macman4hire
join:2009-03-30
1 edit | Google Voice Now Allows You To Change Your Number
Google Voice now you allows you to change your number for a one-time fee of $10. All you need to do is go to Settings/Phones and click the Change link that is located next to your Google Voice phone number.
Your old Google Voice will be forwarded to your new Google Voice number for 3 months before being disconnected. The 3 months allows you plenty of time to inform all of your contacts about your number change. |
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nitzan
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So much for the "one number for life" slogan. lol.
I guess they finally realized they need to actually monetize it... |
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prestonlewis
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Thanks for the info. I just changed my GV/GC number to 916-xxx-1776. Pretty easy to remember for the rest of my life I think. GV sure gives you a lot of numbers to choose from. I just kept hitting the "next 5" button until I spotted the 1776 number. |
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jfriedman
join:2009-04-26
Brooklyn, NY | reply to macman4hire
Great new optional feature. Probably a prelude to offering a fee based porting option. They always said they would add some optional premium features. |
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burgerwars
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2 edits | reply to nitzan
said by nitzan  :... So much for the "one number for life" slogan. lol. I guess they finally realized they need to actually monetize it... I've done quite a big of number browsing, but didn't bother to change mine. I'll wait until porting becomes available.
In looking at available numbers, I couldn't find any that ended with two or three zeros, or numbers ending with four of the same numbers (like 7777). I looked across all area codes. Even numbers ending with any three of the same aren't there (like 2111, 4222, etc.), although they could be there but I missed them.
I'm thinking they removed those good "business class" numbers to monetize those even more in the future, by charging a premium fee for those. But there are plenty of numbers you can spell words from. Their search does allow typing in letters or numbers. |
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nitzan
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| Possible. But it's also possible the the carrier (Level 3?) who sold them all these numbers is the one who removed the "nice" numbers. I don't know how much G is paying per number - but it must be dirt cheap. Maybe the carrier decided they're only willing to part with "regular" numbers for the price.
Pure speculation, of course. But carriers definitely do that. |
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jfriedman
join:2009-04-26
Brooklyn, NY
1 edit | About three weeks ago I saw some really nice available GV numbers in the format of xyz-wxyz (i.e. 678-6789). |
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AndrewZ
Premium
join:2003-07-17
somewhere
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Is it really necessary to have $10 balance to see the numbers available?
I've tried different area/zip codes but cannot see any number 
Anybody was successful to obtain NYC number? |
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jfriedman
join:2009-04-26
Brooklyn, NY | I've seen available NYC #'s in every AC, except 212. (718, 917, 646, 347.) |
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said by jfriedman :About three weeks ago I saw some really nice available GV numbers in the format of xyz-wxyz (i.e. 678-6789). When they moved me from GC to GC I got NXX-448-0123.
Couldn't pass that one up! |
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burgerwars
join:2004-09-11
Northridge, CA
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said by AndrewZ :Is it really necessary to have $10 balance to see the numbers available? I've tried different area/zip codes but cannot see any number Anybody was successful to obtain NYC number? When you enter the part of the site where it says they cost $10, you can start browsing them without giving them money. I guess they use Google Checkout, but I haven't gone that far. No need to pay just to see, but you need a Google Voice account.
About NYC, I typed just "212" and clicked browse, but they have none in that hot area code. |
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pandora
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If Google Voice goes public, why wouldn't someone just open a new gmail account and add a new number? It wouldn't be tough to forward the old number to the new, or to just abandon it. Why would I pay $10 for something which is free (a new number)?
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AndrewZ
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1 edit | reply to burgerwars
My problem was caused by GV IP address check (I'm not in US at the moment).
I managed to change my number (408) -> (646).
The only bad thing is not configurable interval of 25 sec for ringing I will probably have to direct that number to my IVR to answer call immediately. |
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mazilo
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said by pandora :Why would I pay $10 for something which is free (a new number)? Why would you want to pay Ooma $200 for something can be had for free?  |
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ptrowski
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said by pandora :If Google Voice goes public, why wouldn't someone just open a new gmail account and add a new number? It wouldn't be tough to forward the old number to the new, or to just abandon it. Why would I pay $10 for something which is free (a new number)? I agree with you. That would be much easier, and save you $10.
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Bizmondi
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said by mazilo :Why would you want to pay Ooma $200 for something can be had for free? Why should I spend days or weeks setting up a Rube Goldberg voip contraption, trying to find 'free' this and 'free' that, sort of like high-tech dumpster diving, and then spend a lot of time continually tweaking to make sure the junk keeps working, and that probably gives me crappy 'grey' route quality, when I can pay a one-time fee to Ooma and just pick up the phone to get excellent audio and reliability?
Or pay 1.25 cents/minute to a first-class outfit like Callcentric or Voip.ms.
Ooma, callcentric, voip.ms and other vosps and have lots of bells and whistles don't require you to learn some half-assed scripting language to use them.
Unless you are a geek who enjoys spending his time playing with this stuff, anything is better than the goofy setup like you seem to have. |
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macman4hire
join:2009-03-30
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said by ptrowski :said by pandora :If Google Voice goes public, why wouldn't someone just open a new gmail account and add a new number? It wouldn't be tough to forward the old number to the new, or to just abandon it. Why would I pay $10 for something which is free (a new number)? I agree with you. That would be much easier, and save you $10. The only problem with waiting for Google Voice to go public is that the number you want may already be taken. If the phone number is just for personal use then I agree that waiting is ok but if it the phone number is used for business purposes the $10.00 fee to secure the number that directly relates to your business or that is easy to remember is an insignificant cost as business expenses go. |
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OmagicQ
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said by Bizmondi :
Why should I spend days or weeks setting up a Rube Goldberg voip contraption, trying to find 'free' this and 'free' that, sort of like high-tech dumpster diving, and then spend a lot of time continually tweaking to make sure the junk keeps working, and that probably gives me crappy 'grey' route quality, when I can......SNIP
You underestimate the drive of some people to tinker and find a solution to a puzzle/problem rather than throw money at it. |
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mazilo
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| said by OmagicQ : said by Bizmondi :
Why should I spend days or weeks setting up a Rube Goldberg voip contraption, trying to find 'free' this and 'free' that, sort of like high-tech dumpster diving, and then spend a lot of time continually tweaking to make sure the junk keeps working, and that probably gives me crappy 'grey' route quality, when I can......SNIP
You underestimate the drive of some people to tinker and find a solution to a puzzle/problem rather than throw money at it. On top of that, Bizmondi also underestimated the drive of some people who believe in a motto of Why pay if it can be had for free! 
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soitgoes2
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said by pandora :If Google Voice goes public, why wouldn't someone just open a new gmail account and add a new number? It wouldn't be tough to forward the old number to the new, or to just abandon it. Why would I pay $10 for something which is free (a new number)? And how long would you have been waiting if I didn't donate a spare invite to you?  Also, it seems to me that Google could sell GV service if it chose to. After all, invites have been selling on Ebay.
I've also noted that GV is using bandwidth.com as a CLEC in addition to Level 3. I've never heard of them. |
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