hereiam™ and Google Voice

The other day, my brother mentioned to me that when he talks to colleagues about how great hereiam™ is for saving money and making it easier for doing business when mobile, he sometimes gets the response that Google Voice does this for free. Well, sorry to burst the bubble here but this is simply not true. It’s not an ‘apple to apple’ comparison. Sure, Google and Android smartphones are able to offer some voice enabled calls but you have to be extremely clever in being able to use it and you’re limited by a number of factors including using your computer or being in wi-fi hot spots. It doesn’t apply to your cell when outside your calling area because you’re charged roaming by your carrier.

Here’s a real example. Last night, my brother was travelling in Canada and called me with hereiam™. His hereiam™ call (47 minutes) cost him $2.35 whereas if he didn’t use hereiam™ it would have cost him $18.80 just for that one call. hereiam™ more than pays for itself while substantially improving productivity. He saves over a hundred dollars every month just in eliminating roaming charges!

Back to ‘apples and apples’, here are some capabilities that Google Voice doesn’t have:
- hereiam™ gives you two hours and more* free province wide calling using your cell
- hereiam™ reads you your emails and you can reply back or compose emails by voice
- hereiam™ has multi-conferencing for as many people as you need on a call
- hereiam™ Direct Dial let’s you save substantially on cellular long distance calls
- when you’re out of town, hereiam™ eliminates** roaming charges
- when you’re out of country, we have SIM Access for even more dramatic savings

Just a few more things - our live Customer Service team is available live to help you at any time. And hereiam™ works on all your registered phones (your home and business) with a single bill to save money. We strive to provide the best high performance and reliability of any carrier as we partner with the best in providing these business features to you while mobile. Finally, we can work with you to determine what you currently do in business and the tools you need to offer the best hereiam™ package that saves you the most money while offering terrific business tools to turn idle time into revenue generating time when you’re on the go.

Google Voice on the iPhone typically has some hurdles, mostly because Apple doesn’t allow the native Google Voice app to ‘take over’ the dialer the way it can on Android. There are similar limitations with Blackberry users. Plus, limiting your calling when you’re in a Starbucks, McDonalds or other hot spot is not an ideal place to conduct business calls. With hereiam™ you can call on the go wherever you are.

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*included in the monthly packages are 120- 200 minutes of free province wide calling using your cell
** hereiam™ avoids roaming charges by using your toll number to get back to your local calling area