Lee B Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 I would appreciate some feedback from anyone who uses Google Voice - Pros and Cons. Please be specific Thanks in Advance Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 I use it for both personal and business. You can have it forward calls to your cellphone or just take a message. I prefer to have it just take a message, because I want text messages going to my computer, for ease of saving attachments and messages to my computer. You can also send or reply to text messages with your computer. You can make outgoing calls with your computer camera. I also don't have to give clients my real cell number. You can record a custom outgoing message too. You can not be part of a conference call with a Voice number. If only it would accept faxes, it would be almost perfect. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted August 27 Author Report Share Posted August 27 Abby, do you use Google Business Voice or the free Google Personal Voice or both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 The free one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbreck Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 Wonder why you can't be part of a conference call. If you call into one does it just block you? Or you can't add people to your current phone call? Moving to VOIP is so amazing. The ability to pick up your calls via your cell phone is absolutely game changing IMO. When I looked at Google Voice years ago that wasn't an option - that's nice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 Also, you can make calls from your cellphone using your Google voice number to hide your real cellphone number from clients. It's like having a work phone and a personal phone, all in one phone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 Which VOIP service are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbreck Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 5 minutes ago, Abby Normal said: Which VOIP service are you using? I use RingCentral and have no complaints. RingCentral costs a little more than Google Voice / Business but not so much I'm worried about it. It's the taxes that jack up your fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 The conference call thing could have been due to the fact that I was using the internet to place the call and not cell service. I don't have great cell service at home so I place calls and send texts using the internet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbreck Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 39 minutes ago, Abby Normal said: The conference call thing could have been due to the fact that I was using the internet to place the call and not cell service. I don't have great cell service at home so I place calls and send texts using the internet. I love that one also - being able to make calls over the internet for my cell phone. It allows me to get text messages when I'm out of the country. I also get text messages over RingCentral which is nice. Can't imagine going back to the old phone services of the 80's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara EA Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 How much data does Google collect behind your back? Anyone look at the Google Voice privacy policy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 11 hours ago, Sara EA said: How much data does Google collect behind your back? Anyone look at the Google Voice privacy policy? Your phone number, the called phone number, the date and time of the calls, the content of your voicemail messages, the text messages sent through the service, etc. I wouldn't characterize it as "behind your back" as the sole purpose of the service is to intercept, process, and forward your call information. https://policies.google.com/technologies/voice?hl=en-US 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbreck Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 Which phone company doesn't collect user information? When we had a landline, Southwestern Bell would send us a monthly bill showing all of the people we called long distance, when we called them and the duration of the call. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess they had all that data on local calls and didn't disclose it since they didn't bill for it. Your cell phone company knows when and where you ping off any cell tower in the country / world. We had a guy locally who was convicted because his car kept track of everywhere it was driven, speeds driven, when it was driven and sent to the manufacturer. The police used it to figure out where he buried his wife. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted September 1 Author Report Share Posted September 1 I finally got it set up so that I can call directly using my computer's microphone and speaker. Took me awhile to figure it out. Pretty neat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medlin Software, Dennis Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 GV was my solution for many years. I now use two cell carriers, one phone, with the phone selecting the better connection no matter which number I use. It is more for connectivity and backup these days since we no longer use the business line for customer support. While I rarely use it, my phone is connected to my computer for security (walk away locking), and I can make and receive calls on the computer. I do allow wifi calling and sms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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