There isn't any confusion. They are discussing a distinctly different issue. It happens regularly to me and goes like this: * My friend Scott has signed up fo

There isn't any confusion. They are discussing a distinctly different issue. It happens regularly to me and goes like this: * My friend Scott has signed up for Google Voice. * He regularly sends SMS messages to me with his cell phone. (Not his Google Voice number) * I get a text message from his Google Voice number. Google did some formulating in the middle and instead of giving me a random 406 number as you describe, it gives his Google Voice number which does multiple things: * Potentially exposes to me a number Scott meant to keep as private * Screws up the conversation because I cannot reply to the text message for he doesn't have forwarding on his Google Voice number (because he doesn't use it)