Anyone reading this I would STRONGLY suggest calling Poly/HP, formally PolyCom regarding this EOS next month. Stating concern about the future of your OBiHai VoIP adapter;
Poly/HP;
888-248-4143 choose #3 which is Voice & Video
There is a specific 'team' within that group called; "OBI Support Team" No I'm not kidding.
I first talked to someone in V & V and explained my concern about these OBi ATA's EOS December 18th date announcement which he was aware of. He states HP will still support these as to "troubleshooting", but no new firmware will be included. He was also aware of the ones that work with Google Voice. I specifically mentioned the OBi201 and the 202 models and the popularity of those.
I also asked if there was something in writing about what he told me regarding support and he said no, but if i gave him the S/N of the product, he would create a support ticket for it. (thou nothing wrong with this unit). At least there is a paper trail.
I then asked about this other group, OBI support team, if I could speak to someone from that group to see if I could get more information about HP's plans (or lack of) for these ATA's.
I was connected to Vishal James (I asked him for his name) and conversed with him to confirm what I was told by the first support person. He told me HP has been discussing what they plan to do about these ATA's and he expects a decision to be made by next month or earlier. He also feels, HP isn't going to leave potential customers high and dry (my words, not his).
In all, I was on the phone over a hour with both which kinda surprised me, getting my hopes up. Vishal did stress about HP receiving additional input from users/owners of these ATA's to make the concern stronger. Google Voice or not.
So I'm asking,
please call them, state your position, you are a owner of one of these and have a concern about the future of your telephone adapter and state how long that you have had it and how important it is to you and others.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease!