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Why the mention of Google Voice? I've never had an issue using Google Voice w/ Verizon, all the way back to Droid OG days.

richardjordan 14y ago
I moved to Verizon on my birthday on the 8th of this month. Finally ditched T-mobile to get an iPhone. I have been using Google Voice as my sole number for years now. It's very important to me. I even explained this when buying. Turns out that unannounced Verizon has started blocking Google Voice verifying your number do I cannot use it. At first I thought it was a blip but lots of Googling has discovered this appears to be a change as it's hitting everyone. If anyone can show me a fix and where I'm wrong I will happily stand corrected. But to this date every attempt to get my phone added to Google Voice has failed and blocking appears to be going on. I would not be surprised if existing iPhone Google Voice users are fine if they've already verified their number. I have no idea.
- drivebyacct2 14y ago
  On one hand I want to try. On the other hand I'll be furious if VZW actively attempts to keep me from having that functionality. Why would they care?
  - richardjordan 14y ago
    I've been trying to fathom that myself. It could be Apple pressure; it could be their intention to bring out a competing service; it could be they feel this competes with an existing service. It may just be a way to push more people into porting numbers in some misguided attempt at raising the hassle factor of leaving Vz in the future. Whatever the reasoning I think it's short sighted and I find it very frustrating.
  - richardjordan 14y ago
    For completeness after a month of trying it's now verifying - so maybe it was a blip, maybe they tried something and thought better of it.
- w1ntermute 14y ago
  > Turns out that unannounced Verizon has started blocking Google Voice verifying your number do I cannot use it. How exactly do they block it? According to the verification instructions[0], Google Voice calls you and asks you to enter a verification code. How can this be blocked? It would be like any other DTMF service. Also, isn't it illegal to block this? 0: http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=144586 http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...
  - richardjordan 14y ago
    Oh, I know how it works :-) ...it just doesn't any more. I don't know of any legality blocking such a call but I can assure you no matter how many times I trigger the verification process I get nothing but an error message and no call or text from Mr Google.
    - ropiku 14y ago
      I successfully verified my new Verizon number last month
      - richardjordan 14y ago
        Right. So I understand. People seem to have started reporting issues since early December. I know you COULD do it on Verizon ...I wouldn't have considered them otherwise. It's just disappointing that they appear to have made a recent decision to change that.
      - richardjordan 14y ago
        Comments like yours kept me trying.... so, for completeness after a month of trying it's now verifying - so maybe it was a blip, maybe they tried something and thought better of it.
  - georgemcbay 14y ago
    I don't know about Verizon but I was unable to verify myself to craigslist using my Google Voice number earlier this year. A lot of Google Voice numbers appear in a number pool marked for prepaid cellphone plans and a number of services will blacklist such numbers for use for identity verification. Sad but true.

richardjordan 14y ago

I moved to Verizon on my birthday on the 8th of this month. Finally ditched T-mobile to get an iPhone. I have been using Google Voice as my sole number for years now. It's very important to me. I even explained this when buying. Turns out that unannounced Verizon has started blocking Google Voice verifying your number do I cannot use it. At first I thought it was a blip but lots of Googling has discovered this appears to be a change as it's hitting everyone. If anyone can show me a fix and where I'm wrong I will happily stand corrected. But to this date every attempt to get my phone added to Google Voice has failed and blocking appears to be going on. I would not be surprised if existing iPhone Google Voice users are fine if they've already verified their number. I have no idea.

drivebyacct2 14y ago
On one hand I want to try. On the other hand I'll be furious if VZW actively attempts to keep me from having that functionality. Why would they care?
- richardjordan 14y ago
  I've been trying to fathom that myself. It could be Apple pressure; it could be their intention to bring out a competing service; it could be they feel this competes with an existing service. It may just be a way to push more people into porting numbers in some misguided attempt at raising the hassle factor of leaving Vz in the future. Whatever the reasoning I think it's short sighted and I find it very frustrating.
- richardjordan 14y ago
  For completeness after a month of trying it's now verifying - so maybe it was a blip, maybe they tried something and thought better of it.
w1ntermute 14y ago
> Turns out that unannounced Verizon has started blocking Google Voice verifying your number do I cannot use it. How exactly do they block it? According to the verification instructions[0], Google Voice calls you and asks you to enter a verification code. How can this be blocked? It would be like any other DTMF service. Also, isn't it illegal to block this? 0: http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=144586 http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...
- richardjordan 14y ago
  Oh, I know how it works :-) ...it just doesn't any more. I don't know of any legality blocking such a call but I can assure you no matter how many times I trigger the verification process I get nothing but an error message and no call or text from Mr Google.
  - ropiku 14y ago
    I successfully verified my new Verizon number last month
    - richardjordan 14y ago
      Right. So I understand. People seem to have started reporting issues since early December. I know you COULD do it on Verizon ...I wouldn't have considered them otherwise. It's just disappointing that they appear to have made a recent decision to change that.
    - richardjordan 14y ago
      Comments like yours kept me trying.... so, for completeness after a month of trying it's now verifying - so maybe it was a blip, maybe they tried something and thought better of it.
- georgemcbay 14y ago
  I don't know about Verizon but I was unable to verify myself to craigslist using my Google Voice number earlier this year. A lot of Google Voice numbers appear in a number pool marked for prepaid cellphone plans and a number of services will blacklist such numbers for use for identity verification. Sad but true.