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My problem: I have a google voice number I am attached to. I moved into an apartment where I need to provide a local phone number for the door system. However, I cannot have multiple google voice accounts attached to my cell phone - therefore I can't forward those incoming calls from the new number to my cell.

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If you set your phone type as "Home" in your Google Voice settings instead of "Mobile", you can attach it to another Google Voice number. I currently do this with my front door callbox, and it works like a charm. I think the limit may be two Google Voice numbers to "Home" real-world phone number, though.

One caveat: Text messages will only be sent to phones listed as "Mobile". But I just get my text messages via the Google Voice app anyway, so this is actually a benefit to me (no duplicated texts).

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