* You can only call other people running Messenger for iOS--which in my case, is only three or four of the people I've chatted with lately. One possible reason: Facebook chats often represent an unwanted intrusion.

* Nobody can call you from outside of Facebook--unlike Google Voice and Skype, which give you a real number reachable from other phones, VoIP or not.

* Unless you're on a mostly-data plan like T-Mobile's (great!) $30 prepaid deal, you probably already have more voice minutes than you'll ever use. Note the use of the word "yet", though.]]> facebook voip https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:53101f6fdfcd/ 2012-10-20T21:02:40+00:00 http://www.sultansolutions.com/google-voice-lost-number/ guardiantechIt took a few minutes for the initial shock to ware off, I reassured myself that it must be a simple mix-up and a quick phone call to Google Support would straighten everything out. I went searching through the Google voice support page to try to find an email address or phone number where I could get a hold of a Google voice rep. After looking around for close to half an hour I realized there wasn’t any way to directly get a hold of Google. The only way to report an issue with Google voice was to use their support forum. Uh-oh.]]> business google phone voip customerservice https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:89dd1e978b5f/ 2011-08-22T08:02:51+00:00 http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/21/skype-to-acquire-year-old-group-messaging-service-groupme/ guardiantech skype groupme voip messaging joshhalliday https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:06c5b17f6387/ 2011-04-19T21:30:14+00:00 http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2011/04/19/t-mobiles-bobsled-is-a-free-facebook-based-voip-app/ guardiantech
Curious. Just what is T-Mobile up to?]]> tmobile facebook voip joshhalliday https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:c463e59eaa4c/