I use Google voice as my main number. When I'm at my desktop in the office, I use the Google Chrome talk plugin and phone dialer app as my phone, both for incoming & outgoing. I have Google voice set up to ring other phones, like my cell, so I give out my Google voice number as my mobile. This is handy for when I happen to be somewhere where I don't have enough bandwidth to use the GrooveIP voip Android app to receive calls; the regular cell voice line rings me.
Google voice is not perfect, but it's pretty damn good. Now that I've said something good about Google, let me reiterate that the part of Google that is responsible for the Nexus 4, and for Android for the Nexus are a lying bunch of bastards. There are thousands of complaints about broken wifi and bluetooth on the Nexus 4, but if you were to call the Google toll-free Device Support number right now, they'd still tell you that "There are no known issues with the Nexus 4." Being evil. --Doug --Doug On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > After the great tales of Doug and Android/Nexus, and seeing sigs w/ GV > numbers .. I thought I'd ask for those of us (not me yet) who use GV could > give us a glimpse into that future. > > Just as Doug has taken the phone to its logical conclusion: "Its the > internet stupid" sort of thing .. maybe we all ought to think about GV and > internet-only (data-only) services. > > In other words .. how close _are_ we to data-only services for phone, TV, > etc? > > I finally switched from DSL to Cable, urged on by the idea of data-only > TV, landline and so on (thanks Gil). Speed test (http://www.speedtest.net/) > showed seriously shocking differences between DSD & Cable: > * ping ms down Mbps up **Mbps* > *DSL: 69 1.47 0.60* > *Cable: 43 35.32 5.73* > > So what _are_ our experiences with GV? Can we cut that cord? > > -- Owen > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts [email protected]* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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