You have probably heard about Google Voice and you were curious to test this new and exciting service. The first step is to get an invite. After a while (more then a week) you’ll get an email from Google saying that you were accepted to use Google Voice. There is also a notice to the bottom of the email saying:
Please note that Google Voice is only available for sign up in the US.
And, if you click on the activation link you get the following message:
This means that if you are leaving outside US you have to use a trick to activate your account.
Here are the steps necessary to activate your Google Voice account:
- Get a free USA incoming number as described here.
- Use HideIPVPN, Hotspot Shield, Ultrasurf or NotMyIP to get a US IP address. Then delete your cookies and open the Google Voice invite activation link in your web-browser.
- Login using your Google account and you follow the first step to choose a number.
- Then you will now need to enter a PIN code.
- During step 3 you will get prompted for a USA phone number where you can receive the call and confirm your account. Enter the free US phone number you reserved by following the steps described here.
- Click Call Me Now and you will receive the call on your desktop Sipgate softphone.
- Press the “Accept” button.
- Then activate the Keypad/Dialpad and enter your confirmation code the two digit confirmation code from Step 6 above.
- And …
[Via Megaleacher.net]
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I just signed up to Google Voice and I’m in Argentina. Hot Spot Shield worked beautifully, and it also allowed me to watch Hulu. I have a Skype number with an NYC area code, so I just used that. The only thing is that my computer is doing some funny things ever since I activated Hot Spot. Ads are popping up on my browser left and right, which is quite annoying. And every time I’m at the Google Search page it redirects me to Ask.com This is the worst I think. Mind you, all the privacy settings on my browser are high and I have the AdBlock plug-in. Still, I guess it’s the price I have to pay and hopefully these nuances will eventually be fixed. I’m sure there will be plenty of complains because of this.
I take it back. The side effects of Hot Spot Shield are way too annoying to deal with. After you sign up to Google Voice it really doesn’t seem like you need to have Hot Spot installed to continue using it. I just uninstalled it. I felt like I had no control over my browser. And Hulu stopped working after a while too.
@Michelle – Indeed Hotspot Shield comes witha lot of ads, but it should not pop up if you disable it. Anyway, you can uninstall it after you have activated Google Voice. You will not need it any further.
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Hi, i’m stuck in the us number… I tried to get sipgate but when i go to the sign up screen it asks me to put a cel (us) number so that they will send a message to confirm that im from us…
@Richard – Yeah I just got as far as Sipgate to find it’s asking for a cell number now so they can text a registration… damn! I had paid $5 for the Ace VPN account because those are no longer free either
This sort of advice needs updating or deleting. It is clear that you can’t get a sipgate US number now as they require cellphone confirmation. Other parts of the advice refer to obsolete versions of software and some of the proxy advice (ultrasurf) is strongly thought to be malware. I would welcome some 2010 advice on Google Voice accessibility outside US!!
Anyone have anything?
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