This beta test is for existing Google Voice Gateway users. I'm asking here in order to limit the test to the more technical crowd at first.
If you haven't read the other thread (https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r31938501-Google-Voice-XMPP-support-will-go-away-in-June) GVGW's interop with Google Voice will be going away in June. Google's new SIP interop has been discussed here, on Obihai forums, and on the GV product forums, though not in precise technical detail.
The test will help us find any bugs and limitations. Participating in the beta is a one-way trip! You can't go back to the XMPP (Google Chat) after this. It won't matter after June 18 anyway, but if you want to hang on to your XMPP connection until then, don't join the beta.
MORE WORDS OF CAUTION: As has always been the case, GVGW is not officially supported by Google. If they don't want us to connect, we're done. If they don't like our beta test, the testers will probably be done sooner than June 18. OK, you have been sufficiently warned.
Changes in the beta: these features are different from existing GVGW other than the back-end protocol change
Media passthrough: Codecs are negotiated directly with GV; no transcoding done on the gateway. My tests show G.711u and Opus are accepted. Codec mismatches or offers including video get a SIP 488 or other "forbidden" response.
Voicemail: you must have a PIN set to access your own voicemail box over the phone, and dialing your own number fails. Use our shortcut "1186" to reach voicemail.
Early media (https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r31962999-) now getting passed back through GV, as are busy signals
To join:
Unregister your device or devices if you've got multple connected to the same GVGW account. Then go to https://simonics.com/gw and log in and verify that it shows your account is "Offline." If you don't see "Offline" then click the button to go offline and refresh the page until you do. If you have a SIP URI configured on this page, contact me; it's more complicated.
Change your device to register to gvgwbeta.simonics.com and connect. From this point on don't go back to the gvgw.simonics.com domain because it won't work for you.
The servers set up for beta are temporary; don't plan to use them after the beta ends if we move this to production.
Leave any feedback here, or in a private message. Thanks and good luck. :-)
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