![]() ![]() We did this port at the beginning of the year and are satisfied. We already had switched our landline from AT&T to a Verizon cell phone home phone device, so we could port it directly. It involves a Trac phone, or the like, and doesn't sound difficult. ![]() If your home phone provider is not viewed by Google as a mobile provider, you'll need to port it to a mobile provider first, then to Google. Google ports phone numbers only from mobile providers. You'll also need to subscribe to a 911 location service which currently costs us < $20/year. You only need a device such as an Obihai 200. There are many blogs online describing porting your home phone number to Google Voice and getting a VoIP "landline" for free. If landlines can call the google hangout number via whatever wifi network it is on, I could get rid of our landline. We really do not have a cell phone and keep our landline. Anyone else use Hangouts for most of their voice calls?Ĥnursebee wrote. I'm worried, however, that at some point there will be a charge for this Hangouts service or perhaps it isn't as reliable as it looks. All my calls would then be routed through the Hangouts app. If I want, I would tell Verizon to bring me down to a tiny amount of voice minutes (say 30 minutes.) I could then port my phone number to Google Voice and have change my regular Verizon cellphone number. I have a unique situation in that I have a grandfathered Verizon Wireless unlimited data plan. I want to use it full-time for all my voice calls. My point in asking these questions is that I'm wondering if there is a catch with Hangouts. I'm assuming they have to pay some other provider for access to that network. ![]() They don't own the cellphone and landline networks. At some point Google has to take the voice data from the internet and get it onto the cellphone or landline networks. I don't quite understand how that happens. The Hangouts app doesn't even attempt to advertise or make money for Google in some other way. What surprises me, though, is that Google charges nothing for routing your call through the landline or cellphone network. I realize this is nothing amazing and that other companies (like Skype) have been doing it for quite a while. But, if you are calling a landline, Google will actually route that voice data onto the landline phone network. So, on your side, the Hangouts app sends and receives voice data through the internet. You can then make calls using the Hangouts app to other actual landline and cellphone numbers. When you sign up, you can get a free voice phone number with an area code from your geographic area. I am really surprised by some of its features. I've been experimenting with Google Hangouts on my iPhone. ![]()
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