Google Voice, explained

I consider myself a power-user of this app and make heavy use of nearly all the features. My girlfriend (non-technical) also is able to use Google Voice with ease.

Custom voice mails for specific callers make my day when she sets up a special message just for me.

I've been using it for a while, but it's nigh uselss to me. I can send and recieve SMS and get voicemail but, being in the UK, I can't do anything else. VOIP involving Google Talk would be the absolute charm.

We need landline-to-GV number porting, pronto!

The only problem is that we'll probably need to generate a whole buncha new phone numbers for the people that want to keep the old landlines for incoming Google Voice calls. C'mon. 10 new area codes can't be THAT hard!

I already know what it is and how to use it. I just want an account. I'm been waiting for my invite for a while now.

I'm a pretty heavy user of Skype, but I would switch in an instant for that call blocking functionality.