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New calling service [message #132737]

Thu, 30 June 2011 08:10

bukzin

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This seems very interesting.

With this $50. box you call and text for free, no monthly fees.

Does a ton of other things as well and the reviews on Amazon
are terrific. http://www.amazon.com/OBi110-Service-Bridge-Telephone-Adapter/dp/B0045RMEPI

Looks like it's easy to set up and use for most anyone.

More detail here...

http://voxilla.com/2011/01/24/how-to-use-google-voice-and-obi-for-all-your-calls-free-2512

Any of you techno guys tried it yet?

Bukzin
1977 Palm Beach

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Re: [GMCnet] New calling service [message #132752 is a reply to message #132737]

Thu, 30 June 2011 09:22

Byron Songer

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Google already has to much information on me. I don't want to give them any
more. Besides, the promise of free calls using Google Voice until 2012 isn't
that appealing to me. What happens in 2012?

VoIP isn't for the faint of heart.

Someone somewhere pays for the transfer from an IP address to a telephone
address somewhere along the line. Nothing is really free.

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Re: [GMCnet] New calling service [message #132767 is a reply to message #132752]

Thu, 30 June 2011 10:56

bukzin

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Guess I don't have anything to hide, not really concerned what others know. I'm just boring.

This unit has over 100 five star reviews on Amazon, seems like almost everyone who has tried it is impressed.

Dan G and Gene F, check it out and let us know what you think.
(kinda like free wifi at McDonalds, not really free but close!)

Bukzin
1977 Palm Beach

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Re: [GMCnet] New calling service [message #132834 is a reply to message #132767]

Thu, 30 June 2011 15:38

Mr ERFisher

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looks sort of like Magic-Jack ( which I use) without the computer.

I have 2 JM that I use, one in CA, and one in OR. MJ was supposed to have
a version coming that would intercept the cell phone and let you send and
receive that way, but guess the cell guys shut that down.

Like you, I have no problems with security, I do nothing on my phone or
computer that any one would want.

even my wifi points are all open - no security

JWID
gene

> Dan G and Gene F, check it out and let us know what you think.
> (kinda like free wifi at McDonalds, not really free but close!)
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Re: [GMCnet] New calling service [message #132887 is a reply to message #132834]

Thu, 30 June 2011 19:45

A Hamilto

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Mr ERFisher wrote on Thu, 30 June 2011 15:38

...even my wifi points are all open - no security

JWID
gene

If your nearest neighbors are out of range, or you don't mind freeloaders using the service you are paying for, there is nothing wrong with that. You enable the security features of your equipment to keep from unknowingly sharing your service more than to protect your data.

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Re: [GMCnet] New calling service [message #132931 is a reply to message #132887]

Thu, 30 June 2011 22:59

Mr ERFisher

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A myth propagated by Internet providers for their own gain

JWID
Gene

FREE WIFI @ Mickey D

On Jun 30, 2011, at 5:45 PM, A. <markbb1@netzero.com> wrote:

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> Mr ERFisher wrote on Thu, 30 June 2011 15:38
>> ...even my wifi points are all open - no security
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>> JWID
>> gene
> If your nearest neighbors are out of range, or you don't mind freeloaders using the service you are paying for, there is nothing wrong with that. You enable the security features of your equipment to keep from unknowingly sharing your service more than to protect your data.
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Re: [GMCnet] New calling service [message #132969 is a reply to message #132931]

Fri, 01 July 2011 10:12

A Hamilto

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Mr ERFisher wrote on Thu, 30 June 2011 22:59

A myth propagated by Internet providers for their own gain

JWID
Gene

FREE WIFI @ Mickey D

Good one. Here in the US, where you don't pay by the byte, providing free wifi to freeloaders only matters if you are trying to do something that uses all of your bandwidth at the same time they are leeching heavily. You may have experienced it, you are trying to stream a youtube video and it is choppy and keeps freezing to catch up, other times (when no one is leeching) it just plays.
When I lived in Australia, and again in England, you had a monthly cap. If you exceeded it, you paid something like 10cents a megabyte. Wireless services (like MiFI from ATT) do that here after you exceed your 5GB limit in a month (read the fine print).
If you are not adversely affected, share away. If you are adversely affected, and don't know or care, share away.
My DL speed is something like 512k, enough for a youtube stream, not enough slack for freeloaders.

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