Google Voice Over VOIP Outside the US
Jan 20, 2014, 5:26 am
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Google Voice Over VOIP Outside the US
I was wondering if I could get a straw poll of people who have made VOIP using Google Voice from outside the US (and using a foreign IP address, not an US SIM on an international data plan or through a US VPN).
I'm in a middle of a dispute in another forum where someone with a high rating is swearing that it can't be done (without proxies or tunnels) and you will be blocked. I was wondering whether anyone who has ever used Google Voice with a foreign SIM in their phone could share their experiences. Thanks.
I'm in a middle of a dispute in another forum where someone with a high rating is swearing that it can't be done (without proxies or tunnels) and you will be blocked. I was wondering whether anyone who has ever used Google Voice with a foreign SIM in their phone could share their experiences. Thanks.
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Jan 20, 2014, 6:06 am
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I do it all the time when I'm outside the US with my Android phone and GrooveIP. I can make and receive calls via VOIP and my GV number. No US VPN required.
The Free "Lite" version only works over wifi, and the pay version allows you to make and receive calls over 3G data.
*However* GrooveIP works over XMPP which Google has announced they will end on 15 May 2014; after which, it will no longer work.
I'm to understand that the official Google Voice app routes calls via phone calls, and will incur international call charges back to the US if you tried to use it while overseas. I've never tried using it however.
The Free "Lite" version only works over wifi, and the pay version allows you to make and receive calls over 3G data.
*However* GrooveIP works over XMPP which Google has announced they will end on 15 May 2014; after which, it will no longer work.
I'm to understand that the official Google Voice app routes calls via phone calls, and will incur international call charges back to the US if you tried to use it while overseas. I've never tried using it however.
Jan 20, 2014, 6:35 am
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Google Hangouts routes the calls over VOIP and can receive inbound calls. I'm guessing that Google is trying to consolidate its VOIP offerings under one virtual "roof" rather than the patchwork quilt they have been maintaining.
Jan 20, 2014, 7:11 am
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I was wondering if I could get a straw poll of people who have made VOIP using Google Voice from outside the US (and using a foreign IP address, not an US SIM on an international data plan or through a US VPN).
I'm in a middle of a dispute in another forum where someone with a high rating is swearing that it can't be done (without proxies or tunnels) and you will be blocked. I was wondering whether anyone who has ever used Google Voice with a foreign SIM in their phone could share their experiences. Thanks.
I'm in a middle of a dispute in another forum where someone with a high rating is swearing that it can't be done (without proxies or tunnels) and you will be blocked. I was wondering whether anyone who has ever used Google Voice with a foreign SIM in their phone could share their experiences. Thanks.
I rather frequently use Google Voice via GV Mobile+ on a European or Asian network -- wifi or cell phone data -- where the phone has a European or Asian SIM. No problems IME.
Jan 20, 2014, 7:15 am
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I've used my US Hangouts account for several hundred hours of calls with a variety of European ISPs (including mobile) without any issues at all.
Jan 20, 2014, 7:58 am
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FYI, access to Google VOICE API is ending on May 14, 2014. So apps liek GrooveIP, talkatone, may/will not work after that date.
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Jan 20, 2014, 9:31 am
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I just discovered that Chrome (at least for iOS) now supports Google Hangouts. You can make voice calls off it, but the option is a little burried. Next to "new hangout" there is a little downward facing arrow. Click on it and there is an option to place a call.
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Google Voice charges US$0.10/min for calls to mobiles in France and Germany and to most carriers in the UK (it's US$0.21 to carriers other than Hutchison3G, O2, Orange, TMobile and Vodaphone). The cheapest rate I've found for calling from the US to UK mobiles is from a Toggle Mobile SIM with a US number: £0.03/min.