Pros and Cons of Google voice as Primary Provider?
CoalMinerRetired:
Quote from: OZOi on February 23, 2013, 12:49:46 pm
Cons: - uncertainty.
You don't know what will happen to your GV number, when Google will change its policy. And it could happen at any time. It's the main reason why I hesitate to move my primary phone line to GV.
I'll also jump in here to say while this is a risk, it's very remote and far-fetched IMO.
There are lots of people, let's make a reasonable guess and say millions, who use GV as their primary number. On top of that there was a small but thriving business named GrandCentral that GV bought out that had many small businesses -- I personally know of three -- signed up and having their primary number through GC and then GV.
And, of last resort if GV does get out of the VoIP business, let's assume they'll not just let everyone's phone number go dark, they will give you an opportunity to port somewhere else, such as the low cost VoIP providers always mentioned on here, to a cell provider, or in the worst case back to a landline provider.
Quote from: CallMeAl on February 24, 2013, 03:47:47 pm
...I did find one relatively major con for me. For whatever reason, Google Voice can't port in my primary number as of yet. So for now, I'm going to use GV as my primary means of making outgoing calls, but will port my primary number to Callcentric, an drop a few bucks into their pay as you go plan every so often. That will give me the best of both worlds, free unlimited outgoing calls, a 911 service, and people will still be able to reach me on the number they already know.
You have four posts thus a new user and it bears asking because it's a point of confusion for new folks: GV cannot port your number because a) they do not port from your current provider, or b) they do not support porting from your exact area of service.
For b), note where it says note where it says "Example carriers are AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Alltel." This is not an official list from GV, but such a list exists somewhere.
I also found this very useful GV porting availability tool, that I had not seen mentioned on here before: https://www.google.com/voice/b/0/porting
CallMeAl:
The exact error message I get is:
Ooops! This number appears to be from an area we don't currently support.
That does seem to make sense, when I try to get a new Google number, there are no numbers from my calling center listed as available.
--Al
CoalMinerRetired:
Quote from: CallMeAl on February 24, 2013, 06:46:53 pm
The exact error message I get is:
Ooops! This number appears to be from an area we don't currently support.
That does seem to make sense, when I try to get a new Google number, there are no numbers from my calling center listed as available.
--Al
I'm still not clear if you are trying to port a landline or a cell phone number?
The point of what I was asking above is are you fully aware landlines do not port into GV? At least not directly, you have to do a two-step process landline > mobile > GV.
CallMeAl:
The interesting thing is I was actually trying to port in an Ooma number. I originally got the number 7 or 8 years ago when I signed up with VoicePulse. Ported it to Ooma in around 2010. Now for whatever reason, GV can't touch it, but Callcentric can.
--Al
RFord:
You are not reading/comprehending properly. When you did the porting test, the number is still with Ooma, which is not a mobile number and as such, the GV site will 100% say that the number is not portable. GV can ONLY port from a Mobile carrier. YOU will have to first port the number to a mobile carrier (most people use T-Mobile) and then do the test. Not all mobile numbers are portable to GV. If you past the test, you can port from mobile to GV. I repeating information that is contain a separate thread on this forum.
CallMeAl, base on a number of questions you have posed on the forum, you SHOULD take the time out to read and search the forum, since 90% of the questions can be easily answered just by reading/searching the forum. CoalMinerRetired just explain things to you, yet it totally went over your head....hmmmmm
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