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Gmail with Google Voice is like a cheaper Skype with multiple calls

Have you used Google Voice? How would you describe the experience?

I tried to sign up, but it asks you to choose a number and then just tells you "sorry" no other information.

I have had a Google Voice account since it was Grand Central and no problems. But recently I wanted to set up a GV account for a non-profit group I work with to allow multiple people to at least get notification of phone calls.

I set it up with my own cell number at first to get things going, then switched the main contact to someone else and deleted my account and number. Unfortunately (VERY unfortunately), for some reason GV still think that my cell number is somehow attached, and even more disturbing, it captures missed calls which are made direct to my cell number, and sends that the to the group voicemail in GV. More than a few confused people have asked me about this, so I tried calling my cell phone from various phones and saw that it does indeed send the caller to the now unrelated group.

I am still trying to figure out how to repair this, and without an actual customer service number or email at google to call, I am stuck.. My recommendation... DO NOT use Google Voice. It seems to be the one application where there are unacceptable and incorrectable bugs.

The sound quality on my Droid is not very good. When I use Google Voice on my MacBookPro, everyone remarks how clear the sound is, and that is without any supplemental hardware. It is also much more pleasant than holding the phone.