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With a few clicks, you can have people call the regular phone number that you've been using all these years, without having to teach them to call a different number just so you can use Google Voice and all its Gmail-like features. Simply go to Phone, Settings, and if you see "change/port" next to your phone number, you're in luck. Click that and you'll soon be done.

Easy enough, except for that $20 charge you'll have to pay to make it happen. Keep in mind that if you do select that option and pay your $20, whichever landline or cellphone provider you were paying to use that phone number before might want to charge you an early termination fee. Buyer beware.

On the other hand, this long-awaited feature will make it a lot easier for new users of Google Voice to adapt to the service. It'll be simple to just drop your old service automatically by paying the $20 and importing that number to Google Voice. UPDATE: But you'll still need that service to keep the 10-digital phone number. After all, you have to pay someone for that cellphone or land line service.


[Via BGR]

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