Google Voice Offering SIP
Well, word is finally out about Google Voice's SIP availability. I for one am happy, sad, and scared all at the same time...
Well, I love it! I've been using Google Voice ever since I got the invite (early adopter). But as you can see as the details get out, the more attention this gets and that's when the cellular companies start thinking about ways to disable this feature since they'll be losing money on their precious minutes!
All You Really Need Is Data Service
Cellular plans are convoluted with plans that really benefit the cellular companies themselves. All companies do that for their services, and that is so irritating! You are forced to purchase minutes because the old (but current) model revolved around minutes. In the future, I'm hoping that you can purchase data-only plans since that is really what any person needs.
I really hope things all pan out for the best. I don't want to spend any more money than I need to.
How We Save Money On Our Phone Bills
All of our phone calls ("home phone" and cellular) go through Google Voice on a data line. At home, we typically just send/receive phone calls via our computers (that's why I said "home phone"). The same thing goes for our cellular phones except instead of Google Voice (GMail) we have a SIP client (csipsimple) installed on both of our phones and that handles the incoming/outgoing calls. The important piece is the routing via pbxes to have calls go through Google Voice. The tough part was that Google initially didn't have a SIP protocol, instead they used XMPP. This change should make things easier now.
The formula generally goes like this: Google Voice + http://pbxes.org
Post Script
No wonder I got an email about Google discontinuing Gizmo5!
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