Sprint says it cannot be done, although I probably need to call during business hours when more knowledgeable reps are there. Is there any way for me to do it? I just want to avoid dialing an international number when I do not want to - and I never want to, as I use calling cards for that.
They can definitely block international calls from your account. They did it to my account after someone "cloned" my account and was calling Cuba and the Dominican Republic. All the calls originated from New York, while I live in suburban Detroit.
I work for at&t and I know there is a no cost feature that blocks international calls.
I would ask to speak to the international department.
Sprint did ban outgoing international calls on my account. Thanks to all who responded.
I am thinking about just keeping the data plan on tmobile and canceling the voice plan and text plan and use gv to make calls and texts. What you guys think?
If someone texts you, they will charge you. Get unlimited data and text, I think that's better. I wouldnt just rely on data. No data means your phone is an expensive brick.
leyvatron said:
If someone texts you, they will charge you. Get unlimited data and text, I think that's better. I wouldnt just rely on data. No data means your phone is an expensive brick.
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i said keeping the data..and just the data no voice service. is that possible?
You can I am thinking about this myself you would need to set up a SIP account and something at pbx.org
Google Voice is not a VOIP service. Google Voice forwards calls dialed to your GV number to some other phone number(s), be they cell, land or sip/voip lines.
Your solution would only work if you have an active and functional sip/voip connection up and running on your phone full time.
GV text messages will work on data only accounts, though.
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Google Voice is not a VOIP service. Google Voice forwards calls dialed to your GV number to some other phone number(s), be they cell, land or sip/voip lines.
Your solution would only work if you have an active and functional sip/voip connection up and running on your phone full time.
GV text messages will work on data only accounts, though.
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i have vonage for home phone service is that good?
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i have vonage for home phone service is that good?
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No, that won't work. Your problem is that the phone has to have some way for the Google Voice server to send it a phone call. This is done by sending it to a phone number (or a gmail web account on a laptop/sesktop with the appropriate browser plug-in).
The phone number can be any phone number (land, cell, voip, sip, whatever).
If you cancel your voice service on the phone, the only way GV has to contact the phone is the data connection, which means you'll need a working SIP account.
The Nexus S does support SIP calling out of the box (but I'm not sure if it's over WiFi only). The setup for it is done in Settings, Call settings, Accounts. You'll need a server and account info. Then tell Google Voice to forward calls to that account, and they should forward to the phone that way (in theory).
Note the warning that having the phone receive internet calls (SIP) comes with a warning that it "reduces battery life." The reason for this is that to ensure you don't miss a call, a full time data connection will have to be maintained; this will be a serious battery drain on the phone I believe.
The point I was trying to make was that Google Voice is not really a VOIP solution the way traditional VOIP services are. It's more like one than it used to be now that you can actually make and receive calls from a web browser, but that won't work on the cell phone, especially for the incoming.
I may try setting up a SIP account on my phone to test this out sometime this week; but frankly, T-Mobile's 3G service is so spotty, especially inside buildings, that it would never serve as an acceptable voice service replacement. YMMV.
I use Google Voice with a data plan but no text plan. I do have a voice plan. You need to give out your GV number to everyone for texts, and then you can block texts through T-mobile and not worry about charges. GV doesn't support picture messaging and if someone sends you a picture message at your GV number it just disappears into the aether and doesn't notify you or the other person that it wasn't received.
There are ways of using GV without paying anything (detailed on this forum). Using a gizmo5 account allows for free incoming calls, and using an app to have your outgoing calls "call you back" on your gizmo5 account allows for free outgoing calls.
I have to disagree about the battery life and GV not being a true VOIP solution. With the addition of a SIP carrier of some kind (preferably gizmo5 for free calls) then it works well. Battery life is fine having my phone constantly registered with gizmo5 servers over data to accept incoming VOIP calls. No need to use a web browser.
But I have to agree with distortedloop about needing a high quality data connection. Unless you spend all your time near a 3g tower you're going to find plenty of times when you have no 3g data and therefore no good calling. You don't want to use VOIP over EDGE. It is nice that when I'm at home or office where I have my own reliable WIFI that I can use my cell without using any minutes. But I wouldn't trust it to be available when your car breaks down on some rural road.
Belarios said:
I use Google Voice with a data plan but no text plan. I do have a voice plan. You need to give out your GV number to everyone for texts, and then you can block texts through T-mobile and not worry about charges. GV doesn't support picture messaging and if someone sends you a picture message at your GV number it just disappears into the aether and doesn't notify you or the other person that it wasn't received.
There are ways of using GV without paying anything (detailed on this forum). Using a gizmo5 account allows for free incoming calls, and using an app to have your outgoing calls "call you back" on your gizmo5 account allows for free outgoing calls.
I have to disagree about the battery life and GV not being a true VOIP solution. With the addition of a SIP carrier of some kind (preferably gizmo5 for free calls) then it works well. Battery life is fine having my phone constantly registered with gizmo5 servers over data to accept incoming VOIP calls. No need to use a web browser.
But I have to agree with distortedloop about needing a high quality data connection. Unless you spend all your time near a 3g tower you're going to find plenty of times when you have no 3g data and therefore no good calling. You don't want to use VOIP over EDGE. It is nice that when I'm at home or office where I have my own reliable WIFI that I can use my cell without using any minutes. But I wouldn't trust it to be available when your car breaks down on some rural road.
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I agree with this.
GV is something I wouldn't rely on 100%.
I have the cheapest voice plan with unlimited data and text. When I make calls, I use GV and when I receive I have my voice. That works for me and I pay 67 a month.
I've got a AT&T flavor Nexus S that I purchased a pre-paid SIM for. I've got unlimited voice, text and paid extra for a data plan since it's a smartphone.
When I try to make an outgoing call using Google Voice it states, "Cannot complete your call, please try again." No matter how many times I try it will not work. If I dial with the number attached to the pre-paid SIM (which none of my contacts knows) it will work.
Any ideas?
User error, while receiving calls is not a problem, in order to make outgoing calls using Google Voice you need to set it up online to forward to the prepaid #.
I have an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S5 handset. I believe it was originally a Vodafone UK locked handset but I now use it on the Three UK network.
I have checked my first bill and noticed that various calls to an unknown number. In addition I haven't received any voicemail messages. I am assuming that the phone is forwarding calls to this 0330073XXX number.
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27 May 15:56 0330073XXX National Landline (Call Fwd) 00:01:00 Included £0.000
When I check all my diverts and calls forwarding on my handset, it shows my correct voicemail number.
When I call 0330073XXX I hear my voicemail message?
Is this a handset, app or provider issue?
Yesterday I switched from AT&T to T-Mobile with my Galaxy S7 Edge and cannot get Google Voice to work properly. I have followed all the instructions on the Google Voice website to no avail. That just sets up the Google Voice number for forwarding unanswered calls. I checked, and the settings show that unanswered calls are supposed to be forwarded to Google Voice. However, unanswered calls still go to T-Mobile voice mail, not Google Voice. I can dial Google Voice directly without any issues, so the number is working. Also, I have the latest (AT&T) update to Oreo, Android version 8.0. Is there any way to install Google Voice as the default voicemail in T-Mobile? It worked perfectly in AT&T, and speed-dial 1 went right to Google Voice.
I second this question
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