Comments on: Google Voice-Keep Your Original Number http://extremevirtualsupport.com/blog/index.php/google-voice-keep-your-original-numb/ Extreme Virtual Support, Inc. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:07:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: DylanGross http://extremevirtualsupport.com/blog/index.php/google-voice-keep-your-original-numb/comment-page-1/#comment-871 DylanGross Thu, 27 May 2010 21:35:38 +0000 http://extremevirtualsupport.com/blog/?p=956#comment-871 Hello I am Dylan Goss and I love this forum and sheep. I hope to learn from most of you, thanks! ( yes joking about the sheep) Hello I am Dylan Goss and I love this forum and sheep. I hope to learn from most of you, thanks! ( yes joking about the sheep)

]]> By: Gigi Streamyx http://extremevirtualsupport.com/blog/index.php/google-voice-keep-your-original-numb/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Gigi Streamyx Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:15:56 +0000 http://extremevirtualsupport.com/blog/?p=956#comment-768 Thanks for the good info. I was pondering if you ever could point me in direction of some more links?. Thanks for the good info. I was pondering if you ever could point me in direction of some more links?.

]]> By: Tim Carleton http://extremevirtualsupport.com/blog/index.php/google-voice-keep-your-original-numb/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Tim Carleton Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:09:16 +0000 http://extremevirtualsupport.com/blog/?p=956#comment-521 Try calling your wireless or home phone provider and have them set your regular phone numbers to forward to your Google Voice number when you don't answer instead of to your regular voicemail. I set it up with my cell phone and recorded a greeting about my changed number. Eventually I plan to get rid of my old phone number and exclusively use my GV number for all of my calls, with my phone set up to auto-answer and let me hear the call screening and voicemails like an old school answering machine. About the free SMS, if you have a BlackBerry or an Android mobile phone you can get free SMS through the GV app, or on other phones by using the mobile website, or on the regular GV website while the SMS forwarding is disabled. In any of those cases you'll have to refresh the pages in order to get new messages, which kind of defeats the purpose of texting. You could of course set up email forwarding to your phone if your phone is set up to do it. All in all I'd say just switch over to US Cellular when your contract is up, where everything incoming is free, and by placing your calls via the website or mobile page your calls will all be incoming anyways. Try calling your wireless or home phone provider and have them set your regular phone numbers to forward to your Google Voice number when you don’t answer instead of to your regular voicemail. I set it up with my cell phone and recorded a greeting about my changed number. Eventually I plan to get rid of my old phone number and exclusively use my GV number for all of my calls, with my phone set up to auto-answer and let me hear the call screening and voicemails like an old school answering machine.

About the free SMS, if you have a BlackBerry or an Android mobile phone you can get free SMS through the GV app, or on other phones by using the mobile website, or on the regular GV website while the SMS forwarding is disabled. In any of those cases you’ll have to refresh the pages in order to get new messages, which kind of defeats the purpose of texting. You could of course set up email forwarding to your phone if your phone is set up to do it.

All in all I’d say just switch over to US Cellular when your contract is up, where everything incoming is free, and by placing your calls via the website or mobile page your calls will all be incoming anyways.

]]> By: Alyssa Gregory http://extremevirtualsupport.com/blog/index.php/google-voice-keep-your-original-numb/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Alyssa Gregory Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:18:13 +0000 http://extremevirtualsupport.com/blog/?p=956#comment-512 Well, it's definitely obvious that Google wants you to switch over completely. My main concern is still call quality though...that and the fact that Google may decide to ditch the service at any time, leaving everyone who switched their numbers over high and dry. Well, it’s definitely obvious that Google wants you to switch over completely. My main concern is still call quality though…that and the fact that Google may decide to ditch the service at any time, leaving everyone who switched their numbers over high and dry.

]]> By: Cameron http://extremevirtualsupport.com/blog/index.php/google-voice-keep-your-original-numb/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Cameron Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:23:02 +0000 http://extremevirtualsupport.com/blog/?p=956#comment-510 Be warned that currently you can not go from using your own number to later using a Google number. Check the URL below for updates: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice/thread?tid=2e86bb0378e55a7d&hl=en I thought using my own number would be an easy way to try out the service without the commitment of telling everyone a new number. I was wrong and now there's no way for me to get a "real" Google phone number. Bummer. Be warned that currently you can not go from using your own number to later using a Google number. Check the URL below for updates:

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice/thread?tid=2e86bb0378e55a7d&hl=en

I thought using my own number would be an easy way to try out the service without the commitment of telling everyone a new number. I was wrong and now there’s no way for me to get a “real” Google phone number. Bummer.

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