Wow, I had not heard of Google Voice before but this is great to know. Thanks for sharing.

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About a week ago I tried to sign up for Google Voice but apparently there is a delay. I'm still waiting for an invite

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Does anyone have an invite for Google Voice? I want to check this out.. Thanks!

I'd love to be able to use GoogleVoice (as I'm a general google product fan), but it's not yet available in Canada.....

Too bad

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I just found out that it's not yet available in our country..

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Crystal, I see that you're in the Philippines. Hopefully Google Voice will expand to more countries.

Did you get an invite yet? If you provide your gmail address, I'll send you one.

Gennia

Wow, i just heard about google voice through here. Pity it's only available to the US at the moment. Hopefully it expands across the world soon. Just out of curiousity, how is google voice different from Skype and is it any better?

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Hey everyone, I was wondering if you had any Google Voice invites and would be willing to let me have one. It would be greatly appreciated and if you want an invite back I will give you one once I get an account. Thanks in advance!

Good news, I now have a Voice account, but no invites to give away =( A good site to try is http://invites.mashable.com I applied there and had one in 6 hours. Good luck!

Originally Posted by Your Virtual Wizard

I use google voice and one thing I did was to create a vanity number which was easier to remember. I always wanted a vanity number but the ph company charged too much. so I use ##-Wizard4U to match my company name, (not sure about posting ph numbers here so I blanked it out) and now even I can remember it.

How did you do this? Great Idea..

Originally Posted by mixwizard

Good news, I now have a Voice account, but no invites to give away =( A good site to try is http://invites.mashable.com I applied there and had one in 6 hours. Good luck!

Great tip will check this out now. Thanks

I am using the free service through Skype, but I only signed up it for a few days ago and have not received any calls on it. I have made a couple to test it out and it seems to do okay. I will have to check out Google voice, but if you are using more than one system on your computer will they interefere with each other.

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Originally Posted by Global Virtual Support

Wow, i just heard about google voice through here. Pity it's only available to the US at the moment. Hopefully it expands across the world soon. Just out of curiousity, how is google voice different from Skype and is it any better?

Google Voice is actually just a "forwarding service". You need another source (phone, softphone, voip service) to use it. Unlike Skype where there is a Skype phone or Skype application in your computer.

With Google Voice, there's no Google softphone. But you'll get a US number and you can set it up so when someone called your Google Voice number, it will forwarded to the number of your choice.

You can make free calls to any US or Canadian number too BUT again you need another US phone number (landline, voip) where you will make your call. Because the process is, you call your Google Voice number then punch in your code and then call your destination number.

With Skype, you can only call another Skype user for free...because calling a mobile phone or landline will cost you.

Originally Posted by jervz

Google Voice is actually just a "forwarding service". You need another source (phone, softphone, voip service) to use it. Unlike Skype where there is a Skype phone or Skype application in your computer. With Google Voice, there's no Google softphone. But you'll get a US number and you can set it up so when someone called your Google Voice number, it will forwarded to the number of your choice. You can make free calls to any US or Canadian number too BUT again you need another US phone number (landline, voip) where you will make your call. Because the process is, you call your Google Voice number then punch in your code and then call your destination number. With Skype, you can only call another Skype user for free...because calling a mobile phone or landline will cost you.

Thanks for this!!!! I appreciate the explanation of this!!!