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kudos:2 | No email yet Haven't gotten the email yet, but I have been enjoying the service for a few years now. It's nice having a
"throwaway" number I can give out.
Hopefully incoming calls remain free!
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join:2006-07-23
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| Phone to email !!! According to the NYT article, GV will have the feature I've always wanted:
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From now on, you don’t have to listen to your messages in order; you don’t have to listen to them at all. In seconds, these recordings are converted into typed text. They show up as e-mail messages or text messages on your cellphone.
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kudos:4 | Re: Phone to email !!! said by swhx7:According to the NYT article, GV will have the feature I've always wanted: quote:
From now on, you don’t have to listen to your messages in order; you don’t have to listen to them at all. In seconds, these recordings are converted into typed text. They show up as e-mail messages or text messages on your cellphone.
Some see this as another privacy problem. Because the transcribed voice msgs will be searchable, they see it as another attempt by Google to invade your privacy and serve up more ads.
»tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/2009···emailtoo
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| Re: Phone to email !!! It's true, it is. (See my post here.) I don't see how we can have this tech without this downside. Hopefully at least the same feature will be available from multiple providers. | |
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join:2002-03-03
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kudos:4 | Re: No email yet said by nklb:Haven't gotten the email yet, but I have been enjoying the service for a few years now. It's nice having a "throwaway" number I can give out. Yes. I have been using it the same way. A nice way to give out a phone number you don't want to be bothered with but still get msgs if necessary.
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|  pcdebbRIP dadkinsPremium
join:2000-12-03
Brandon, FL
kudos:4 | i dont have an email, but when i signed into "grandcentral" it has a banner saying i'm not ready to upgrade yet and to check the blog. I've had this number for quite a while, and originally i never used it. I havent had a problem with any call quality. One thing I do love is the retention of the messages.
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join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
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| End of a fun run.... I saw this on the site when I went to log in this AM...
" If you are a GrandCentral user, over the next few days you will be prompted to upgrade to Google Voice."
I assume upgrade means subscribe. I like having the abilities that Grandcentral had but I don't see myself paying for it.
I guess the clock has started.
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Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | Re: End of a fun run.... I might pay for it, depends on the deal. That's a nice set of features.
One major turn-off, however, is how poorly Google has supported Grand Central over the past 18 months. Quite frankly, I figured they abandoned it.
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| Re: End of a fun run.... said by funchords:I might pay for it, depends on the deal. That's a nice set of features. One major turn-off, however, is how poorly Google has supported Grand Central over the past 18 months. Quite frankly, I figured they abandoned it. I saw that it said it will be free, but something tells me that will not be the case.
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| | | | | | Re: End of a fun run.... said by Jason Levine:I was actually wondering when they'd make a "GrandCentral For Business." Imagine setting things up so that you called your co-worker and their office phone and cell phones rang (thus getting them wherever they were). For jobs that require high-availability (say, a server admin), you could also add in home number. You could make it so that when someone in your department calls you both all your phones (including home) ring but when someone from out of your department calls, only the office phone rings. This could be useful to many businesses. They already have this. It's called Call Bridge. VoIP phone systems like AVAYA have this technology and I miss it dearly. | |
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join:2004-02-20
Apex, NC | Could be interesting... One new feature that will be good to have:
3. Conference calling: If you want to talk to more than one person at once, just tell everyone to call you on your Google number. When you get a call waiting notification, you will have the option to press 5 to add them to your existing call.
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join:2004-08-07
New York, NY |  Will they fix the latency???
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|  KoilPremium
join:2002-09-10
Irmo, SC | So...uh...Hey my Best Buds!!! I would just like to take this opportunity, while I potentially have a captive audience of Grand Central account holders, to shameless taint this thread and my dignity by asking if anyone can possibly provide an invite?
I know...I know...what times are these when a perfectly respectable man, such as myself, would throw himself at the feet of others for the simple invite to an application that some would say is less than stellar. Well, I am here to tell you that dignity comes cheap on the internet, and none of you people know me anyway, so meh...not a big deal. 
Anyway, I would be most grateful if someone could possibly provide one.
Just hit me on IM if you're willing!
Thanks!
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| |  The BeerI Love It When A Plan Comes TogetherPremium
join:2001-07-24
Omaha, NE | Re: So...uh...Hey my Best Buds!!! They took the invites away some time ago =( | |
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Also I have noticed the terrible voice issues with Grand Central as of late as well. Generally its during the day the issue happens.
I for one will most likely NOT pay for the service. If i want a throw away number I can get one from Skype probably much cheaper than Google and have it forward to my cell phone the same as GC. | |
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join:2002-09-10
Irmo, SC | Re: So...uh...Hey my Best Buds!!! ahhh....ok, tyvm guys! Dignity restored! | |
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join:2005-01-03 | Re: So...uh...Hey my Best Buds!!! said by Koil:ahhh....ok, tyvm guys! Dignity restored! Oh no, you gave it up; it's gone now forever! | |
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join:2008-10-10
New Freedom, PA | Yeah.. I tried to invite my mom more then 9 months ago and she never got anything... Sorry, as it's a no go.. I really loved the feature that would allow me to see if a customer was calling one of my stores as it would call me to. Just had to use the same number for all the store business cards.. | |
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join:2000-05-27
Parker, CO | I love GrandCentral I've had a number for a while with GrandCentral mainly because I moved to Colorado and I would use it since I still have a Arizona cell phone number. Now I put it on all my business forms so I can screen the sales calls which seem to come nonstop. I can't wait to try out Google Voice.
