VOIP Tech Chat → Re: [General] Google voice going paid?

The 10 users limit is probably in place a bit longer - I started using them in 2011 and 10 users limit was already in place.+1
I would like to add though that this change portends North American calls with Google Voice will not remain free forever.

cheers,
-m

You are right, the limit was changed to 10 users last year.Google needs to decide what to do with Google Voice. Currently the service doesn't create any revenue for Google except for outgoing calls outside of North America.

These speculations pop up at every year's end. The fact is that nobody knows what will happen and Google can change their policy at any time, not just as of Jan 01. Google could also make outgoing calls through devices like Obi impossible at any time. Currently, only a relatively small number of people use GV for outgoing calls and the costs of operation are probably minimal.
I think that free GV is more of a problem for other VOIP carriers than for Google itself. I have been using GV for outgoing calls via Obi for the last 13 months and I am pleasantly surprised about the quality and consistency of the connections, quite frankly as good or even better than from some SIP providers, let alone junk like Magic Jack or Nettalk. I bet a lot of VOIP execs are praying daily for Google pulling the plug.

Well said