Free phone service SipGate+Google voice

[rickyjo]

Google voice requires an existing phone to function in most cases, without a functional phone a VOIP solution like sipgate can be manipulated to fill in the gaps, or perhaps you know something I don't?

I believe it works differently with smart phones; however, not having a smart phone I cannot experiment. I believe I've heard that google voice on a wifi capable phone can be used stand-alone, but I'm not certain.

[Maniac Craniac]

Google voice requires an existing phone to function in most cases, without a functional phone a VOIP solution like sipgate can be manipulated to fill in the gaps, or perhaps you know something I don't?

Apparently, yes, I do know something that you don't.

The interface is a bit strange, but you can call through Google voice from your gmail page while the rest of the functions (texting, browsing your history, organizing contacts, listening to voicemails) are on the google voice page. A strange set up, but it all works just fine.