BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·Comcast
| [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlobalT CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlobalTalk.com
www.myglobaltalk.com beta program
We are looking for about 900 signups for a beta test of this new site from i2telecom, parent company of www.voicestick.com
Those that wish to be involved will need to sign up at MyGlobalTalk in a normal fashion.
A credit card must be used to sign up. ONLY ONE SIGN UP TO THE PROGRAM PER CREDIT CARD (This should help us keep the HOGS out that would flood us looking for free service)
A $10 deposit will be PRE AUTHORIZED to your card (Done for fraud checking purposes). When the BETA testers properly put the following code in the AGENT box we will NOT finish the process of charging the card, but we will leave the $10. Or in other words you will get $10 of free calling and no actual charges will be made to your credit card.
The code word to type in the AGENT box on the sign up form is
MGTBETA1
(Upper or lower case is ok.)
There is no monthly charge for the account, and no other garbage charges. There is only one charge for the bridge call, the outbound cost. Call cost will be based on the rate table found on www.myglobaltalk.com. Rates may change as this is a test site, and anything can change
This service is designed for use with phones and cell phones. The service at this time may work via other means but in the near future, other SIP type devices may not work.
You agree that we may email you from time to time to ask you questions about service quality, site design, usability and other possible issues. Any suggestions that you may offer to us, via any form, will become the property of i2telecom. Really good input could result in additional free credit being granted to some users. This will be done at the discretion of the marketing department, based upon my mood.
| |
|
 mazilo
From Mazilo
Premium
join:2002-05-30
Lilburn, GA | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Bruce,
Nice job! | |
|
 | BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Thanks! I tried to cover everything. | |
|
voipjunk
join:2004-08-07
Largo, FL | Tried, but got the error.
Your Transaction was Successful... But an ERROR occured during automated Account Creation.
Billing was always a problem with VS.
Anyway, Thank you for your offer. | |
|
drofli
join:2004-02-22
Lakewood, NJ | Bruce,
Just signed up but got the following message
Your Transaction was Successful... But an ERROR occured during automated Account Creation.
Do I need to try again?
Barry | |
|
slow mo
join:2002-03-19
USA
| Tried but got an error. See attachment. Oh, well. | |
|
celtic
join:2001-02-08
USA | The "Terms and Conditions" link on page "https://signup.voicestick.com/mgtSignup/index.php?step=REVIEW" does not work. | |
|
sumdum
join:2006-02-18
usa | Bruce,
thanks for the offer. just signed up but encountered same problem as other posters.
"Your Transaction was Successful... But an ERROR occured during automated Account Creation." | |
|
| 
voiplover
Premium
join:2004-05-28
Portsmouth, NH | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo I got this:
Preforming Server Maintainance. Services Should Be Operational in 30 Minutes. | |
|
| | BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Now thats a new one!!!!
Got to love beta!
And for sure, 10 min. before I made my post here I did a test sign up, because I am paranoid! | |
|
| | | BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Hang in there, we are working on a fix! | |
|
BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | Gie me a minute, someone on my end has something screwed up | |
|
| myvoip07
join:2006-04-29
USA | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Waiting...  | |
|
SRFanInMD
join:2005-03-26
Owings Mills, MD | Just as an FYI, I just checked my CC and the charge/authorization went through even though the account wasn't set up. | |
|
| BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA
·Future Nine Corpor..
·AT&T U-Verse
·Comcast
| Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Yeah, we will catch all of the CC auth. That is the easy part.
So the REAL DEAL is.....
I did my test, but did not bother to see if it went all the way.
It did NOT.
None of the other ones went through either.
I said to the programming boys that maybe this being leap day this was the problem.
Of course they laughed me out of the place, told me that Marketing people just do not understand the programs like they do and tossed me out of the room.
Well I have the last laugh it appears....
