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How to set up a GoogleVoice account outside the US. - http://www.gadgetell.com/tech...
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Yes, apparently this is possible. Also, for iPhone Users outside the US, I notice that only one Google Voice app is available, as of, today in the App Store (this refers to the Ireland store but I presumes applies elsewhere in the EU and perhaps further afield too): VoiceCentral. Because none of the other (Google Voice) apps are available in the App Store I have a faint suspicion that VoiceCentral might just have been placed in a non US app store by mistake. So if you're non resident in the US, feel like using a proxy to set up your GV account, are an iPhone user and don't mind a couple of Euro punt on this app then, if I were you, I'd pile into the AppStore and get me a copy of VoiceCentral before its pulled by Apple. Enjoy and remember, if it doesn't work, don't blame me. For the record I've downloaded myself a copy but haven't yet attempted to try to set up a GoogleVoice account, I haven't even got an invite yet (There's a hint in there: if anyone can advise me, or help, on how to get a GV invitation I'd be very thankful for your help)
- David Hall
from Bookmarklet
I set up a Google Voice account from Germany this weekend. I had to screen-share with a US colleague to get the initial registration done, afterward I used localphone.com to redirect calls. Voice Central works flawlessly.
- Lars Trieloff
Lars, thanks a million for the heads up on that. At least now I know another part of the picture for getting this done. I'm pretty jazzed at the thought of getting this set up. I'll report back on how I get on. Now to get one of those invites.
- David Hall
How can Robert Nelson's public-knowledge reminder to rely on unnamed US-proxies to set it up, along with his fine print[*], be considered anywhere near useful? Lars Trieloff sez that "Voice Central works flawlessly," but what's the value of potentially-critical service which one can never know how long it may last? [^*] "fine print: if you choose to go this route only to have Google...
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- ianf ⌘
I did setup my Google Voice account using Hotspot Shield and forward all call to my sipgate.com number and I have a truphone.com US number that I linked. and I use my BlackBerry to control Google Voice and send/receive SMS
- zsafwan
This is purely academic enquiry in my part, but how many discrete steps were required (each moment of entering a site, navigating to a specific page, filling/ entering username/ password in a form, submitting/ registering, etc, counts as one step) for you to complete the GV registration, including any previous regs you now merely invoked in order to set it up? 100? 200 discrete steps? I wonder…
- ianf ⌘
ianf, I'm not very far down the road with this so I can't offer any real response to the issues you raise. I made the original post because I happened upon this article the same morning I spotted this GoogleVoice app in the Ireland App Store. Normally Apple don't stock apps for services not supported in the market of any given app store. SO for those of a "hacky" mindset I thought I'd just put the word out and attach the necessary caveats. I'm as interested as you are in the responses to your post.
- David Hall
David, I'm not questioning any decisions any of you above may have made, I am merely trying to clarify certain usually-unmentioned things as much for others' sake, as for my own. I have not attempted this unofficial GV setup, and probably won't, because I have other, analogous experiences of past "bypass-ordinary-channel" services similar to that which seldom worked in the long run....
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- ianf ⌘
Well I hope everyone jumped on those GoogleVoice app while the going was good: http://www.macnn.com/article...
- David Hall
This article leaves out a significant part: If you don't have a US number you cannot complete the registration.
- Joe Breen
you can get a free SIP phone number from here sipgate.com
- zsafwan
Thanks so much. I got my invite today, and I am in canada. Crap. I can get to and sign up for it in Canada, but I don't want to spend the long discance charges.
- Zachary TG
Well I got my GoogleVoice invite today. Hooray! Hooray again that I grabbed that VoiceCentral app before it was pulled. Boo, I'm still not sure if I can get this to work in a practical way. I'm with a VOIP provider in Ireland and my package includes limitless free to the states, among numerous other places, but I haven't yet worked out the way, if any, I can get to use the GoogleVoice...
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- David Hall
Ok, I give in. I'm now with ianf ⌘ on this whole gig. I can't tell anyone if GoogleVoice hacking is worth the trouble or not because I've got nowhere near getting registered. I tried the SipGate route. I made several attempts to fill out their online form but at the bottom of the page the CAPTCHA text wouldn't render. Of course I was using a Proxy, several different ones to register so...
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- David Hall
But an invite is required... so...? Proxy is easy, just ssh into your US webhost.
- Paul Grav
Paul, thanks, I have the invite already and I got it using a proxy, that bit was easy. I only have the haziest notion of what ssh means so I'll postpone attempting that until my understanding catches up a bit. I suppose its possible that in practice the process "can" be as easy as Gadgetell portray, its just that in my experience it isn't. Maybe it would be a breeze if I knew more about this "ssh-ing" but I don't and Gadgetell didn't suggest any competence in ssh-ing" was needed.
