pandora
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Re: Google Voice Now Allows You To Change Your Number
Thank you for the invite. Eventually Google Voice will have to be released to the public or fold. If Google bought 1 million phone numbers, my guess is they are getting ready to release Google Voice to the public.
If Google were planning to release its Google Voice service for free, it would need 100 times (or more) than the 1 million numbers it supposedly purchased. I suspect there will be a monthly charge for Google Voice, though time will tell.
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OmagicQ
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1 edit | Google Voice won't fold if they keep it invite-only. Back when I signed up for Grandcentral I had 10 invites I couldn't give away, if it was going to fold it would have been then when invites were easy to get and tons of people were signing up. Google is probably Level 3's best customer and could get all the numbers they'd ever want when they want them. |
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csellebrecht
join:2002-02-07
San Marcos, CA | reply to macman4hire
If anyone has a invite for google voice, I could sure use one...
Thanks.. |
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sream
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join:2002-08-17
Portage, MI | There's no invites like before. It's open. Just took a few days.
»www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html |
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andre2
join:2005-08-24
Brookline, MA | It still says "Google Voice is currently available by invite only." |
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ropeguru
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| But before, each registered user could give up to, I think, 10 invites to who they wished. Now, you have to register in order for Google to actually invite you if they want to.
Hence why sream  stated "There's no invites like before." |
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andre2
join:2005-08-24
Brookline, MA
1 edit | But the "It's open. Just took a few days." part made it sound like it was now publicly available, 11 days after they started sending out new invites. And GC/GV hasn't let registered users give out their own invites for a long time. |
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zaldy
join:2007-12-07 | 11 days since you get an invite after registering? |
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sream
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| reply to andre2
said by andre2 :But the "It's open. Just took a few days." part made it sound like it was now publicly available, 11 days after they started sending out new invites. And GC/GV hasn't let registered users give out their own invites for a long time. Took me less than a week after signing up at that link. |
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burgerwars
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| said by sream :said by andre2 :But the "It's open. Just took a few days." part made it sound like it was now publicly available, 11 days after they started sending out new invites. And GC/GV hasn't let registered users give out their own invites for a long time. Took me less than a week after signing up at that link. On June 21st, I decided to try for a second Google Voice account using another e-mail address for the sign-up/invite. No reply as of yet. |
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jay_rm
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| said by burgerwars :On June 21st, I decided to try for a second Google Voice account using another e-mail address for the sign-up/invite. No reply as of yet. I just received a GV invite over the weekend and grabbed another number.
Unfortunately, I don't know if the invite was from the request I entered a few weeks ago -or- from a request I entered a YEAR ago, when they first closed it up.
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ropeguru
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| reply to burgerwars
said by burgerwars :said by sream :said by andre2 :But the "It's open. Just took a few days." part made it sound like it was now publicly available, 11 days after they started sending out new invites. And GC/GV hasn't let registered users give out their own invites for a long time. Took me less than a week after signing up at that link. On June 21st, I decided to try for a second Google Voice account using another e-mail address for the sign-up/invite. No reply as of yet. Am in the same boat you are. Created a request for a second number using an email addy on a different domain. No response as of yet. |
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andre2
join:2005-08-24
Brookline, MA
| reply to sream
said by sream :said by andre2 :But the "It's open. Just took a few days." part made it sound like it was now publicly available, 11 days after they started sending out new invites. And GC/GV hasn't let registered users give out their own invites for a long time. Took me less than a week after signing up at that link. Some people get them quickly, but there are other people who signed up over a year ago still waiting for their invites. Go figure.
»www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice?hl=en |
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CommSoft8086
join:2004-03-12
North Falmouth, MA
1 edit | I wonder if they're distributing invites based on the likely place that you'll request a number. There's little point (particularly during the beta period) to have a cluster of users in large metro areas... |
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pandora
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|  reply to soitgoes2
said by soitgoes2 :And how long would you have been waiting if I didn't donate a spare invite to you?  Thanks again for your kindness long ago. Today your question (above) was answered. I received 2 google invites. One was just put into use for my spouse.
It appears Google Voice is catching up on earlier requests.
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burgerwars
join:2004-09-11
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| reply to pandora
Re: Google Voice Now Allows You To Change Your Number
I just got back a Google Voice invite that I requested with a Yahoo mail account. It only took three days. The invite was in my junk mail folder.
Another request I did on June 21st using a GMail account still hasn't arrived. Nothing there, including in the junk mail folder.
So I guess Google treats Yahoo Mail customers better than their own. |
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justgold79
join:2008-01-13 | reply to macman4hire
They were probably making a small amount of money on interconnect fees, like nu)mbr (now inumbr) was, just not enough,
»phoneboy.com/1672/how-does-numbr-make-money |
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joyful
join:2009-07-10
Irvine, CA
| reply to pandora
Yes, except you can not really make call from its web site. When I last tried googlevoice site, it merely displayed "we got an error." From Gizmo5 account, you can call out, but they charge you $0.02 per minute, not free.
If I were google, I would fix those misleading information right away, since so many people with the expectation to make free calls and free incoming calls would be so disappointed, some attorney may intereste in representing them. |
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mazilo
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| said by joyful :Yes, except you can not really make call from its web site. When I last tried googlevoice site, it merely displayed "we got an error." I just went to my GV page and click the CALL button to place a call to a US PSTN # with no problem. |
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