Will Google Voice be free in 2013
zerox:
Sorry, for the re-re-posting. I saw that the administrator already had posted it and erased mine and then I realized it was for 2012.
Here, the announcement for 2013:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/free-calling-within-us-and-canada.html
Nervpop:
Quote from: Nervpop on December 27, 2012, 04:41:14 am
The situation regarding free calling is confusing. In December-2010 and in December-2011, Google announced that the following year would have free calling. Those announcements were posted in the official Google Voice blog. But when Google made that same type of announcement in December-2012, it was posted only in the official Gmail blog, and it did not mention Google Voice. So does the December-2012 announcement apply only to Gmail users and not to Google Voice users? And should Obihai users therefore be worried about will happen to free calling after December 31, 2012?
I just realized that I left out the word "what" in the final sentence. It should be "And should Obihai users therefore be worried about what will happen to free calling after December 31, 2012?"
Nervpop:
Quote from: zerox on December 27, 2012, 08:48:48 am
Sorry, for the re-re-posting. I saw that the administrator already had posted it and erased mine and then I realized it was for 2012.
Here, the announcement for 2013:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/free-calling-within-us-and-canada.html
Yes, it is the announcement that was made in December-2012, which I accurately described in this post:
Quote from: Nervpop on December 27, 2012, 04:41:14 am
The situation regarding free calling is confusing. In December-2010 and in December-2011, Google announced that the following year would have free calling. Those announcements were posted in the official Google Voice blog. But when Google made that same type of announcement in December-2012, it was posted only in the official Gmail blog, and it did not mention Google Voice. So does the December-2012 announcement apply only to Gmail users and not to Google Voice users? And should Obihai users therefore be worried about will happen to free calling after December 31, 2012?
CoalMinerRetired:
Quote from: Nervpop on December 27, 2012, 08:50:01 am
I just realized that I left out the word "what" in the final sentence. It should be "And should Obihai users therefore be worried about what will happen to free calling after December 31, 2012?"
The answer is a clear no. Reading your posts it appears you're trying to find a reason to be worried, whereas the "vast majority" on here -- I'll go out on a limb here and put the number at 99.9% -- believe it will continue to be free just like it is now.
Furthermore, everyone has multiple fall back plans at the ready. What are they? Port your number to any of the well-accepted VoIP providers commonly mentioned on here (and on DSLReports, and elsewhere) and instead of paying zero you pay the small (relative to hard wired land line, Skype, Magicjack, etc.) monthly fee on a plan of your choosing that best matches your usage pattern.
And if you're still concerned, you can have a fallback plan on the fallback plan, which is to port your number back to a landline provider, assuming that is where it came from in the first place.
Nwphantom:
I sent the following message to Obi Support:
I have checked the forum and all online sources I can find and there seems
to be some confusion whether the free calling announced by Google will only
be available through Gmail or will continue to be available using the
OBi110.
Do you know whether or not we will still be able to make free domestic calls
next year with the OBi110 using Google Voice?
This is the response I received:
Of course, the free GV calls work with OBi products. Google Voice and
gmail calling is the same.
- Obi Support
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