I still don’t get why people are on Google Voice like it’s a dog in heat.
It’s a half-baked Frankensteined service. It’s greatest feature, contextual voicemail, is bad at best.
While I have an account and occasionally use the service it nowhere near as good as the plethora of alternatives available.
WooooHoooo one number to ring them all! That’s so 2000.
So today when the fan boys circled the wagon once again to tout the almighty service, I had to chuckle.
“Google Voice to offer local number portability to select customers for $20.”
Why would you pay a company $20 to port your number to them? Especially Google Voice, which despite the fan boy’s best efforts to support the contrary, simply isn’t worth the money or the hassle.
And since when did, “Hey Mr. Customer, pay us $20 so we can test our own ability to port numbers,” become such a huge piece of news. Usually people are up in arms about paying for anything.
After all, I thought you Google Voice users were cheap?
Ok, I agree, but in your opinion what is the best (least expensive) online number service? Online PBX using any phone as an extension would be nice also.
@Vic
That’s a loaded question. I would take a look at Phone.com, RingCentral and AxVoice. All three provide similar services, do what you describe as needing and are not expensive.
Plus because you are paying a small fee for them you’ll get customer service, technical support and some sort of service level agreement that will ensure that your service, if disrupted is returned in a timely manner.
Thanks.
I’ve had a GV number sense they were GrandCentral and the founder would answer questions, but most of the features haven’t come to pass. I’ve had several service interruptions so I have to do something. I’ll research all 3 of your suggestions.
I’ve used Phone Power Voip packages and they’ve generally been very good. Google Voice has the hallmarks of one one their pilot projects that is going to get bumped on the development schedule if it doesn’t immediately get traction. Conversely, if it does become popular, it’s going to get integrated pretty sharpish with their ad network.