- David Hall
Well, if you have a webhost in the US, just open a terminal and type: ssh -D 1080 mywebhost.com Then fire up Firefox and change the socks host to 127.0.0.1 and 1080 for the port. Lifehacker has a more complete guide: http://lifehacker.com/237227...
- Paul Grav
from IM
What about the fact that international numbers are not accepted? I'm in Canada, and yeah, I had no problem signing up, proxy-style. However, it won't allow me to route my calls to my area code. I foolishly accepted a number in an outside area code (American) close to my locale, and now I'm stuck giving it a routing number that it won't accept. I think I should have waited and done it...
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- timedalkat
Paul, thanks for the tip, I really appreciate the info. I actually don't, yet, know how to do any of that. I'm posting from the phone at the moment but I'll be sure to check out the lifehacker link you provided when I'm back at the Mac. I might leave it a day or two to give myself a break because I got a bit pissed off with the whole process today and perhaps need a bit of a breather....
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- David Hall
from BuddyFeed
timedalcat, you raise a good point and one that's already crossed my mind. Sorry to say I can't, yet, help you on this one. I'm not even close to being that far through the process yet myself and consider such concerns an extravagant luxury at this stage . My own local Irish number is with an Irish Sip service but I haven't even worked out how to configure GV (assuming I even make it...
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- David Hall
from BuddyFeed
The article is crap, it basically tells you to setup a proxy but that alone isn't sufficient to setup a Google Voice account. During the setup you select a Google Voice number but you need to forward calls to your own phone, which will inevitably have an international number and only US numbers are supported.
- Paul Grav
I would think the simple way to get around any US IP address requirements would be to have someone in the US setup a TOR hidden service that points to the GV registration. It wouldn't have the same kinds of limitations as typical proxies. (I'm not the Robert Nelson of the article btw)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
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Last week the Irish Internet Association hosted a workshop to help them develop a white paper on business podcasting. Today the event was featured in the Irish Times. This article on my blog includes a link to the Irish Times article, a podcast of the event and a link to the white paper. - http://www.krishnade.com/blog...
PodCamp Ireland #030: Creating And Distributing Video Online At Facebook - Mar 04,2009 - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Podcamp...
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PodCamp Ireland #029: Creative Conversations On Twitter - Mar 03,2009 - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Podcamp...
PodCamp Ireland #028: Creating An Online Community Through Groups At LinkedIn - Feb 19,2009 - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Podcamp...
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PodCamp Ireland #027: Getting The Most Out Of LinkedIn For Your Business - Feb 11,2009 - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Podcamp...
PodCamp Ireland #027 - Feb 11,2009 - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Podcamp...
PodCamp Ireland #26 - Digital Marketing And How New Media Can Help Connect Us With History - Feb 04,2009 - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Podcamp...
EirePreneur: Case study: successful use of social media by Irish not-for-profit - http://eirepreneur.blogs.com/eirepre...
The Rose Project is a Dublin based charity that helps people with HIV and AIDS in Eastern Africa. They are a practical no nonsense organisation who provide relief and in many cases, fund projects, that no other aid organisation will go to. Maryrose Lyons and Brightspark Consulting were commissioned to update the project's online presence in 2008 and achieved particular success with their Twitter campaign.
- Philip Tomlinson
from Bookmarklet
PodCamp Ireland #26 - Feb 04,2009 - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Podcamp...
PodCamp Ireland #25: Promoting Your Podcast - Jan 29,2009 - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Podcamp...
The Sunday Business Post in Ireland is on Twitter @sundaybusiness and has a link to its Twitter account in it's feed page - http://www.sbpost.ie/rss/
“Business use of Twitter covered in the Sunday Business Post in Ireland” - http://friendfeed.com/e...
PodCamp Ireland #25 - Jan 29,2009 - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Podcamp...
If you have a blog or podcast that you are using Feedburner to create the feed, it's critical you read this article about the transfer of feeds from Feedburner to Google by the 28 February 2009. - https://www.google.com/support...
PodCamp Ireland #25 - Jan 21,2009 - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Podcamp...
PodCamp Ireland #23 - Jan 14,2009 - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Podcamp...
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Neville Hobson @jangles and Shel Holtz @shel hosted a blog talk radio show yesterday about corporate blogging and had some interesting panelists including @stevebaker, @johncass, @maxkalehoff, @lionelatdell, @jbernoff, @rickmurray - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FIR...
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- Krishna De
“Looking for a mix of Twitter and Blogging - you want to write more than 140 characters and add links and rich media then you might want to try Twitblogs.com - though some of the functionality is not live at the moment - for example I could not amend my profile. You can sign in with your Twitter ID - http://www.twitblogs.com/login
I have found though that you can add more than 140 characters when posting in FriendFeed which you can also syndicate to Twitter and other sites - however you might want to try it out.
- Krishna De
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