Google Voice lets you call within the US for free.
Details:
Just checked out the gizmo5 configuration page, it now has a Google Voice section where you can input your GV username and password. What this does is when you setup a VoIP application or phone with your Gizmo5 login information (make SURE you are using the 10+1 digit gizmo5 phone number to login, not the gizmo5 username), you get free outgoing calling (direct dial)! No more using a separate application or the web to call your gizmo5 number first with your GV #. Just pick a contact and call away. This is great news that gizmo5 and google are collaborating together. I forsee another google takeover soon (I hope).
I tested this with Siphon (iPhone app, from Cydia – free, allows calls over 3gedge) and was able to make outgoing calls right from the VoIP app – before I had to open GVMobile (separate app to call your Gizmo number first before placing the outgoing call), otherwise it would state “you have no gizmo5 outgoing credit, etc”.
Works perfectly with Sipdroid for all android phones, must install the version off there site http://sipdroid.org/ if you want to utilitize 3G/Edge calling, if not the version on the market uses Wlan and works just as well. Use setting below
Steps:
1) Login to your gizmo5 (www.gizmo5.com) account page
2) enter your GV username and password
3) Go to your SIPVoip Deviceapplication and enter the following: (or just download the gizmo5 application)
-Username: your 10+1 digit Gizmo5 number found on your Gizmo account page
-Password: enter your password
-Server: proxy01.sipphone.com
4) Login to GV and add your Gizmo5 number and verify it – pick up the call when you receive it and enter the verification code
DONE – free, easy to use outgoing and incoming calls with your GV number! Everything works great, when you call out, it shows your GV #, and when ppl call your GV #, it should ring your gizmo5 account!
You can also buy an ATA addon and hook up your landline phone to it and use the same settings! Been reading forums and it seems that the Linksys PAP2 NA is the recommended ATA: PAP2 NA on eBay (But be careful with ebay PAP2’s as listed above. High rate of defects.As reported by many on DSL Reports [google.com])
If you’ve never heard of gizmo5, they allow unlimited incoming calls. Now this is where Google Voice steps in and the magic happens, whenever you want to call someone via GV, it requires it to call your phone, and then use GV to call out – so basically every call incoming and outgoing, is really incoming. Gizmo5 just made it 100 times easier with this integration and now no callin is required to dial out.
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see screenshot for gizmo account page w/the google voice option
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Also there is an Error in regards to “landline” description for the ATA. I believe the person means your POTS phones with the FXS port. FXO is to connect to the CO landline. The Linksys SPA-3102 will do this. $69.98 at Amazon. This way you can still have your Telco line come into the device for everyone that has your landline number, and call route out VoIP for outgoing Calls
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Detailed Tutorial with Pictures! [jrin.net]
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For iPhone Users:
Be sure NOT to use Nimbuzz if using iphone. It is not able to verify your GV account link to gizmo since you cannot dial the code GV gives you (there is no dialpad). Also, I was unable to call out using Nimbuzz – dialing out did nothing other than it pretending to call out. I was able to receive incoming calls though.
Siphon from Cydia worked flawlessly.
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For Android Users:
http://gizmo5.com/guava.html?loc=guava
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For those of you who still confused, take a look at this diagram.
http://img198.imageshack.us/img19…gphone.png
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