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08-28-2010, 01:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | | Gmail users: You can now call phones for free
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They just launched Google Voice integration into the Gmail chat client. I gave it a try and it worked like a charm.
Canada/US calls are free for 2010.
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08-28-2010, 02:54 PM
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08-28-2010, 02:54 PM
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08-28-2010, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by UnsungZeros Yeah, I've played around with it. Pretty cool. Definitely going to give Skype a run for its money. | Probably not, skype has a stranglehold on the internet calling market.
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08-28-2010, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound Probably not, skype has a stranglehold on the internet calling market.
lowsound | Agreed. Skype is incredibly useful for reasons besides just calling people - especially in the school/work environment. |
08-28-2010, 05:26 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Who talks on the phone anymore? That is so 1999.
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08-28-2010, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound Probably not, skype has a stranglehold on the internet calling market.
lowsound | Yeah but I have to pay to call actual phones with skype.
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08-28-2010, 07:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Davison,Michigan | | | Haven't tried it yet. Can't remember the last time I made a phone call..............
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08-29-2010, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by MJ5150 Who talks on the phone anymore? That is so 1999.
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08-29-2010, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by MadMan118 Yeah but I have to pay to call actual phones with skype. | This, but my question is...do the calls count as long distance from Gmail? On my cell phone, when I tried this, it came up as being a call from California. Will my phone be charged for this?
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08-29-2010, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by rarisgod This, but my question is...do the calls count as long distance from Gmail? On my cell phone, when I tried this, it came up as being a call from California. Will my phone be charged for this? | It depends on the provider. The "regular" contract should state that only outgoing calls count as long-distance, but I know my brother gets all long-distances charged.
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08-29-2010, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by rarisgod This, but my question is...do the calls count as long distance from Gmail? On my cell phone, when I tried this, it came up as being a call from California. Will my phone be charged for this? | Yes, because you are in Canada and Google Voice is based in the United States any call you make OUTSIDE Canada is subject to charge and any cal made to you FROM OUTSIDE Canada is subject to charge as well.
Edit: Looking up the long distance rate to Canada it is listed as free, so apparently its free for you but you can still be charged for other international calls.
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08-29-2010, 02:45 PM
|  | Friends, Romans, Bass Players... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | | A quick equipment question: do I have to get a headset with a microphone or is there a way that I can use my existing phone, maybe through my broadband router?
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08-29-2010, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by stratovani A quick equipment question: do I have to get a headset with a microphone or is there a way that I can use my existing phone, maybe through my broadband router? | Right now, a computer microphone and set of speakers (or a headset, which does both). This Voice service doesn't give you a phone number, so it shouldn't replace the actual phone anyways.
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08-29-2010, 09:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: kansas city, mo | | | is it going to remain free? or can I pay for a phone number in the future?
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08-30-2010, 10:11 AM
|  | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | | I talked for over an hour to New Zealand and again to China and Germany for over 45 minutes.
No charge for either call.
My Google Check-Out still shows a 10-cent credit - the same it was when I started.
I called from my desktop to land-lines each time and they said it was more clear and had no latency or drop-outs at all. So - the quality of the calls were much better than even using my land-line to their land-line.
There were no International Dialing Rules that got in the way either. I just started the GTalk IM first, then dialed their numbers and it went through without any hang-up at all and certainly NO CHARGES.
That might be a work around for the charges if you start GTalk first.
Maybe Google is out to kill Verizon next. Hope so - right after the new Google OS is fully up-n-running and hurts Micro$oft first. |
08-30-2010, 12:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | | why dont i see no phone call option!?
edit: yeah i got it now.
Google Voice is not available in your country.
Thanks for visiting Google Voice. We're not yet open for users outside the US, but are planning to expand our service to additional countries in the future. :-/
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08-31-2010, 09:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Colo Spgs, CO-I hate it here!! | | There is an option to get your own google phone number. You just put in your zip code and it gives a bunch to choose from. https://www.google.com/voice/?setup=1#setup/
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08-31-2010, 09:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | Just added it to my Google account.
I work part of the time in a control room with no cell access, but I need to make tech support calls from there. Hopefully if I add speakers and a webcam with mike to the computer in the console I can make calls from it over the network. It would really help if I could access (and provide) technical support without running out of that room into the hall.
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09-01-2010, 08:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Colo Spgs, CO-I hate it here!! | | This seems kinda freaky: Quote: |
But all that information about your calls will be routed through Google. Google will know everyone who called you and when they called. They'll have records of your voice mail, and because they offer free transcription, it means they'll have not just the voice, but text of your calls as well. They'll have recordings of your phone calls --- and I would expect them to offer transcriptions of them as well, which means they'll have the transcriptions as well as your calls.
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