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Google Voice Leaves Beta, Now Open to Everyone

• buster 16y ago
  Apparently open to everyone doesn't mean everyone... (Yes, i am not US citizen).
  • amock 16y ago
    I think it just requires residency, not citizenship.
    • buster 16y ago
      It atleast requires a US IP. I'm living in Europe and can't sign up.
      • logic 16y ago
        And that is what US-based virtual hosts or free shell accounts are for. :)
• mgrouchy 16y ago
  If only it was available in Canada :(
• jeffepp 16y ago
  Until we can fwd multiple GV lines to a single cell phone, it will be useless to many!
  • aplusbi 16y ago
    Until we can forward a GV line to another GV line and do that 10-20 times, so that when the FBI/CIA/NSA is trying to trace a call the guy in the computer room keeps shouting "He's in Berlin! No wait, he's in Detroit! Now he's in Boston...the bastard is routing his call through multiple cities!" it will be useless to many.
    • jeffepp 16y ago
      right, or maybe some people work on multiple projects with different phone numbers.. not remarkable, maybe next time
  • ben1040 16y ago
    I had been thinking of renting out a condo of mine. The catch is that I have an out-of-area cell phone number and want potential tenants to be able to make a local call. I'd gladly pay even $20 or $30 to buy another line on my GV account in another area code. In the meantime I've been playing a bit with Twilio's OpenVBX and maybe I might just use it to create a number with recorded information about the place and an option to leave me a message.
• bdfh42 16y ago
  very interesting meaning of the word "everyone" - actually means hardly anyone in the global context - not even anyone in the European context as far as I can see. so not true then - just parochial USA stuff...