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Why wouldn't you just (1) get a local google voice number, (2) forward it to your cell, (3) ask who it is (yay security!), (4) press 9 (or not). I'm honestly n
by eagsalazar2 14y ago
Why wouldn't you just (1) get a local google voice number, (2) forward it to your cell, (3) ask who it is (yay security!), (4) press 9 (or not). I'm honestly not getting the value here.
I'm also totally not getting how the security aspect of this is being glossed over. To the suggestion that apartment owners/managers would be interested, why would they put up a security gate then install a system that allows it to be bypassed by anyone with your phone number?? I actually bet if you told your apartment manager he would demand you immediately disable it, not pay you to give it to your neighbors.
- andr3w321 14y agoI tried this when I had this problem. All the local google voice numbers for my area code were taken so I was SOL.
- philip1209 14y agoMy problem: I have a google voice number I am attached to. I moved into an apartment where I need to provide a local phone number for the door system. However, I cannot have multiple google voice accounts attached to my cell phone - therefore I can't forward those incoming calls from the new number to my cell.
- datamart 14y agoIf you set your phone type as "Home" in your Google Voice settings instead of "Mobile", you can attach it to another Google Voice number. I currently do this with my front door callbox, and it works like a charm. I think the limit may be two Google Voice numbers to "Home" real-world phone number, though. One caveat: Text messages will only be sent to phones listed as "Mobile". But I just get my text messages via the Google Voice app anyway, so this is actually a benefit to me (no duplicated texts).