SUGGESTIONS Old Fashioned Google Voice calls

tycho

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Now I'm confused as well. I was under the impression that the ancient "callback" method emulates the GV webpage "click to call" mechanism, calling a DID and then connecting the call-ed party once you pick up the call to the DID at your end, and didn't use XMPP at all.
 

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Just an FYI that the old-style connections still use XMPP to complete the calls. This most probably will not work after May 15. You still will be able to receive inbound calls forwarded to a DID you own from your Google Voice numbers, but outbound calling is probably going to die. So... make some alternative arrangements before Crisis Time arrives. :gnorsi:
Ward:
Can you give a reference? I thought only Gmail is using XMPP. In the callback approach, GV makes two calls, one to the destination and one to the forward number and I think the call forward does not using XMPP. Not true?
I already have Vestalink and Localphone set up so either way, I am covered.
 

wardmundy

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My understanding is that Google's back end for click-to-call Chat utilizes XMPP in conjunction with SIP. They could reengineer the back end which they may have already done. Google also could shut it down for outsiders and not for themselves. Who knows? Not me! But, if you look at the direction Google is headed with Hangouts, I suspect the days of XMPP are numbered at Google, Inc. Keep in mind this all happened because M$FT was getting a free ride on Google's XMPP services without offering equivalent connectivity to their own services. I also think call forwarding with Google Voice will die sooner rather than later. It's costing Google lots of money with zero return. Does that sound like Google? We'll know soon enough. And it's anybody's guess, but that's mine. There's no reason to get blindsided. Everyone has had plenty of time to make alternative arrangements.
 

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