Google Voice, New Service in Gmail - Cheapest Calls to any Phone??

@buenavida (9984)
Sweden
September 5, 2011 9:57am CST
If you use Gmail for emails, you may have seen this new service. If you scroll down, there is a text on the left side with a picture of a phone and it says in your language something like "make a phone call" Click there and you will get further instructions to fund your account and you will find the prices to lots of countries around the earth. You will also find the prices to both landline phones and mobiles. Those who live in the USA and Canada have free calls for the rest of this year. Many countries have very cheap calls compared to ordinary phones. You just need a microphone and headphones/speakers. Has anyone used this new service? If you have, what do you think?
4 responses
Lakota12
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
6 Sep 11
Its been there for month I just havent tried it or looked at it I got Skype
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Marja
@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
6 Sep 11
Yeah, it has been used in your part of the world for a long time, but it is now worldwide, so we can use it too.. I guess Skype has been around for many years, but I haven´t used it yet..I´m a bit slow with these technical things..
Lakota12
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
6 Sep 11
I see nothing wrong with that try when ya want or get ready too
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Charlene Sally C.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
5 Sep 11
I haven't used this service. It sounds like it might be something like skype? I might try it sometime.. I've seen it but never investigated it.
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Marja
@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
5 Sep 11
Yes, it can be handy for outgoing calls, especially for long time ones and maybe conference calls. For you it is free, so I don´t know if you even need to fund your account..no harm in trying..
petersum
@petersum (4522)
• United States
5 Sep 11
They just want your phone number to add to all the other personal information that they have already collected. Then they'll watch who you are calling!
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tech2d
@tech2d (338)
• United States
5 Sep 11
Yes, I have used this service. It is very handy. However, I will not tie it to any of my other phones, because their voicemail service will become the primary and shut your existing one down. I use it primarily use it for outgoing calls only.
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Marja
@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
5 Sep 11
Great - another user that had tested the service for some time, thanks for informing us. It can be handy to use for outgoing calls, and if someone wants to call us, they can call from their Gmail to our phone.. I guess we´d better keep our ordinary phone, as this Gmail service can only be used for outgoing calls when our computer is on. Thank you for your response..