Google voice has been in the news recently because of the Apple snub, but it is getting rave reviews otherwise. In addition, it looks like you can use it to significantly lower your cell phone bill:

Unlimited Cell Phone Calling Using Google Voice

For this idea to work, you need to have a cell phone plan that allows you to designate one or more numbers for free incoming calls. Once you have that, the article demonstrates how to configure Google voice to accept free cell phone calls from anyone. As the article points out:

If you are my dad who uses less than 20 minutes a month this is not worth the time, but if you are a heavy user who has a very large plan it could allow you to drop down one or two tiers in pricing. This could be a savings of $40 or more per month for some people. When I started using this strategy I saw my minute usage drop over 600 minutes on average each month.

That’s a big savings, assuming cell phone companies don’t catch on and block it.

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