Grand Central Phone Service Invite?

patch29

Does anyone have an invite to use Grand Central's phone service? I have signed up but never received an invite. I am hoping there are some users out there that might have one.


I am looking for a service where I can get a local number, that can forward to my phone or voicemail. I believe Grand Central has a blacklist and the ability to block numbers. I have a phone line that gets a lot of telemarketing calls, most are automated, so I can't stop them. I want to try their service to see if it cuts that number down.

Andy

patch29 wrote:

Does anyone have an invite to use Grand Central's phone service? I have signed up but never received an invite. I am hoping there are some users out there that might have one.


I am looking for a service where I can get a local number, that can forward to my phone or voicemail. I believe Grand Central has a blacklist and the ability to block numbers. I have a phone line that gets a lot of telemarketing calls, most are automated, so I can't stop them. I want to try their service to see if it cuts that number down.

I checked my account, patch:

patch29

Andy wrote:

I checked my account, patch:

bummer, how do you like the service?

Andy

patch29 wrote:

bummer, how do you like the service?

don't use it but i have it set up

patch29

Andy wrote:

don't use it but i have it set up

That's not helping.



Does anyone know of any other online services that offer a similar service?

local number
voicemail
blacklist
free or inexpensive?

dangin

i have a grandcentral account and have been very pleased with it so far. i primarily use it to fwd phone calls to me across my multiple cell phones. depending on where i am, i don't always get the best coverage with one phone so having it split to the two of them is very helpful. the click2call button you can put your website is a nifty feature (check out my website at www.dangin.com for an example) you can also initiate phone calls from your grandcentral number over the internet. it is a bit timeconsuming and if i had a wishlist, it would be:

1) client pc-installed app that can manage dialing calls from your GC number for VOIP calls as well as fwd to phone calls
2) customizable rules for GC number forwarding. for instance, i don't want any calls fwded between 10PM and 8AM; right now i'd have to manually disable this everyday if i really wanted to avoid getting calls.
3) definitive pricing when the product goes gold. the number and basic voicemail service will likely remain free once it's out of beta but i'm really curious to see how much the options will cost once it's in final release.
4) initiate calls from your GC number through calling that or another special number.

when i looked into other services in the past i found them to all be fairly expensive for what you get. wildfire, evoicereceptionist, ringcentral, are services that seems pretty robust; close to GC but with a few different features. the're all pricey though.

patch29

Maybe I will get an invite in a few weeks, at least has been work going on. I hope to try it out, if they send any users invites I'd be interested.

Here comes Google Voice
3/11/2009 10:15:00 PM
We've just started to release a preview of Google Voice, an application that helps you better manage your voice communications. Google Voice will be available initially to existing users of GrandCentral, a service we acquired in July of 2007.

patch29

I finally received an invoice and I have signed up and I am looking forward to testing the service.