Solve : Free second phone number from Google. Really free??

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Answer» I just got a second phone number from Google. But it is not inside my own AREA code. Doesn't matter, it does not cost anything. Or does it? I don't get it. How can they give out free phone numbers for almost anybody? Here is something I found: Quote The old standby for free phone service, Google Voice lets anyone with a Google account choose a phone number and then gives you plentiful options for managing calls made to that number. Most likely, you'll want them to ring your MOBILE phone. But calls can also be routed to one or more additional lines: office, home, etc. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/apps-that-give-your-phone-a-second-number/ That CNET post says that a lot of companies are doing something like what Google does. Let anybody have a number you can use as f it really is his own. Well, I got the extra number from Google. It is on my ANDROID tablet. I have to be on Wi-Fi for it to work. It is in another area code so I have to dial using the full ten digit number. (Here in the USA we use 10 digits to cal inside the USA.) No problem, my fingers can do it, just three more digits. But here is my question. Is this for real? Where is this going? What if everybody did this. Are there enough numbers available? Who pays for the numbers? Can I get a number for my pet? Maybe I could strap a tiny Android to my dog, cat or GOAT so that when my pet is out of my sight I can ring it.. Why on tablet? I followed this way: Set up an entirely new number on Google Voice. Don't connect it to your mobile number. Once it's set up, have it forward to your mobile number. It'll give you a 2 digit code, call your mobile number and you'll have to enter that 2 digit number into your mobile phone, to verify that the number you forwarded to is really you. From then on, when someone calls your Google Voice number, it'll ring on your mobile phone. (You can forward to more than one number at a time, so your mobile phone, your home phone and your wife's phone will all ring when someone calls your GV number.)Nice tip. Thanks.

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I just got a second phone number from Google. But it is not inside my own AREA code. Doesn't matter, it does not cost anything. Or does it?
I don't get it. How can they give out free phone numbers for almost anybody?
Here is something I found:
Quote

The old standby for free phone service, Google Voice lets anyone with a Google account choose a phone number and then gives you plentiful options for managing calls made to that number.
Most likely, you'll want them to ring your MOBILE phone. But calls can also be routed to one or more additional lines: office, home, etc.

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/apps-that-give-your-phone-a-second-number/
That CNET post says that a lot of companies are doing something like what Google does. Let anybody have a number you can use as f it really is his own.

Well, I got the extra number from Google. It is on my ANDROID tablet. I have to be on Wi-Fi for it to work. It is in another area code so I have to dial using the full ten digit number. (Here in the USA we use 10 digits to cal inside the USA.) No problem, my fingers can do it, just three more digits.

But here is my question. Is this for real? Where is this going? What if everybody did this. Are there enough numbers available? Who pays for the numbers?

Can I get a number for my pet? Maybe I could strap a tiny Android to my dog, cat or GOAT so that when my pet is out of my sight I can ring it..
Why on tablet?
I followed this way:
Set up an entirely new number on Google Voice. Don't connect it to your mobile number.

Once it's set up, have it forward to your mobile number. It'll give you a 2 digit code, call your mobile number and you'll have to enter that 2 digit number into your mobile phone, to verify that the number you forwarded to is really you.

From then on, when someone calls your Google Voice number, it'll ring on your mobile phone. (You can forward to more than one number at a time, so your mobile phone, your home phone and your wife's phone will all ring when someone calls your GV number.)Nice tip. Thanks.

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