out.

[Hulkbert]

1 minute ago, partypanda64 said:

I think google has one, but not sure, I would check it out.

I would need one that In can plug in a landline into.

[g12601]

2 minutes ago, partypanda64 said:

I think google has one, but not sure, I would check it out.

I have Vonage and it's pretty good. But I think pricing starts a bit over $20.

[Lurick]

12 minutes ago, Hulkbert said:

I would need one that In can plug in a landline into.

Get an OBi for like $50 off amazon, you can use Google Voice but you can plug a landline phone into it

 

http://bgr.com/2016/06/04/google-voice-home-phone-amazon/

[Hulkbert]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Get an OBi for like $50 off amazon, you can use Google Voice but you can plug a landline phone into it

 

http://bgr.com/2016/06/04/google-voice-home-phone-amazon/

I need 911 services as well. IDK if google voice has that.

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, Hulkbert said:

I need 911 services as well. IDK if google voice has that.

Google voice doesn't offer it but you can add that for like $10/year. OBi actually has you signup for it when you setup the product through Anveo or another provider.

[Hulkbert]

4 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Google voice doesn't offer it but you can add that for like $10/year. OBi actually has you signup for it when you setup the product.

Where and how do I add that(on the site)? Also, do you know if I can port a landline number over to google voice?

Edited June 5, 2016 by Hulkbert

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, Hulkbert said:

Where and how do I add that(on the site)? Also, do you know if I can port a number over to google voice?

Yah, when you setup the OBi you signup on their site and add services. One will be Google Voice and the other will be an E911 service. You can port a number to google voice pretty easily although sometimes providers like to be assholes about it, you can generally do it without much fuss.

[Hulkbert]

5 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Yah, when you setup the OBi you signup on their site and add services. One will be Google Voice and the other will be an E911 service. You can port a number to google voice pretty easily although sometimes providers like to be assholes about it, you can generally do it without much fuss.

So, can I port a landline from comcast to GV?

[Lurick]

33 minutes ago, Hulkbert said:

So, can I port a landline from comcast to GV?

It's possible but there are some intermediary steps which involve porting it from Comcast to a cheap burner phone and then to google voice because for some reason they only take mobile numbers. There are other VoIP providers though you can use with OBi aside google voice.

[Hulkbert]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

It's possible but there are some intermediary steps which involve porting it from Comcast to a cheap burner phone and then to google voice because for some reason they only take mobile numbers. There are other VoIP providers though you can use with OBi aside google voice.

Such as?

[Lurick]

8 minutes ago, Hulkbert said:

Such as?

Looks like Anveo and PhonePower are the two main VoIP providers for OBi.

As for porting the number it's not too difficult, you just need a SIM card and then port the number to that sim and then away from it after a day or two.