My Google Voice number

Today, I finally got a Google Voice number. I've been waiting for some time for the invite, so I got the first number that I was able to find that I remotely liked. Unfortunately, the choices were fairly limited. Fortunately, I got a number I'm satisfied with.

However, after changing some settings and doing some general THINKING, I came to realise that a Google Voice number would actually not be that good of a thing right now for me. First off, I'll actually use minutes to call other Verizon numbers. Also, they'll use minutes as well. Therefore, I'll hold off with major use of my Google Voice number for another year, until I get a new plan. I'm probably going to get a Family and Friends plan from Verizon, so, I'll just add my Google Voice Number to that, and predent it's not a Verizon phone. That way, I still get free calls. However, others will not, but that's more or less fine with me, because I don't call people very often, and that is why they have minutes in the first place.

The one nice feature right now of Google Voice that I plan to use a lot is the infinite text messaging. I only have 250 messages a month on my cell phone, but with Google Voice, I have infinite. Also, since I disabled forwarding text messages to my cell phone, I only receive them online. Since I'll have easy access to Wifi for pretty much the whole 5-6 years I'll be at Michigan, it should be easy to check my text messages. So if you want to send me a text message, unless it's extremly urgent, send it to my Google Voice number (if it's urgent, it might be better to send it to my phone directly). The number is listed on my Facebook profile, as "other."