I signed up today, being that you no longer need an invite,
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I signed up today, being that you no longer need an invite,
free texting, free texting, free texting.. need i say more?
Yeah, free texting as long as you don't mind getting your text messages hours after they were sent. I'm not sure if I'm the only one with this problem, but it isn't my phone. They take that long to even show up on the pc site for me... This sucks for me for a few reasons; my girlfriend is kinda needy and also my girlfriend is on AT&T and even though Verizon costs me $5 more a month than AT&T Verizon doesn't actually offer a true unlimited text package. On top of that, in my area, Verizon is garbage for service. If only I wore Ed Hardy and flat billed hats and liked iphones...
For all those lauding free texts with GV...doesn't having a data plan for an android phone by default give you unlimited texts? I got unlimited texts with my Verizon data plan so don't see the big draw to GV for texts.
Being a college student, I got an invite but I doubt I will use it even though I like the idea of GV & am sure it would be seamless on my DInc. Buddy told me that on Verizon, the GV # is not in Verizon network so it counts against minutes when someone calls it.
I would use YouMail, but don't like the idea of ads and spam.
I just started using Google Voice and im still trying to get a handle on it and figure out the best set up for me so I can make the best out of it. However, one major draw back is extensions. My office number requires and extension. And unfortunately, Googe Voice doesnt seem to support that. So that part is a big bummer for me right now.
Another thing is it looks like people have to give their name when calling you. I tried to call my new number and you have this recording asking for your name. Not sure I like that. Someone may call who knows me and get turned off by that or think they have a wrong number and hang up.
It can't verify my phone number - anyone else having this problem?
It can't verify my phone number - anyone else having this problem?
The voice mail transcription needs some work. I called myself, left NO message yet it came up with this strange transcription:
Just a quick that one. So what. Cheers, press 2. Hello, Okay. But listen to your coming to present a check. Yeah, it's all open up what that is fault that one from the airport. Funny, Mr. xxxxx cost you know when this more experience in that. Yeah, just before. Okay 2 o'clock. Hey Mrs. Thanks a lot if you could com block, dot, com bye bye pre shift sheets.
I have a question.
Im on a family plan with the lowest amount of minutes possible. We never go over. We also have unlimited texting. Is google voice something I need?
Most ppl keep bragging about "free texting" but I'm not sure if it's "regional" or something, but here in NY, if I have unlimited data, i have unlimited text, so even the texting isn't a selling point for me. But I DID set up an account so that in the future if I need it, I'll have my nice number to useIm on a family plan with the lowest amount of minutes possible. We never go over. We also have unlimited texting. Is google voice something I need?
You are paying for your texts, it is not bundled with your data. You may have the 'talk & text' plan, but it's a plan and you are paying extra for it. Data is separate from voice minutes and texting and does not include anything other than data.Most ppl keep bragging about "free texting" but I'm not sure if it's "regional" or something, but here in NY, if I have unlimited data, i have unlimited text, so even the texting isn't a selling point for me. But I DID set up an account so that in the future if I need it, I'll have my nice number to use
Dilemma... So, I recently switched over to a google voice number. The hope was that I could ditch the text plan I'm currently on. Here's the problem...
If I give my google voice number to everyone, they start calling and texting to that number. That's fine, but I will DEFINITELY go over my minutes if I don't get free verizon-to-verizon anymore. BUT, if I don't give my google number to my verizon people, I can't ditch the text plan....
I mean, I could hypothetically give them two different phone numbers but that seems lame to me. Thoughts on how to get around this?
So here's a question - does anyone have a GV number and still use the voicemail features they offer on your existing cell phone number? Can they co-exist? If so, would you have to dial two different access numbers to get your voicemail? When you set up voicemail only, they give you a standard number to dial to get your voicemail; if you've got a GV number, you call that one for voicemail. What if you want/need both? Would you have to be checking BOTH places for voicemail - one for folks who call your Google number and one for those who call your cell directly?
TIA!
If I make an outbound call using GV to a non GV number, am I using minutes from the VZW voice plan?
I know, you have to have credit in the GV account to make calls. Thx.
If I make an outbound call using GV to a non GV number, am I using minutes from the VZW voice plan?
I know, you have to have credit in the GV account to make calls. Thx.
If I make an outbound call using GV to a non GV number, am I using minutes from the VZW voice plan?
I know, you have to have credit in the GV account to make calls. Thx.
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