round 2 ... help solve my phone woes?
March 8, 2011 6:44 PM Subscribe
goal: ipad + wifi + google voice + x = inexpensive wifi calls using GV number. can you help me solve for x?
i have a spare iphone 3g sans simcard & a wifi ipad (3G - for short)
i have skype, google voice, Line2 (L2)
i have wifi
goal:
1. incoming calls to my google voice number (GVN) on 3G wifi
2. outgoing calls with GVN using 3G wifi
3. texting using GVN would be swell - not imperative
(at&t cell coverage is awful at home; your shock is noted)
1. with skype, i can make outgoing calls using GVN (excellent - and cheap)
2. with L2, i can receive calls using GVN (not cheap, no outgoing calls with GVN)
3. have downloaded a couple 3G apps: fring, talktome; am so overwhelmed i haven't really explored them
current issue:
spending $3/m on skype AND $10/m on L2 - i might as well get vonage and be done with it
i asked question previously, but the whole thing breaks down when i tried to get outgoing/incoming BOTH using GVN. right now when i call GVN, it goes straight to voicemail. i honestly don't even know what voicemail it goes to (GV? L2? skype?)
i've also read something about getting a skype number - can i mask it for incoming/outgoing calls with GVN? vonage has a free something or other.
is there help for me? am i leaving something out? should i stop obsessing and just pay for vonage?
i have a spare iphone 3g sans simcard & a wifi ipad (3G - for short)
i have skype, google voice, Line2 (L2)
i have wifi
goal:
1. incoming calls to my google voice number (GVN) on 3G wifi
2. outgoing calls with GVN using 3G wifi
3. texting using GVN would be swell - not imperative
(at&t cell coverage is awful at home; your shock is noted)
1. with skype, i can make outgoing calls using GVN (excellent - and cheap)
2. with L2, i can receive calls using GVN (not cheap, no outgoing calls with GVN)
3. have downloaded a couple 3G apps: fring, talktome; am so overwhelmed i haven't really explored them
current issue:
spending $3/m on skype AND $10/m on L2 - i might as well get vonage and be done with it
i asked question previously, but the whole thing breaks down when i tried to get outgoing/incoming BOTH using GVN. right now when i call GVN, it goes straight to voicemail. i honestly don't even know what voicemail it goes to (GV? L2? skype?)
i've also read something about getting a skype number - can i mask it for incoming/outgoing calls with GVN? vonage has a free something or other.
is there help for me? am i leaving something out? should i stop obsessing and just pay for vonage?
I think this is exactly what the app Talkatone does.
posted by Salamandrous at 8:01 PM on March 8, 2011
posted by Salamandrous at 8:01 PM on March 8, 2011
The answer is talkatone.
In and out calls on my ipod using gvoice. Perfect and free.
posted by BrodieShadeTree at 8:42 AM on March 9, 2011
In and out calls on my ipod using gvoice. Perfect and free.
posted by BrodieShadeTree at 8:42 AM on March 9, 2011
And, get Ooma over Vonage.
posted by BrodieShadeTree at 8:42 AM on March 9, 2011
posted by BrodieShadeTree at 8:42 AM on March 9, 2011
I have iPad 3G + skype + google voice, (I only got google voice to port my old cell #) this is disastrous for me as a replacement phone, calls don't stay connected unless on 3 bars of wi-fi, the 3G WILL NOT support a call due to poor connection or something, even with 3 bars! texting works perfect on GV and is free except some numbers are blocked from calling/texting me, although I can call/text them, GV says this has something to do with the carrier the person has but some people who have the same carrier can and can't so I don't understand that. I got rid of my cell phone thinking this would be awesome and was sorely disappointed, You can't beat paying the $6 or so a month though...
posted by sadieglass at 5:33 AM on March 10, 2011
posted by sadieglass at 5:33 AM on March 10, 2011
Response by poster: is anyone still reading? i'll look at ooma.
sadieglass - i dig. i don't think there's any real replacement for a landline. but i don't really talk on the phone that much and my at&t cell coverage is total crap. ultimately, i might just get the cell phone booster and use that.
it all started because i got rid of comcast - so i'm looking for a cheap workaround. if i end up with vonage/ooma, it's fine. but i thought i'd see about the other alternatives and how awful they are and how much i use them.
mostly i want to use my google voice number as much as i can - so i can keep a consistent number for whatever life has in store for me. and i hate texting on the phone ... so doing it on the computer when i'm home would be swell.
posted by crankyrogalsky at 11:37 AM on March 11, 2011
sadieglass - i dig. i don't think there's any real replacement for a landline. but i don't really talk on the phone that much and my at&t cell coverage is total crap. ultimately, i might just get the cell phone booster and use that.
it all started because i got rid of comcast - so i'm looking for a cheap workaround. if i end up with vonage/ooma, it's fine. but i thought i'd see about the other alternatives and how awful they are and how much i use them.
mostly i want to use my google voice number as much as i can - so i can keep a consistent number for whatever life has in store for me. and i hate texting on the phone ... so doing it on the computer when i'm home would be swell.
posted by crankyrogalsky at 11:37 AM on March 11, 2011
The most awful part is that sometimes you will go to call someone and they will answer but gv/skype will not connect you, so you just end up with a skype voicemail of the person saying "hello helloooo" this is expececially bad for calling someone who doesn't understand your phone situation and thinks its a prank call....
posted by sadieglass at 5:41 PM on March 11, 2011
posted by sadieglass at 5:41 PM on March 11, 2011
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GV app itself works great for text messages.
posted by wyzewoman at 7:32 PM on March 8, 2011