Will post when they have a work around. | |
|
| | mazilo
From Mazilo
Premium
join:2002-05-30
Lilburn, GA
| Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo said by BruceN  :I said to the programming boys that maybe this being leap day this was the problem. IIRC, not only a leap day, but also on the last Chinese leap year that was in last January 2008! What a coincidence. (sort of a lucky 13?)  | |
|
drofli
join:2004-02-22
Lakewood, NJ | Same here. Credit charge billing for $10 is showing up on my card account. | |
|
| BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Yeah, don't worry about th credit card. It is just a authorization, and we will kill those here in a litle bit. That is easy to do. | |
|
|
sumdum
join:2006-02-18
usa | Your Transaction was Successful. Your Account has been Created...
great job.. | |
|
| pete42
join:2008-02-27
Kalamazoo, MI | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Thank you Bruce MyglobalTalk beta works great. I have changed
my Voicestick dialer software number to MyglobalTalk number and password, workes great. | |
|
| | |
slow mo
join:2002-03-19
USA | How long does it take to get the email? It's been 20 minutes. | |
|
| |
| | slow mo
join:2002-03-19
USA
1 edit | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo No. It's not there either. Come on, my credit card was charged 2x$10 (1 x error, 1 x no email).  | |
|
| | | mazilo
From Mazilo
Premium
join:2002-05-30
Lilburn, GA
| Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo said by slow mo :No. It's not there either. Come on, my credit card was charged 2x$10 (1 x error, 1 x no email). May be MyGlo had detected your account is a SLOW Mo and decided to put the process in the queue? | |
|
| | | | slow mo
join:2002-03-19
USA
| Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo said by mazilo :said by slow mo :No. It's not there either. Come on, my credit card was charged 2x$10 (1 x error, 1 x no email). May be MyGlo had detected your account is a SLOW Mo and decided to put the process in the queue? You're right!!! Finally got it after 40 minutes. | |
|
| | | | | BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Slow Mo Sorry..... | |
|
| | | | BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | Mazilo,,,, now thats funny.
Just got back from lunch. (FREE) El Pollo Loco is now in Georgia!!!
Leap day... Go figure | |
|
| | | | | mazilo
From Mazilo
Premium
join:2002-05-30
Lilburn, GA
| Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo said by BruceN :Just got back from lunch. (FREE) El Pollo Loco is now in Georgia!!! Bruce,
Please just don't go loco after the crazy chicken meals you just had. If the virus on a Mad Cow disease can have some effects on a Pollo, I would say El Pollo Loco is definitely not a good deal even though it is free. May be, someone would come out with a franchise called El Vaca Loco and see if the sales will pick up! LOL
--
Mazilo
US Phone: +1-678-601-0907
UK Phone: +44-703-194-2574 | |
|
| | | | | | |
SRFanInMD
join:2005-03-26
Owings Mills, MD | FYI...I resigned up - got the number - logged into my account and enabled the bridge with my cell. When I call the VS number I get a voicemail box with a very long extension. Any ideas? | |
|
drofli
join:2004-02-22
Lakewood, NJ | Bruce,
Worked OK this time. Received confirmation email immediately.
Thanks
Barry | |
|
pete42
join:2008-02-27
Kalamazoo, MI | Than you Bruce MyglobalTalk works great. Ihave changed number and password on my Voicestick dialer to MyglobalTalk nuber and works perfect. | |
|
drofli
join:2004-02-22
Lakewood, NJ
| When I call from my registered cell phone, all works well. From any other phone, I can get the calls from my number with global call forwarding enabled.
If I disable forwarding, the answer I get is that nobody is available to take the call. Is that the way it is designed to work, or am I missing something? | |
|
| BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo If I am understanding this question. It sounds like a voice mail not enabled issue | |
|
Elecconnec
join:2008-02-21
Littleton, CO
| Well, I tried it on my Windows Mobile 6 Pocket PC Phone (An HTC Wizard.)
