google voice help

[Yisroel Tech]

I guess it's a ban after 15 years ... Inbound and inbound calls not working either. How can I figure out for certain?

Confirmed, I'm redirected to
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/40039?p=grandcentral

 

Might be a banning wave, I heard from someone else today that suddenly - after still using it today - he got redirected to Google Voice sign up page.

Try to appeal with them and keep us posted if you get anywhere.

[Alexsei]

Might be a banning wave, I heard from someone else today that suddenly - after still using it today - he got redirected to Google Voice sign up page.

Try to appeal with them and keep us posted if you get anywhere.

A power user ?

[Yisroel Tech]

A power user ?

I don't know his usage level, but very likely so.

[Alexsei]

I don't know his usage level, but very likely so.

;(

I was texting 11:23 by 11:25 it was banned

I knew it would come one day... But I didn't want to know...

Any way to port while banned ?

[myi]

I guess it's a ban after 15 years ... Inbound and inbound calls not working either. How can I figure out for certain?

Confirmed, I'm redirected to
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/40039?p=grandcentral

What did you violate? Did you use it for anything specific?

[Alexsei]

What did you violate? Did you use it for anything specific?

I used it for everything... This was my primary number and only number all my contacts had for me...

[myi]

I used it for everything... This was my primary number and only number all my contacts had for me...

Did you use whatsapp with that number? If yes, at least you still have that

[Alexsei]

Did you use whatsapp with that number? If yes, at least you still have that

Yes

[Yisroel Tech]

Any way to port while banned ?

Certainly not.

[Yisroel Tech]

Might be a banning wave, I heard from someone else today that suddenly - after still using it today - he got redirected to Google Voice sign up page.

Try to appeal with them and keep us posted if you get anywhere.

Scale looks pretty large.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Googlevoice/comments/1e00o5p/suspended_without_warning/
https://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8647&start=1325

This makes it even less likely than usual to be able to deal with their non-support 

[Alexsei]

Still ongoing, my brother's account was supposed 20 minutes ago

[Yo ssi]

What criteria seems to be causing it?

[yuds70]

What's the full story - Are the bans targeting accounts that may be using GV for business purposes?

I'm a legacy user 11 years - I cannot afford to lose my phone number, I only use it for personal - should I be worried?

[Yisroel Tech]

What criteria seems to be causing it?

Not sure, but all the ones I have heard about seemed to be really heavy users and/or are indeed using it for business use.

[Alexsei]

What's the full story - Are the bans targeting accounts that may be using GV for business purposes?

I'm a legacy user 11 years - I cannot afford to lose my phone number, I only use it for personal - should I be worried?

You should absolutely be worried Port your number while you still can

[Darth1]

DW and I have been using for 3 years in Israel as our primary American numbers, we paid to port in our old numbers. We use it for regular daily use to contact USA. Should I really port out? I dont want to pay to port back in again...

[Yo ssi]

You should absolutely be worried Port your number while you still can

Why do you say that?

The risk as I see it (for those not using it for business) is the lack of support in case of a false positive.

[Alexsei]

Why do you say that?

The risk as I see it (for those not using it for business) is the lack of support in case of a false positive.

שלא תמות כדרך שמת פלוני

[Yisroel Tech]

Is there hope? 

Someone posted here https://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5232506#p5232506 that he was told by a support rep. that it's a technical issue, and they are working to fix it.

Perhaps a too zealous new detection algorithm that has more false positives than they intended?

[Alexsei]

Is there hope? 

Someone posted here https://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5232506#p5232506 that he was told by a support rep. that it's a technical issue, and they are working to fix it.

Perhaps a too zealous new detection algorithm that has more false positives than they intended?

Poidh