Using the Google Voice service, you can now handle all your communications from one interface and make and receive calls on any of your phones. If you do not have your phone with you, you can now just use your computer to place a call. Or if you are in a location where the cell phone reception is not optimum, you can use Google Voice.
The new system also works internationally. Phone companies hope you are going to pay roaming charges, but if you use Google Voice, you don't have to do that any longer. You can instead just use your computer to make and receive your phone calls.
Gmail users probably welcome the service. Other companies, like Skype will most likely be scared stiff.
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In order to place a call, you only have to click the "Call phone" link in Gmail and then enter the destination number or the name of the person from your address book.
Calls within the US and Canada are free and for international calls the prices per minute range from $0.02 to $0.98. A call to Argentina, Australia, Brazil or China costs for example two pennies per minute, while a call to Cuba is $0.98, but probably not a lot of people call Cuba on a regular basis, unless you happen to have friends and family there. But even then the price of $0.98 is a penny better then the competition. The other prices seem in line with the competition.
In order to make calls from your Gmail account, you need a Google Voice number. This number will be used as your caller ID also.
Here is a video, giving you some further (funny) insight into the Google Voice service.
The new service is available for U.S. users starting today on some accounts and all U.S Gmail accounts should have it within the next couple days. Once you see the "Call phones" link on your Gmail page, you can start to play around with it. You can get more information and updates on gmail.com/call
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