Number porting to GV - my experience
eaglemaster:
quick update:
i am finally done ported tmobile number to google voice yesterday and exactly after 24 hours my number moved to google voice is there anything i should do after this or i am set and use google voice for free as my landline?
should i consider callcentric's free DID for free CNAM and E911 ($1.50/month)? as based on other thread this was mentioned " there is a current issue with google voice and inbound calls. Sometimes (most times) answering the call produces dead air. "
Total cost:
$35 for the device ( got on sale from newegg.com)
$10 for pay as you go minute for the tmobile unlocked phone (i already had an unlocked gsm phone and tmobile simcard in my drawer)
$20 porting number from tmobile to google voice
Total expense: $65
SteveInWA:
Well, Google Voice is not simply a free phone company (if they were, you'd have to pay Federal taxes and USF fees, by law). It's a call forwarding service. Inbound calls to a Google Voice number forward somewhere; either to up to six different 10-digit US phone numbers, or to an OBi. So, you can, for example, link your mobile phone number, and it will ring on inbound calls as well as your OBi.
I assume you do realize that you need to now set up Google Voice on your OBi, right?
eaglemaster:
yes already did setup the google voice on my obi and been able to make and receive calls with the number that got ported from tmobile
Pedro675:
Received my OBi200 today and have confirmed my borrowed cell phone can use an AT&T sim.
I will set up the OBi and get a temporary (for me) GV number to test the service for a while before I port my home phone number to GV. What I don't understand is how any phone (landline & cell) can call the GV number without being connected to the internet? How does it get routed?
drgeoff:
Quote from: Pedro675 on April 16, 2018, 01:17:51 pm
What I don't understand is how any phone (landline & cell) can call the GV number without being connected to the internet? How does it get routed?
But you can understand how a landline can call a cellphone or a cellphone can call a landline despite being different technologies?
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