Comments on: Google Voice and Skype – Cheap Awesome Home VoIP Phone Service

By: Tod

Tod — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:37:52 +0000

In response to Andrea – If you have Skype to only allow calls from people in your contact list you need to turn that off temporarily. The Google number that is calling your Skype land line isn’t in your contacts and isn’t being allowed through.

By: jordan

jordan — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:43:47 +0000

It is so awesome that we have this new home voip phone service so that it makes communicating that much easier! Is Skype the best one that is out there or should i be looking for something else that is better?

By: Vanberge

Vanberge — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:23:41 +0000

Andrea,
Do you have a skype online number?
Does your number ever get the phone call? – or, does if fail to hear the key tones as you type the verification code.

I would say try removing/re-adding your phone in the google voice settings page (and use a different name).

If that doesnt work – you might try the forums – there are some prefixes that google voice has difficulty calling sometimes in order to place that verification call.

Good Luck!

By: Andrea Fahy

Andrea Fahy — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:08:04 +0000

I’m not having any luck setting my Google Voice to forward to Skype, any tips? simply receiving a “could not verify” message

By: Vanberge

Vanberge — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:31:46 +0000

Rafael,
Yes – that is the setup I’m still currently using. works like a charm.

the only thing that I wish were different would be if I could get Skype to show my Google Voice number. Which should work as Google voice accepts texts from web based sms gateways.

By: RAFAEL C.

RAFAEL C. — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:00:29 +0000

You Sir Are A Genius, Is This The Final Voip Design Version You Came Up With Before I Duplicate Your set up?…I Have The Palm Pre FYI….

Thanks Rafael a NY Friend!

By: Vanberge

Vanberge — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:19:22 +0000

Rick,
I think what you’re asking is technically possible – but Google Voice itself doesnt work as a soft voip client. You’ll need some device for google voice to foward calls to.

But, the setup can be done for totally free using Google Voice with Gizmo5. I keep meaning to check out Gizmo5 because it’s free and Google Voice can forward to it directly; but Skype I think is a bit more flexible than Gizmo5.

Hope that helps; and hope you get an invite soon.

By: Rick Alleva

Rick Alleva — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:34:01 +0000

Hi…Great tips. I just learned of Google Voice and haven’t yet gotten an invite. I’ve been thinking of using Skype for most calls but they don’t yet offer numbers in my area (Maine) and I don’t want every call to be long distance. But tell me if Skype is necessary to do what you want with Google Voice. If you have free friends calls via Verizon or yes you can get 5 from Sprint too, if you use the Google Voice number as one of them will this give you free calls to that number without having to pay for Skype, then still use the adapter and call features of Google Voice…Just trying to figure out what may work and you seem to have a good sense…Thanks

By: Vanberge

Vanberge — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:31:33 +0000

Jeff,
If I do happen to come by some invites- I will pass one your way.

Thanks for your interest; and for your comment!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:35:56 +0000

Thanks for the great suggestions for using Google Voice and Skype for a great phone-system setup. I’d love to do something similar but haven’t been able to get a Google Voice invite – any chance you have an extra one that you could pass on