NEW New $10/mo. Google Voice Plan

[wardmundy]

Anyone else seeing this? Or am I late to the party??

 

[wardmundy]

And finally Google has a SIP offering in some countries.

 

[kenn10]

I think there is too much competition for them this late in the game. Also, not offering SIP in the US is still a poor choice on their part but doubtless related to FCC requirements on some level.

Microsoft Teams has lead Google in this game for some time.

 

[chris_c_]

Google supports SIP phones in the US.

Google Voice uses "SIP Link" - similar to Microsoft Teams Direct Routing - to operate in restrictive countries by functioning strictly as a software application layer, passing all legal, regulatory, and physical telephone network "PSTN" responsibilities to a locally licensed carrier.

Instead of acting as a first-party telecom provider, Google utilizes "Bring Your Own Carrier" BYOC. This separation allows Google to bypass heavy local telecom restrictions in certain countries.

The SIP Link subscription-only countries are listed by region:

APAC	EMEA	LATAM
Australia	Finland	Argentina
Hong Kong	Israel	Brazil
Indonesia	Norway	Chile
Malaysia	Romania	Colombia
New Zealand	South Africa	Mexico
Philippines		Peru
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam

 

[Samot]

This separation allows Google to bypass heavy local telecom restrictions in certain countries.

It does not. Not sure how Telecom Carrier -> Certified SBC (instead of customer PBX) -> Google Voice is actually by passing any telecom restrictions. What the customer does with the call after they receive it on their SBC isn't a concern of the carrier. So since the relationship is still Local Carrier <> Customer the regulations still are applied. What Google gets around is becoming a licensed telecom carrier **themselves** in that region.

The carrier has no idea that the call is being sent to Google Voice because they have no part in that routing.

 

[chris_c_]

That's what I meant. Google acquires customers in those countries without having to become a regulated local carrier inside each of those countries... essentially bypassing the local heavy telecom restrictions by offering a Bring Your Own Carrier deal to local customers.

 

[Samot]

essentially bypassing the local heavy telecom restrictions

Nothing skirts or bypasses those restrictions. In the SIP Link scenario Google Voice is nothing more than a cloud application that provides PBX voice features. The actual SIP Trunk that Google Voice connects to still is subject to all regulations and laws of the region. SIP Link just shifts responsibility of following and enforcing those regulations to the BYOC carrier.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

they only sent it to 1 of my gmail accounts, i have 3 google voices, and only 1 account got that a few days ago. i passed on it.

 

[Jake]

I think there is too much competition for them this late in the game. Also, not offering SIP in the US is still a poor choice on their part but doubtless related to FCC requirements on some level.

Microsoft Teams has lead Google in this game for some time.

It does look like they offer SIP Link in the US and it works with Google Fi??