一个号码走天下 --- GOOGLE VOICE NUMBER
(2011-09-09 10:50:12)
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许多人对自己的电话号码情有独钟,必然导致每换一个电话公司都要转号,否则你原来的号码就没了。
其实花$20,这个问题就基本解决了:把你的号码转到GOOGLE去。只要GOOGLE不倒闭,这个谷歌电话号码(GOOGLE VOICE NUMBER)就是你的,没人拿得走。放心大胆地最后一次通知你的亲朋好友,你的电话号码永远不会变改。(这个永远的前提是只要GOOGLE还存在)
你的号码从你的座机或手机转到GOOGLE以后,你原来的座机或手机自然就没有号码了,服务也就停止了。这时你就要跟你的电话公司要一个新号码。新号码到手后,你登录到你的GOOGLE帐户,在你的GOOGLE VOICE号码下,你可以加上这个新号码(你一共可以加五个)。别人自然不知道,也不用知道你的新号码,当他们拨你的GOOGLE VOICE NUMBER,你的座机或手机就会响。
不过,当你用你的座机或手机打出的时候,你要多走一步,别人的来电号码显示才会显示你的GOOGLE VOICE NUMBER。你如果不多走这一步,直接拨打你要打的号码,那么对方看到的就是你的新号码,他们有可能因为不认识这个号码而不接电话。这只是GOOGLE VOICE众多功能中的一个,其它还有许多,我就不一一说明了,去这里仔细研究吧: http://www.google.com/support/voice/
转手机号码很容易,座机要多费一步,先把它转为手机号。下边是网上找来的一个介绍,如何把座机号转为手机号,然后再转为谷歌电话号码。
Can home phone numbers be ported to Google Voice?
According to Google, no. In their Number Porting FAQs here’s what they say. “Can a landline be ported at this time? No, we currently are unable to port landline numbers.”
That’s not exactly true though. Google cannot port a landline number directly, but it can be done. You can first port your home number to a mobile service and then to Google Voice.
I ported my Vonage number to an AT&T GoPhone. It requires no contract and only cost me $10, which included free 2-day shipping. During the purchase process you have the option to specify whether you want a new number or to port your current number. Once the phone arrived, I activated it, which completed the port process. I then immediately ported the number to Google Voice. I never bought any prepaid minutes for the GoPhone nor made any calls with it. Be sure to port the number to Google Voice right after the temporary mobile account has been setup. The reason is that Google has a verification process, which is required before the port can be completed. They call the number you are trying to port. You must answer and enter a 2-digit code they display on-screen. If you do it quick enough it will ring your old phone, in my case it rang the Vonage phone. That way you never have to add minutes to the prepaid phone. If for some reason it doesn’t work that smooth for you, the worst case scenario would be having to add a few minutes. The verification call takes just 10 seconds. Google does charge a one-time fee of $20 for number porting.