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Service disruptions are inevitable.

Google Voice is free what more can you ask for?

Google Voice running on an iPhone.

I dont need yet another subscription to pay out of pocket each month.

This is basically a forwarding service to your phone.

I cant stress enough about how its free, so theres no extra out of pocket expense for it.

Google Voice running on an iPhone.

Since everything is managed and saved to the cloud, everything remains the same across all of my devices.

And alternatively, I can also log into any web net surf tool.

Still prone to outages, but its a backup

Is Google Voice susceptible to outages like Verizon?

Google Voice

Absolutely, but I havent experienced a single one for as long as I can remember.

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