burgerwars
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2 edits | reply to nitzan
Re: Google Voice Now Allows You To Change Your Number
said by nitzan  :... So much for the "one number for life" slogan. lol. I guess they finally realized they need to actually monetize it... I've done quite a big of number browsing, but didn't bother to change mine. I'll wait until porting becomes available.
In looking at available numbers, I couldn't find any that ended with two or three zeros, or numbers ending with four of the same numbers (like 7777). I looked across all area codes. Even numbers ending with any three of the same aren't there (like 2111, 4222, etc.), although they could be there but I missed them.
I'm thinking they removed those good "business class" numbers to monetize those even more in the future, by charging a premium fee for those. But there are plenty of numbers you can spell words from. Their search does allow typing in letters or numbers. |
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nitzan
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| Possible. But it's also possible the the carrier (Level 3?) who sold them all these numbers is the one who removed the "nice" numbers. I don't know how much G is paying per number - but it must be dirt cheap. Maybe the carrier decided they're only willing to part with "regular" numbers for the price.
Pure speculation, of course. But carriers definitely do that. |
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josephf
join:2009-04-26
1 edit | About three weeks ago I saw some really nice available GV numbers in the format of xyz-wxyz (i.e. 678-6789). |
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UHF
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| said by josephf :About three weeks ago I saw some really nice available GV numbers in the format of xyz-wxyz (i.e. 678-6789). When they moved me from GC to GC I got NXX-448-0123.
Couldn't pass that one up! |
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