Google Voice: Get a Phone Number in an Area Code of Your Choice

I just discovered (through the advice of my tech-savvy daughter) that you don’t have to put your home or cell phone number on your website for the whole world to see and use. There is a nifty new option available through Google, called Google Voice. With Google Voice you can get an assigned telephone number in almost any area code you desire. If you want a New York City area code, as I did, you can obtain one without paying for another phone line (if you don’t live in NYC). In order to get a Google Voice account, you need to have a Gmail account, which is easy to obtain. I reviewed the specifics about call forwarding to see if I would incur any additional charges. The minutes used would count as my anytime minutes. However, since Google Voice forwards the incoming call to your cell phone, home phone, or any or all of your phones, you won’t have to pay any forwarding charges. You might want to read the specs for your specific cell phone provider as each one is a little different. All in one, I have found Google Voice to be a reasonable solution to my problem. Here’s a link to some additional information. google.com/googlevoice/about.html

Hope you found this useful.