--- title: Unplugged Day ? | daily.dev description: A personal account of switching a long-running cell number to Google Voice, exploring VOIP as a cost-saving alternative to traditional carrier plans. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/unplugged-day--j8gp4ap58 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Unplugged Day ? | daily.dev og:description: A personal account of switching a long-running cell number to Google Voice, exploring VOIP as a cost-saving alternative to traditional carrier plans. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/unplugged-day--j8gp4ap58 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/j8GP4ap58.png og:image:alt: Unplugged Day ? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Unplugged Day ? **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal account of switching a long-running cell number to Google Voice, exploring VOIP as a cost-saving alternative to traditional carrier plans. The author notes potential savings of $100-$120 per month compared to Verizon, while acknowledging VOIP limitations for important business calls. Includes brief commentary on the blocked T-Mobile/AT&T merger and carrier pricing competition. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Old Payphones Get Modern VoIP Upgrade](https://daily.dev/posts/old-payphones-get-modern-voip-upgrade-jevgfz4go) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Free calls, dead voice and Shameel Joosub’s Spanish ghost](https://daily.dev/posts/free-calls-dead-voice-and-shameel-joosub-s-spanish-ghost-0i7xnd9en) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The economics of a voice agent: what a minute of conversation actually costs](https://daily.dev/posts/the-economics-of-a-voice-agent-what-a-minute-of-conversation-actually-costs-ncrlispgo) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/unplugged-day--j8gp4ap58) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Unplugged Day ?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/unplugged-day--j8gp4ap58","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/unplugged-day--j8gp4ap58"},"datePublished":"2026-08-02T07:15:11.964Z","dateModified":"2026-08-02T07:34:39.851Z","description":"A personal account of switching a long-running cell number to Google Voice, exploring VOIP as a cost-saving alternative to traditional carrier plans. The...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Touchlab","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Touchlab","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--CQ0u6GwB--/f_auto,q_auto/v1785654902/logos/touchlab?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/unplugged-day--j8gp4ap58","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Touchlab","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Unplugged Day ?"}]} ```