Comments on: Howto: Google Voice in Canada

By: george

george — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:46:20 +0000

Awesome! Glad to hear it worked out for you (mostly).

So this is one of the failings of the current system and how it works. Until Google starts giving out Canadian numbers this will be a problem.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:21:28 +0000

Thanks George,
I tried the hotspotsheild and it worked great! I set up a google number and i forwarded it to my 403 alberta number. But I am still having one problem, I when I call using my iphone through the google voice webapp it would call a US number using my cell phone and connect me to the number i dialed on the webapp. But this is not free at all because I have to pay long distance to call that US number on my phone. Why is it on the computer it just dials through the internet but on the iphone it would call using my cell phone?

By: george

george — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:57:42 +0000

Hi Anthony,

Thanks for the update. I’ll be updating this guide to incorporate the new twist that this “gmail voice” has given us.

Basically what you’re seeing is the restricted google voice because you’re in Canada. If you were in the US, you’d see a “get a google number” button in the left panel of google voice which would allow you to set up a number. This is because google voice is geoblocked in Canada, and is also the reason why it doesn’t work on your iPhone.

The solution is to visit google voice from a US IP address. You can try the proxy on this site, but it hasn’t quite worked due to javascript issues I think. It seems like a VPN is needed, so try out hotspotshield.

As for the iphone, try using the opera mini browser as that goes through an opera site.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:52:04 +0000

I’m in Alberta, Canada and google voice works for me on my computer. But I never got any invites or emails from google. How did you guys set up a phone number? I don’t get the option in my google voice account. Also google voice does not work on my iphone but works on my computer. On my iphone the webapp shows up but it says, “Loading…Network request failed” and I cannot make any calls. Anyone else have the same issues as me?

By: george

george — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:24:34 +0000

Testing forum integration

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Gmail Voice Launches - Make Phone Calls Using A Browser | wifitalk.ca — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:35:52 +0000

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By: JAMIE

JAMIE — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:31:40 +0000

that sux, does anyone know the actual reason google voice and also skype cannot provide this service. I feel it has something to do with the ctrc. Can someone murder a few of them , im tired of feeling like a toddler being told what content i can get on my sattelite and what communication services i can subscribe to. Who’s with me !

By: george

george — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:36:47 +0000

JAMIE: Just get someone to phone that google voice number. It’ll forward to the phone number you set up.

This is why it’s not such a great option until google lets it work in Canada… no Canadian number that other people can call.

By: JAMIE

JAMIE — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:34:13 +0000

Well i have it all set up. It works to make outgoing calls . But how does someone call me. ???

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:08:39 +0000

Texting for free from my HTC Legend from Bell. I have no plan yet, but with Voice, I might not get one at all!