[notum]

I concur. May also suggest Google to work on their "retied projects" archives directly, rather than repeat this cycle of wasted energy.

Waiting for Voice to die. I thought it would immediately follow gTalk.

[kobalsky]

well that's something I haven't considered.

I wonder if the number would be transferrable to a different service.

I'm using that instead of my own phone number for sites that only offer SMS verification.

[amf12]

Yes, it can be ported.