Google Voice Still Free US/Canada Calls in 2013

[RitaE]

I know there are a few people here who use this as a replacement land line (like me) so I thought I would pass the news alert on:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue...free-in-2013-but-voip-is-15-billion-industry/

 

[mjmartin01]

how do you set up google voice? dh and I just got cell phones and I'm trying to figure out what to do with the landline....not sure I want to get rid of it for emergency calls (we still have little ones at home)

 

[RitaE]

I have one of these for the house - Obitalk

http://www.amazon.com/OBi110-Servic...e=UTF8&qid=1356625856&sr=8-1&keywords=obitalk

Basically you plug that into your internet modem and then you plug your phone into the Obitalk. There is a set-up thing that walks you through hooking it up with Google Voice. It sounds a lot more complicated than it really was, the set-up guide was pretty easy to follow. Then you can go to the Google Voice website and configure that to also automatically forward all phone calls to whatever other phones you want, such as your cell phones. You can also set-up various call blocking options to filter out telemarketers and have all voice mails forwarded to you as emails, although their speech to text capabilities are really hilarious sometimes.

I use Google Voice for regular calls and then I pay a second service - Anveo - 80 cents a month to provide enhanced 911 service because Google Voice doesn't provide 911 dialing. Some people don't bother with that part and just rely on cell phones but we decided we wanted to keep 911 options.

 

[dex08]

I also have an Obihai/Obitalk device to use with GoogleVoice. I migrated from Vonage to GoogleVoice last year and it works great and what I love most about it is that I have no more monthly fees!!!

Here's a link to the post I made about migrating from Vonage.

 

[mjmartin01]

thanks for the replies. I will talk to dh tonight and see what he thinks

 

[luvmy3]

Thanks for the heads-up. Dh uses GV for teleconferences so he doesn't tie up our home phone. Good to know he won't have to pay for it.....yet