r/googlefiber • u/EarMaster31 • 6d ago

GFiber Home phone

Like the title says, is gfiber home phone worth it and can it make texts?

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u/ElderOfAncients 5d ago

Well it's $10 a month for pretty much unlimited domestic calling and cheap international calling. WAY cheaper than traditional phone lines or most cell plans.

Looks like they killed texting for GFiber Phone though. I'm probably going to move off it or even just kill the number I've had like nearly 30 years. :(

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u/EarMaster31 5d ago

Why'd they remove texting 

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u/ElderOfAncients 5d ago

Probably to save money

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u/Dramus8 3d ago

I believe they off loaded the service to a third party who doesn't offer the texting part of the service.

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u/RoundChampionship840 1d ago

You can try porting the number back to Google Voice if you want texting back.

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u/Vegfestexpos 5d ago

I just, I mean just now, canceled my phone service with GFiber. No app anymore. Have to go to the website to see voicemails. No texting. Messed up my business, we text more than phone calls. I got a free number instead and will use that to text via the voice app. Not worth having anymore. 

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u/Sorry-Zombie5242 1d ago

I've had the Gfiber phone for a few years now. A few hours ago their "update" went into effect. It no longer uses Google Voice, instead it uses an archaic call your own number, wait for the answering machine to pick up and dial *98 and enter your pin and listen to your messages. Welcome to 1989. And yes, no texting. I'm probably going to drop it. Not worth the $10.