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If I didn't have mobile number, can I apply a Google voice number? when I try to apply a Google voice number, it always ask me the mobile number.

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    It seems it's impossible to apply a google voice number without a mobile number, you can apply it firstly then remove the mobile number. but google maybe disable your google voice number after sometime if you didn't use a mobile number for it. – lucky1928 Sep 15 '14 at 02:41
  • I'm pretty sure this number, which can be any number you have access to, is for verification. It may be simply to keep people from getting unlimited numbers, since they need a real number each time, and I doubt if it can be the same one. You do not need to forward number to this number, and I doubt that Google monitors whether the number lives on after you use it. – Marty Fried Sep 09 '18 at 18:58

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According to this Google Voice FAQ, you need an existing phone number. It doesn't have to be a mobile number, but you need to have access to a phone that is not currently associated to a Google Voice phone.

Speculating on my part, this is at least partially to avoid people making large numbers of Google Voice accounts for spam or other purposes.

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