The SMS to get the download link worked fine [but the whole "text us for a link" thing bugs the hell out of me b ecause I'm cheap -texts costs me $0.15 each way, and I think using texts from an advanced smartphone setup with a half-dozen e-mail accounts including push e-mail is just redundant! Why not offer a link to download directly from the phone browser? I remember my bank, Wells Fargo, made us send a text to receive the URL of their new mobile banking site. It cost me $0.30 for them to send me a text saying:"wf.com"! They couldn't have just said "enter wf.com in your phone's browser" on the website?]
Anyway- my first usage report: I ran the app, and for testing, I set it to use the bridge for both international AND domestic LD (I realize I, like virtually everyone else in the US, already gets free domestic LD as part of my cell plan, but I didn't have anyone overseas to call right now, so I figured I'd eat a little of your generous free balance for testing purposes!)
I ASSUME the application is supposed to intercept my outgoing calls and replace the number dialed with my bridge number, a few pauses, and the number I actually want to dial. It does do that, but it's so slow my phone actually connects to the number I dialed directly, first, let's me talk for 10-15 seconds, then the app kicks in by hanging up on me, and then redials using the bridge!
I think the app is a cute idea, but needs a lot of work!
Also, if humanly possible, (although with Windows Mobile it may NOT be!) get the programmers to figure out a way NOT to need a reboot between settings changes. WinMo is a lot like desktop windows- rebooting is often a 2 minute process before the phone is actually functional!
So, the software is a neat idea (automating the bridge function) but it just isn't ready for prime-time yet.
Other than that, it seems to work fine so far- the calls connected and sound quality was indistinguishable from an ordinary cell call.
As the serivce moves forward, are you considering making it two way? (Meaning bridging calls to the MyGlo bridge number to the phone for a per minute fee, Grandcentral-style.)
This way you could use the service when overseas to avoid roaming charges. For example, if I go to the UK, rather than pay $1/min to use my cell with roaming, I could buy a local UK SIM, change my MyGlo bridge number to my new prepaid UK number so US calls could connect to me for the $0.20 or so MyGlo VoIP to UK mobile rate instead of my carriers' $1/min roaming rate.
While we're on the Windows Mobile topic- if you really want to make friends with WinMo users, get your friends at SJLabs (the guys who make the Voicestick Softphone software) to get a version working for modern WinMo phones. (Their last stable version is 4 years old and works crappy with the last 2 releases of Windows Mobile.)
| |
|
| BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA
·Future Nine Corpor..
·AT&T U-Verse
·Comcast
| Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Thanks for the report. It is my understanding that the next version is close at hand
I will have the wiz kids read everything you said except for the Windows reboot issue. If we could figure out how not to reboot Windows... Well we would be gods.
Great input. I may decide to credit you the 15 cents.....
Bruce | |
|
| | Elecconnec
join:2008-02-21
Littleton, CO
| Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo said by BruceN :Thanks for the report. It is my understanding that the next version is close at hand I will have the wiz kids read everything you said except for the Windows reboot issue. If we could figure out how not to reboot Windows... Well we would be gods. Great input. I may decide to credit you the 15 cents..... Bruce Don't sweat it- what's 15-cents between friends?  Besides I understand the reasoning- a download link on the website might confuse people, since they might think it's a download meant for a PC rather than a phone. The eventual solution would be a mobile version of the site (i.e. "mobile.myglobaltalk.com" that would allow access to the My Account portal and downloading the software from the handset.
Besides- while I'm certainly a WinMo zealot, there are plenty of Winmo-based VoIP solutions right now. The real push at the moment needs to be aimed at the iPhone. Since Apple doesn't allow 3rd-party apps to be installed on the iPhone, web- and phone-based VoIP workarounds are the only options available. 3rd-party companies like Talkety and Jajah have proclaimed "VoIP has come to the iPhone" simply by offering callback services to connect cellular calls to VoIP networks. (»www.talkety.com/news/; »blog.jajah.com/index.php?/archiv···sed.html)
Pushing the MyGlo option as a way to get VoIP rates on the iPhone will be more news-worthy and sales generating than any 50 Windows Mobile-based options, at least while there's 10 or 11 minutes left of the iPhone's 15 minutes of fame.
