[rurp]

The last time I tried to make a new Google account it required a valid phone number, so this might require getting a second phone line these days. I wouldn't trust Google to only disable one account if there is a related one using the same number.

[alyandon]

Even that won't protect you from being banned if Google ever infers that the two accounts are related.

I just refuse to use Google for anything other than mail at this point.

[prirun]

I even got off gmail because of these horror stories. If they banned my gmail account it would be a major pain and I'd have no recourse.