how lame... can i cheat???
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mattbiernat
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how lame... can i cheat???
i just got invited to Google voice but i am not in currently in the states so i can't take advantage of it... anyway to cheat my IP address so that it looks like i am in the U.S?
Re: how lame... can i cheat???
It's called a proxy. There are a ton of options ranging from free websites that "frame" the site you want to go to, to private, pay per month VPN solutions. A search for "free proxy" on google will probably help you.
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hausman
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Re: how lame... can i cheat???
Here's one procedure: http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/show ... p?t=760779
I haven't tested this myself so YMMV.
I haven't tested this myself so YMMV.
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mattbiernat
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Re: how lame... can i cheat???
there was an easier way by using Tor. Anybody in here uses Tor? I need some help setting it up.
Re: how lame... can i cheat???
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Last edited by qviri on Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: how lame... can i cheat???
It's hardly easier if you need help, isn't it?mattbiernat wrote:there was an easier way by using Tor. Anybody in here uses Tor? I need some help setting it up.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
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Re: how lame... can i cheat???
Proxies tend to be slow and unreliable. If you really want to use google voice a paid VPN service is really the only way to go. Otherwise just wait until your back stateside.
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mattbiernat
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Re: how lame... can i cheat???
well i got myself hotshield which does the job of a proxy and i can now access google voice. all i have to do now is get a US phone number from IPKall. after I do that my family in the states will be able to call me under my new US phone number which will get forwarded here to dominica. that way they will not pay a $1.50 per minute but a local phone fee. hopefully this will workvisionviper wrote:Proxies tend to be slow and unreliable. If you really want to use google voice a paid VPN service is really the only way to go. Otherwise just wait until your back stateside.
Re: how lame... can i cheat???
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Re: how lame... can i cheat???
What's wrong with Skype?
We're (video)calling from the US to our friends/family (who also have Skype) all over Europe for free.
We're (video)calling from the US to our friends/family (who also have Skype) all over Europe for free.
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Re: how lame... can i cheat???
Another vote for Skype. It works really well.
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mattbiernat
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Re: how lame... can i cheat???
it does not give me a free phone number and does not have call forwarding. it does not translate my voicemail.what's wrong with skype
yeah but people are too lazy to punch in 25 different numbers into a phone.qviri wrote:Or they could have just gotten any number of calling cards at any grocery store checkout...
Re: how lame... can i cheat???
So little time, so many problems. 
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Re: how lame... can i cheat???
Skype do have call forwarding, but it is not free. It does also have voicemail, which, of course, not free either... What do you need translation of your voicemail for? 
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mattbiernat
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Re: how lame... can i cheat???
yeah but it only forwads skype number to another phone. i need to forward a non skype phone number to my cell phone number.
i need voicemail translation because i never check my voicemail and my parents don't know how to text message.
i need voicemail translation because i never check my voicemail and my parents don't know how to text message.
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