Comments on: Sign up for Google Voice outside the US

By: barq

barq — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:12:41 +0000

A few things have changed since this guide was written... you need a USA IP address to sign up with Google Voice. I used Hotspot Shield from anchorfree.com (free).

Gizmo5 is no longer accepting new users :( Sipgate.com currently require a US cell phone number from one of the major carriers to activate. I suppose buying an activated PAYG sim card from ebay might be one option.

IPKall take a few days to set up your account, but they will forward to a SIP URI anywhere and you don't have to fake anything to sign up. I've forwarded to a UK sip provider called draytel.org. I just had to give IPKall my numeric user ID and the draytel domain - easy.

I've also set up an account with ipcomms.net, a sip provider, who offer a free US number.

With both IPKall and IPcomms there are policies about the account being active or it gets shut down. My understanding is that each requires at least one incoming answered call per month.

By: hsibbur

hsibbur — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:04:31 +0000

Any idea how I can sign up to sipgate.com when I live outside the US?

By: hsibbur

hsibbur — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:04:31 +0000

Any idea how I can sign up to sipgate.com when I live outside the US?

By: penduboy

penduboy — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:46:48 +0000

Hi still having same problem. I am stuck at the very last step. I am getting a call from GV on my skype account on my PC as well as on my iphone but it is not accepting my 2 digit code, keep on asking me to enter my 2 digit code. Any idea what is wrong or I am missing something.

Pendu

By: tvnewswatch

tvnewswatch — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:11:17 +0000

Reading recent comments, I shall try the Ipkall route. Sipgate is just too confusing. Couldn't figure it at all and the software doesn't appear to work! Currently in China and by using Freegate have managed to circumvent the firewall and convince sites that the requests originate in the US. Without Freegate [which won't work outside PRC] nothing worked as regards GV.

By: tvnewswatch

tvnewswatch — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:02:47 +0000

Sadly it did not work. It got to stage 3 but Google Voice said the number must be a physical landline. Rather annoying, and I can't see any way round it.

By: penduboy

penduboy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:51:12 +0000

Hi Joe,

Thanks for your comment, I got call from GV on skype on my pc but it ask me to entre two digit code and when I press keys on the soft pad of skype it won't accept also i tried using my numeric key pad but no luck. I have tried 10-15 times but its not accepting the code and asking me again and again to enter my 2 digit code. Please help.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:55:48 +0000

I had to use IPKall to make this work. Follow the directions on Gizmo5 (ie: the server addresses) and forward your IPKall number to Gizmo5 which will then forward to Skype.

Once you have Google Voice set up, you can just add your Gizmo5 number directly to Google Voice, and bypass IPKall.

Thanks for the tutorial, can't wait for Google voice in Canada!

By: GV

GV — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:42:38 +0000

THIS NOT WORK
BAD TUTORIAL

By: penduboy

penduboy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:17:05 +0000

Do you have instructions how to forward ipkall phone number to gizmo and then to skype. I have ipkall phone number with 360 area code and i have gizmo 1-747 number.

Also, I test out my gizmo number after forworded it to my skype account. I called my 1747 gizmo number but i didn't hear any ring on my skype on my pc. Am I doing something wrong.

Please help!