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Google Launches Fiber Phone

posted by martyb on Wednesday March 30 2016, @05:34PM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

Google has launched a phone/landline service for its Google Fiber customers, called Fiber Phone. It allows you to use a "cloud-based" phone number from any tablet, PC, or phone:

For $10/month, you get unlimited local and nationwide calling, and the same affordable rates as Google Voice for international calls. You can keep your old phone number, or pick a new one. You can use call waiting, caller ID, and 911 services just as easily as you could before. Fiber Phone can also make it easier to access your voicemail—the service will transcribe your voice messages for you and then send as a text or email.

[...] Your Fiber Phone number lives in the cloud, which means that you can use it on almost any phone, tablet or laptop. It can ring your landline when you're home, or your mobile device when you're on-the-go. [...] To stay updated on the latest, sign up here.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday March 30 2016, @06:06PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday March 30 2016, @06:06PM (#324934)

    I started using GV when we moved into a house with a metal roof - good coverage outside from any provider, but spotty anywhere inside, so we dusted off the old 5GHz Panasonic wireless phone set, bought new batteries for the handsets and an Obihai VoIP access box, and haven't had to pay for or maintain anything since then, and the 5GHz phones work anywhere in the house and yard without a problem.

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  • (Score: 2) by jasassin on Wednesday March 30 2016, @11:28PM

    by jasassin (3566) <jasassin@gmail.com> on Wednesday March 30 2016, @11:28PM (#325051) Homepage Journal

    Obihai VoIP access box

    How does that work? I have a gvoice account, but what info is programmed into the obihai to make it connect? Was it easy to figure out? Sounds very interesting!

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    • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday March 31 2016, @12:01AM

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday March 31 2016, @12:01AM (#325060)

      Just Google search for the instructions - it takes less than 10 minutes.

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