Comments on: Welcome Google Voice, Goodbye Grandcentral [Review]

By: ewb

ewb — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:58:00 +0000

Tested this morning having a call to my mobile number made via GoogleVoice with the direction that the Google call my Gizmo5 number through the web interface before placing the call to the mobile. Gizmo5 could not bill me for the call as my balance is $0.00. I hung up at 4 minutes.

The wind shifts about every week on these things, but at least for now GoogleVoice still allows calls to be received on Gizmo5.

By: Ward Mundy

Ward Mundy — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:23:31 +0000

Michael Robertson at Gizmo5 has claimed that their Google Voice link no longer uses SIP. From reading this, it sounds like that may not be quite accurate. Is Gizmo5 going to bill for these calls if they exceed 3 minutes?

By: Alok Saboo

Alok Saboo — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:29:11 +0000

That is the beauty of this solution. It converts the outgoing calls to incoming calls and since Gizmo does not charge for incoming calls, this will be FREE. I have tested this out myself and it works perfectly. It uses Gizmo5 only to let Google Voice know (through xGVout) that a call needs to be made. The call is actually made by the proxy (xGVout) like you would have made through the Google Voice web interface, just that you do not have to go through the pain – xGVout automates it for you.

By: ewb

ewb — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:58:00 +0000

The wind shifts about every week on these things, but at least for now GoogleVoice still allows calls to be received on Gizmo5.

By: Ward Mundy

Ward Mundy — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:23:31 +0000

By: Alok Saboo

Alok Saboo — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:29:11 +0000

By: Alok Saboo

Alok Saboo — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:38:10 +0000

Jacob, great input!! I am just wondering is it worth the effort and it defeats the purpose of using Google Voice…but would explore this option.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:43:25 +0000

Google Voice does support SIP, in a round about way. Google Voice can call a Gizmo number, and Gizmo provides a SIP service, so while they don't support universally SIP, they do have some degree of SIP architecture support. I've read reports that you can plug other non-gizmo sip numbers into Google Voice and that they would also work.