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Darkman90808
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 Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:28 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | A. order cheapest landline plan available in my area (ie. Verizon has a $2.99/month plan here - http://www22.verizon.com/Residential/HomePhone/LocalandLongDistance/LocalandLongDistance.htm) and obtain landline phone number
B. register landline number with Google Voice
C. whenever I want to make calls from my landline, initiate them through the online GV interface and have it link to my landline (and then call the number I want to connect to) - if I understand correctly this will be an incoming call to my landline and therefore will cost nothing extra |
Although I agree, it does sound too good to be true, your plan should work. However, when I looked at the plan, they're also charging .08/minute direct dialed calls. As long as you initiate them through the online GV interface as you said, you should be good to go, except that can be a pain if you're doing any serious calling. If it's just for the occasional call to the family, you should be fine.
However, the alternative I chose (thanks sabresfan!) is to set up an account with sipgate, use my GV number as my outgoing CID and call out for .02/min. It's still within the tolerance of pain and I have the convenience of using my phone to dial out. Also, no recurring charges, along with tax, license and dealer prep to the bastids at Verizon.
Whatever floats your boat.... (I find myself using a lot of water related cliches and metaphors lately with all the rain we've been having.) |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:28 am Post subject: Magicjack support, tips, tricks, and hacks |
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speaker2112
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| Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:49 am Post subject: |
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| Darkman90808 wrote: | | Quote: | A. order cheapest landline plan available in my area (ie. Verizon has a $2.99/month plan here - http://www22.verizon.com/Residential/HomePhone/LocalandLongDistance/LocalandLongDistance.htm) and obtain landline phone number
B. register landline number with Google Voice
C. whenever I want to make calls from my landline, initiate them through the online GV interface and have it link to my landline (and then call the number I want to connect to) - if I understand correctly this will be an incoming call to my landline and therefore will cost nothing extra |
Although I agree, it does sound too good to be true, your plan should work. However, when I looked at the plan, they're also charging .08/minute direct dialed calls. As long as you initiate them through the online GV interface as you said, you should be good to go, except that can be a pain if you're doing any serious calling. If it's just for the occasional call to the family, you should be fine.
However, the alternative I chose (thanks sabresfan!) is to set up an account with sipgate, use my GV number as my outgoing CID and call out for .02/min. It's still within the tolerance of pain and I have the convenience of using my phone to dial out. Also, no recurring charges, along with tax, license and dealer prep to the bastids at Verizon.
Whatever floats your boat.... (I find myself using a lot of water related cliches and metaphors lately with all the rain we've been having.) |
sipgate looks interesting Darkman - I'm gonna check it out.
btw, does this mean your MJ is not generally involved in your calls? |
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