iPhone users tend to think that any old idea rehashed for the iPhone is a breakthrough acheivement in technology, so while a cell-to-VoIP bridge isn't exactly a new idea anymore, if it's touted as an iPhone first, it will get blogged about. An iPhone-specific webpage (i.myglobaltalk.com) would be a prerequisite. (As far as I've seen, to make an iPhone-customized webpage, you take any old mobile-type low-res graphics with big-text webpage and give the graphics a black background to match the iPhone's usual color scheme- see »i.talkety.com for an example.)
(Let me apologize now if I made iPhone users sound like they're all simpletons easily distracted by bright shiny objects, but that's how they're being marketed to!)
But a quicky iPhone-centric webpage comparing a few of AT&T Mobility's international rates vs. MyGlo's shouldn't be too tough to throw out there. | |
|
| | | BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Yeah a rate comparison would be harsh on AT&T.
They are back in the over price LD business again.
I agree on the Iphone thing but for lack of guts I will leave my comments to myself! | |
|
| | | | Elecconnec
join:2008-02-21
Littleton, CO
| Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo said by BruceN :I agree on the Iphone thing but for lack of guts I will leave my comments to myself! I was careful to apologize for my statement without saying I disagreed with it! | |
|
| | | | | BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA | Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Beyond political correctness:) | |
|
gbh2o
join:2000-12-18
Greenville, NC | Yeah, the number re-appeared and I grabbed it! Interesting Terms of service to which I had to agree "javascript:void(0);" and that's all folks. ` | |
|
gbh2o
join:2000-12-18
Greenville, NC
·Future Nine Corpor..
·callwithus
·MyPhoneCompany
·VBUZZER
·Voxee
 ·Embarq
·VOIPo
·STANAPHONE
·Axvoice
·Packet8
| said by BruceN :A credit card must be used to sign up. ONLY ONE SIGN UP TO THE PROGRAM PER CREDIT CARD (This should help us keep the HOGS out that would flood us looking for free service) Smart!
There is no monthly charge for the account, and no other garbage charges. There is only one charge for the bridge call, the outbound cost. Call cost will be based on the rate table found on www.myglobaltalk.com. Rates may change as this is a test site, and anything can change
This service is designed for use with phones and cell phones. The service at this time may work via other means but in the near future, other SIP type devices may not work.
I understand that anything can change, and proably will initially. However is there a rate _table_ somewhere on the site? All I find is the block to seek a specific number. Travelers without a smart phone, or those without internet access will not be able to check a number before calling. It would certainly help if they have access to print/copy a reference 'guide' list that can be obtained periodically.
FWIW, I think it's good enough to meet even the M-I-L requirements!
You agree that we may email you from time to time to ask you questions about service quality, site design, usability and other possible issues. Any suggestions that you may offer to us, via any form, will become the property of i2telecom. Really good input could result in additional free credit being granted to some users. This will be done at the discretion of the marketing department, based upon my mood.
Smart again. Just think of all the liability from all those previous suggestions. That's OK, I'm confident enough in what you're doing I'd take stock too 8-) ! | |
|
| BruceN
Hi
join:2006-11-17
Roswell, GA
·Future Nine Corpor..
·AT&T U-Verse
·Comcast
| Re: [VoiceStick] CODE number for FREE $10 for BETA test of MyGlo Hey if I am going to steal ideas for a $10 credit I better make it clear that I am stealing ideas!
I have already started collecting things between this board, IM, and email. I have a headache!
As to the anti HOG provision, I learned in the last go around that they can screw up a good thing for all of the non hogs!
I'd probably look the other way if a guy wanted two accounts, but we had the record deal breaking HOG last time that took 243 accounts!!!! ALL IN ONE DAY!!! | |
|
|
|
See 16 replies to this post |
|
|
|
|
