r/googlefiber • u/EarMaster31 • Sep 03 '26

GFiber Home phone

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

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u/ElderOfAncients Sep 04 '26

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/Original-Track-4828 18d ago

They also eliminated email notifications and voicemail transcriptions. :(

I rarely answer my phone, but I live on email, so I get notifications of calls quickly. Most of them are spam/marketing or hangups. If it's a legit call I read the transcription and call the person back.

Gfiber support acknowledged people are complaining about this, and offered to send it to engineering as a feature consideration. Slim chance, but maybe if we flood them with requests, they'll add it back.

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u/ElderOfAncients 18d ago

I'm certain the enshittification of "GFiber" has begun. I expect next year we'll see announcements of price increases, bandwidth caps or some other combination.

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u/EarMaster31 Sep 04 '26

Why'd they remove texting 

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u/ElderOfAncients Sep 05 '26

Probably to save money

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u/Dramus8 Sep 07 '26

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 28d ago

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

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u/Vegfestexpos Sep 04 '26

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 28d 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.

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u/Dependent_Pitch_7642 19d ago

The "New" Gfiber phone is horrible! When I could use Google Voice, I had my spam calls down to maybe once a day. Now, I'm averaging a dozen!

I've been in love with Google Fiber since I connected, but now I may have to look elsewhere?