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Posted: 6/22/10 at 4:18pm
It used to require an invitation. Now you can just sign up.
I have used it for about a year now and for me it has worked flawlessly.
You sign up and are assigned a new phone number. You then go online to add up to ten phones to be associated with that one phone number. When someone calls my Google Voice number my cell phone, home phone, and office phone all ring simultaneously. Whichever phone I choose to answer is the phone that takes the call.
And there's more...
For those just now getting acquainted with Google Voice, it essentially lets you set up a new phone number that can ring multiple phones. You can also set up personalized greetings per-caller or per-group, screen your calls, listen in on voicemails as they're being left, access your voicemails (and their text transcripts) online, and more. You can also block individual numbers on your own—no more begging your phone company to block your crazy ex—send free SMSs, make cheap international calls, and even port your existing number if you don't want to sign up for a new one. (It should be noted that if you're going to use Google Voice to make calls on your cell phone, you're still using cell minutes.)
Google Voice
I have used it for about a year now and for me it has worked flawlessly.
You sign up and are assigned a new phone number. You then go online to add up to ten phones to be associated with that one phone number. When someone calls my Google Voice number my cell phone, home phone, and office phone all ring simultaneously. Whichever phone I choose to answer is the phone that takes the call.
And there's more...
For those just now getting acquainted with Google Voice, it essentially lets you set up a new phone number that can ring multiple phones. You can also set up personalized greetings per-caller or per-group, screen your calls, listen in on voicemails as they're being left, access your voicemails (and their text transcripts) online, and more. You can also block individual numbers on your own—no more begging your phone company to block your crazy ex—send free SMSs, make cheap international calls, and even port your existing number if you don't want to sign up for a new one. (It should be noted that if you're going to use Google Voice to make calls on your cell phone, you're still using cell minutes.)
Google Voice
