Daniel, Thanks....just a few questions below to clarify your comments.
Mark On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Daniel Pittman <dan...@rimspace.net> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:34, Bill Barry <b...@billbarry.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Mark Phillips > > <m...@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote: > >> > >> Wifi calling on my android phone with T-mobile is not very reliable. > Some > >> wifi points connect, some don't, those that connect drop calls, etc. I > think > >> google voice is VoIP, so it sounds as if it would be a replacement for > the > >> wifi calling app on my phone. But some boards say that T-mobile > customers > >> get charged minutes even when using GV. > > As far as I know the wifi calling thing lets you be billed minutes, > indeed. GV definitely does. > If I understand correctly, there is a cost to use GV, so I pay for that. And I get billed minutes from my carrier to use GV. Am I correct? > > >> Anyway, I was wondering if anyone on the list uses GV + Android + > T-mobile > >> and what their experience has been. > > Solid. My partner and I have very occasional quality issues, > typically low volume, when calling to or from Australia, but local > stuff has been dead on. > > >> Also, in reading about GV, it says I have to get a new phone number. How > >> does that number relate to my mobile number, or is it something in the > >> background that the world does not see? The google docs are not very > helpful > >> in explaining just what GV provides. > > So, the best way to use Google Voice is that you have people call the > GV number, and it then calls whatever set of phones you tell it to. > Those phones need their own number, but that is hidden from the rest > of the world. > > AFAIK, GV actually intercepts the request to call from Android, talks > over the Internet to their servers, has GV call your mobile, picks > that call up silently, and then connects you through on the outbound > leg. > If GV is actually calling my Tmo number, then where does the wifi come in? With T-mobile, any minutes that I talk over Wifi, and not their network are free - no charge against my plan minutes. It doesn't sound, from your description, that GV works within that framework. > > Anyway, you can also just redirect your voicemail stuff into GV, but > that isn't nearly as nice. > > Finally, if you port your number it *stops* working on your current > mobile; you would need to establish a new mobile service with T-Mobile > for GV to be able to call through to the bit of hardware. > Lovely! > > If you have more specific questions feel free to add 'em on, though I > am pretty busy right now so might be high latency in responding. :) > > Regards, > Daniel > -- > ⎋ Puppet Labs Developer – http://puppetlabs.com > ✉ Daniel Pittman <dan...@rimspace.net> > ✆ Contact me via gtalk, email, or phone: +1 (503) 893-2285 > ♲ Made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug