Comments on: Google Voice Makes My Life So Much Easier

By: Rudy

Rudy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:09:25 +0000

There are a few things that I not clear on.

Will Google issue a new phone number that you have to distribute to everyone that you would like to receive calls from? Or do you just provide them your current phone number and make your forwarding setting on the web.

On T-mobile what happens when you make or receive a call to your “Favorites” from your mobile or home phone? Will you be charged against your minutes?

Thanks in advance!

By: Alan Mason

Alan Mason — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:32:32 +0000

I need the phone number for My Life people search

By: Kevin Neadley

Kevin Neadley — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:40:29 +0000

Great post. I agree, the benefits of Google Voice are outstanding. Arguably, the ability to be able to block people permanently i.e. your ex-girlfriend, without having to change your number deserves double kudos points from me. I have found that SlyDial is also a unique and crafty service which offers the ability to send people voicemails without actually having to call the person – I’ll let your imagination determine the rest, or, you can read mine here: http://su.pr/7q9ag4

By: Rick Huizinga

Rick Huizinga — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:56:22 +0000

This weekend I used Google Voice with a 3G cell phone and the call quality was vastly improved over my experience a 2G cell phone.

By: Donald

Donald — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:34:41 +0000

If the service would receive fax messages, I would use it a lot more regularly. That would make it a must have.

By: forwarding numbers

forwarding numbers — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:40:00 +0000

i’ve read many reviews/articles about Google Voice and it looks like a great service for business..and the features are great..i would love try it soon..

By: tivoboy

tivoboy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:19:54 +0000

I’ve been using this since GC beta days, and do find it useful, but I really hate the fact that goog bought it and did NOTHING with it for two years now. I think it was a parry to keep it away from a competitor more than anything else.

The other real limiting issue (which should have been fixed by now) is the inability to do number portability. Someday, they SHOULD have that but it could have been done now.

Also, there are outages for the service, which yield no calls coming through. That just HAS to stop.

Otherwise, this is the same as some companies have been offering for many many years, companies like ringzero and ringcentral, which may or may not be more reliable, but they are for pay services.

By: Jericho

Jericho — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:11:52 +0000

I need this before I get another phone. Not quite up to James’ level, but I have 3 phones now and run into the same predicament of forgetting to turn on/off forwarding. Not to mention that fact that I can’t forward SMS, so I miss messages that way too. Google Voice please release soon to the unwashed masses! My wife will thank you and my aching back will thank you (too many phones on my utility belt.

By: athensoh

athensoh — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:47:17 +0000

I was also lucky to have a GC account and quite a nice number too. It would be really nice to be able to add prefix to calls forwarded from Google Voice, so I could identify those coming from there (similar to what RingCentral offers).

By: cindy

cindy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:25:46 +0000

I don’t want an iPhone 3GS, I WANT GOOGLE VOICE!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:02:05 +0000

I’m with you. I don’t know if this helps, but did you try leaving a funny message at (408) 72-VOICE? They mention it on twitter http://twitter.com/googlevoice/status/1371273198

I’ve been reduced to making silly phone calls to try to get this service…

By: Neolex

Neolex — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:51:38 +0000

i wonder if google voice will be made available here in the philippines… i’d really love to try out their service here. especially if it’s for free.

By: cindyg

cindyg — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:39:24 +0000

I wanted an invite to Google Voice and all I got was this crummy T-shirt didn’t get me an invite.

I need this app so bad it’s not funny. I need one number so bad and I need to order new business cards for that one number and I’m so bummed out over this waiting I can’t tell you.

By: Patrick Kaine

Patrick Kaine — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:26:17 +0000

Did you actually think that posting this would be of value to the “regular” guy?

I mean, come on, you poor thing – you have 10 of the coolest phones with 10 phone numbers? Can’t decide which awesome/free gadget to use today on your drive to the mall?

Poor poor boy.

By: Luscious

Luscious — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:08:56 +0000

Ouch!!! Being a geek doesn’t come cheap (ask anyone who spends $4K on a notebook or $8K on a desktop), but your situation takes the cake.

By: Wireless

Wireless — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:45:40 +0000

One of the tricks to do with Google Voice is to make the number one of your “My Faves” or whatever Favorites plan your carrier is offering these days. Then, you give out the Google Voice Number. Then when the call comes into the phone , it does not count as minutes against your bucket. You can also use your Google Voice Number to Out Dial a number and the Outgoing Call will also not count against your minutes. Now, that can be a bit of a hassle some will say. So what I did was program a Speed Dial number on my phone that Dials my Google Voice Number, adds the appropriate pauses, then enters my password, then enters the 2 for outgoing Calls. This takes just a second and then I manually Dial whatever number I wish to call. Works great. If your phone doesn’t limit how many Digits you can put into Speed Dial you could actually put the whole string in and have one touch speed dial.
I have had Grand Central now Google Voice since it has launched. It is a good product and it has its quirks. But the price is right and the things you can do are limited to your imagination.

Now obviously if you have 4 phones like James you need to be even more creative LOL. But the above plan does work well, especially for a user with just 1 or 2 phones and a plan with a limited allotment of minutes.