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Re: Connecting to Google Voice Via SIP Are outgoing calls using any free sip-uri to GV dead, or has a workaround been found? |
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1 edit | This story notes that the Google leadership is really worried about Microsoft's Bing! search engine.
»news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10264417-75.html
»www.nypost.com/seven/06142009/bu···4235.htm
Considering the importance of Search to Google's whole business, I bet that they backburner GV and other non-core projects. |
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| Anyone with any proper business acuteness should be worried when a competitor introduces a new product. I don't think that has detracted from Google introducing non-search products in the past. (In fact they have separate teams dedicated to different products. I doubt Craig Walker will now be working on search...) |
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| My attitude is ABG - Anything But Google.
Sure, I'll use them if there is no alternative: Google Voice is nice for free calling for example, but if somebody has something as good, and they usually do, then I will always choose it over whatever Google is pushing.
There are a dozen search engines that will do as good a job as Google's for anything I will need. I used ask.com for several years without a problem and am now giving Bing a try.
I hope Microsoft cleans Google's clock. |
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| reply to jeffnyc
I think I found a way of using Google Voice to call the US for free.
One can open an account with a VOIP provider that offers Pay As You Go. One provider I know of is Future-Nine.
Then one can get a free US number from IPKall and link it with the SIP account. Then one can use this number in GV to get calls forward to.
Well an than there is this little inconvenient call button on GV. GV will call your US number and then the party you wish to call within the US for free.
I did not try exactly this solution as I have an official US number already. However, it worked with my current VOIP provider with my own US number.
Good luck!
JS |
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| Why do you need the IPKAll in between? Not sure about future nine, but with callWithUs you get a real US number for receiving 2000 minutes per month free. |
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| said by mat :
Why do you need the IPKAll in between? Not sure about future nine, but with callWithUs you get a real US number for receiving 2000 minutes per month free.
I think that you are confused.
CallWithUs no longer offers US "DID" numbers to US residents.
And in any event, NONE of their DID's are free.
CWU is an excellent outfit, but they don't give out free US numbers. |
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Bellingham, WA | This is getting a bit of track because the GV number is a "real US number" and I'm guessing it could be SIP forwarded to CallWithUs via Gizmo.
There's basically two options: GV > POTS (IPKall) > SIP and GV > SIP (Gizmo) > SiP |
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