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I'm doing this.

I initiated a port of my primary number a few weeks ago.

I'm not sure if what I'm building is exactly parallel to Google Voice but I believe it's similar. I'm in Canada so I can't get Google Voice. I rarely use my phone's voice or sms functionality so right now I'm just forwarding transcribed voicemails (with mp3 link) to email, and sms's to email as well (replying to an sms with an email that goes to sms is sort of fun). I'm also in the process of building out a simple app to handle this.

While testing, I've noticed the best part is now I'm not tempted to answer a call that most likely doesn't matter. I simply get a notification with an email. And I won't be paying for my voice or text plan which was about half the cost of my previous plan.

If anyone wants to use this you can email me at shawnp at gmail dot com.