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| Re: I love GrandCentral You're willing to pay for a service that you once got free from Google? I screen calls all the time and I don't pay for it. Another way for Google to make money and people don't seem to care after they said before it would remain free. But this is Google so people don't care if they charge. If it was MSFT or someone else people would be all over it saying they're gonna cancel.
I guess after Google signed up all the homeless people out in SF Bay they decided they needed to make some $$$ off them. Yah smart move Google. | |
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join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
kudos:4 | Re: I love GrandCentral It probably will stay mostly free, with pay components (for those instances where it actually costs Google to provide a function). | |
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| Re: I love GrandCentral okay that would be nothing then. as most of the services use the phone network some how.
Google just killed a great service. I wonder if they'll try and bill the homeless people that use the service to when they said it would be a great FREE service to them to keep in touch with family, friends, potential employers, and such. I doubt it will even be free for them.
Good by GrandCentral. I'll find another provider and port my number if i can. | |
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join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
kudos:4 | Re: I love GrandCentral I think the call management features and the like will stay free. But, I can't imagine you won't somehow have to pay for accessing the telephone networks. | |
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Houston, TX | what do callers hear? So how does Grand Central actually work? Do callers hear just a normal ringing sound, or do they hear some kind of recorded message? | |
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I got this message when I signed into GC:
Upgrade to Google Voice
We're happy to announce that your GrandCentral account can now be upgraded to Google Voice.
* In addition to the current GrandCentral features, Google Voice has free voicemail transcriptions, SMS, conference calling, and more.
* You can also use your Google Voice account to make low cost international calls and free calls to anywhere in the United States.
* Your GrandCentral number, voicemail messages, forwarding phones and PIN will be moved automatically to Google Voice.
* You will have to re-record your name and greeting and update any custom settings or WebCall buttons after you upgrade.
We hope you enjoy the new features. so, it looks like free calling is still in place for the US, but it might have been axed for Canada...*shrugs*
International Calling: For free calls within the US and great rates on international calls, just call your own Google number and press 2 to connect. Once you get the dial tone, enter the number you would like to call. And remember to add 011 for international calls. Interesting...
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHIWUw6cf1U&fmt=18
looks like "click2call" is still available as well...and the "call your Google number, then call someone else" is interesting...but you're still using your mobile minutes.
This brings up an interesting scenario....will the dialers for mobile phones have to be redone and the one command prompt dialer (which is posted here) be redone, since this "Google Voice" goes off of your Gmail account and not your GC account? HMmmm.
As long as Google Voice will forward to Gizmo, I can receive free incoming calls, and I can use a dialer (even if I have to wait for a redone one) to make 'outgoing' calls for free as well, I'll be, overall, happy. | |
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|  NY TelPremium
join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
kudos:3 | Re: Says won't work outside USA now Nope, I think they have lowered the Canuck-a-boom and are now charging 1 cent a minute for calls to Canada.
Do you have voip with a service provider? You could get a USA Virtual number so the calls would still be free. | |
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
kudos:3 | Re: Says won't work outside USA now How would it know you were in Canada? Your IP address or the fact that your personal info in Google said you were in Canada. | |
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| | My GrandCentral number Is the only number I give out now. I don't know what I'd do without it, even though I only have it going to my cell phone, it gives me the greatest level of control over who calls me and who doesn't, which is important to me. They'd better let me keep my custom internal ringer - I have the Japan one, and people comment on it all the time.
My main complaints:
Need an easier way to make outbound calls from the number. Something like, call your own number from a mapped phone, have it prompt you to call someone else.
The SMS to/from the number was a big deal for me and I'm happy to see it on the new Google Voice. | |
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join:2000-10-28 | Re: My GrandCentral number said by ReVeLaTeD:Is the only number I give out now. I don't know what I'd do without it, even though I only have it going to my cell phone, it gives me the greatest level of control over who calls me and who doesn't, which is important to me. They'd better let me keep my custom internal ringer - I have the Japan one, and people comment on it all the time. Sorry, it's gone. Now people can comment about that!
»www.google.com/support/voice/bin···ssues.cs
The functionality to set RingShare ringback tones for your incoming callers is not available in Google Voice. Thanks for your understanding. -- B
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join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL
·RoadRunner Cable
| To those who don't like Google.. It's really quite simple, DON'T USE THEIR SERVICES/PRODUCTS. I think this will be great for those who want to use it. If you don't feel comfortable with Google searching through text to deliver ads to you, than don't use their products. No one is forcing you to use them. | |
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| fee vs free service ? skype is no longer free, other companies struggle to be marginally profitable and utilize adertisements or connection tarrifs to pad the bill where they can. i wonder how google will fit into the mix of what is already out there....
i think with all the wifi enabled smart devices out there, this would be a great boon to getting into the voip makrket. from portable media players, to netbooks, to smart phones-- the ability to make wifi calls anywhere will be a competitive force to the wireless industry and help force their pricing downward (hopefully). | |
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