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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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WTF? No numbers left in my area code at all?!?!
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:08 PM
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I just got the invite and set mine up! Got "xxx-0002" as well. I guess I'll never be better than 2nd.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:16 PM
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I set mine up... just dont really know what i'm gonna use it for though haha.

Suggestions?
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:18 PM
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I tried taking a 5309 in my area code but they were all taken....
haha so did I!

but mine is a spin of the mike jones song which is "281-330-8004 hit mike jones up on the low casue mike jones' about to blow!" So mine does end in 8004
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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I just tried to get 978-867-5309

wasn't availible, damn it!!
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:34 PM
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I wouldn't want that number cause you would get phone calls at all hours of the night from crazy drunk people. It's more trouble than it's worth
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:35 PM
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Good call! thank god it wasn't available haha
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:38 PM
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I want an account!
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 12:28 AM
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just curious, are you guys trying to pick a number from your area code, or near by area at least?

btw, I can't pick a number for the life of me, I feel like a re TARD [/hangover]
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 07:28 AM
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just got my invite
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 07:38 AM
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Yeah!!! Mine is up and running!! As an IT consultant, this will really be cool for me.

What's with the balance? It says $.10?
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:06 AM
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Just got an invite yesterday. Going to set it up today.
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:20 AM
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How do you pick your own number? I have the option of putting in the zip code then selecting one of the ones it pulls up.
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:23 AM
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I got my invite yesterday
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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The point is that you can mix up numbers, words, letters, etc to try and come up with your own combination (if it's available, which, 99% of the time it won't be). Regardless, you can try to get something close to what it is that you're looking for. I still haven't chosen a damn number, hah.
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:37 AM
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Swervin

The point is that you can mix up numbers, words, letters, etc to try and come up with your own combination (if it's available, which, 99% of the time it won't be). Regardless, you can try to get something close to what it is that you're looking for. I still haven't chosen a damn number, hah.
Figured it out.. Thank you
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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I want an account!
I got mine set up
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Whiskers
Yeah!!! Mine is up and running!! As an IT consultant, this will really be cool for me.

What's with the balance? It says $.10?
Your balance shows how much credit you have to make international calls from Google Voice. Calls made within the continental U.S. are free and don't affect your balance.
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:58 AM
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Fuckkkkkkk this shit.

Not only does it record each voicemail, but also transcripts of it? Transcripts of all calls maybe?

That would easily fit into their advertising algorithm.. could pull key words out of the call transcripts and target the advertisements based on that (similar to how gmail does this).
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:58 AM
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I set it up....have not used it yet.
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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So what up fellas? Is it even worth setting up if I can't use my local area code?!?! F-ck just because I live on an island in the middle of the pacific doesn't mean Google has to hate Iono, setting up a 415 or 310 number seems teh ghey
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 03:04 PM
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My only question is if Google Voice is able to hand off the call when I answer (it passed CID data, at minimum)? Otherwise, there goes the ability to use the free "in-network" (or the whole "favorite x") calling that cell carriers offer!
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 10:58 AM
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If you are military personnel, using your .mil address to sign up, you are now pushed to the front of the wait list per Google.

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.c...e-members.html
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Old Oct 2, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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Just got my invite today gonna set it up when I get home...
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Old Oct 2, 2009 | 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
I set it up....have not used it yet.
Have heard this exact statement from many people.
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Old Oct 3, 2009 | 11:45 AM
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hahahah I still haven't set mine up either! I can't decide on a number
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Old Oct 3, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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my number is based in illinois or ohio or something... but the last 7 numbers can spell out my last name!
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 04:35 PM
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hook me up with a invite plz!
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 06:02 PM
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^^ fail
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 12:52 PM
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After an initial scare of vm being searchable, google replies with an answer:

Holy crap. It seems that Google is going to have some pretty serious explaining to do this morning, as one of our readers has sent us in a tip that reveals a major security flaw involving Google Voice. After entering “site:https://www.google.com/voice/fm/* ” into Google, our reader was shocked and discouraged to be greeted by 31 voice mail messages belonging to random Google Voice accounts. Clicking on each revealed not only the audio file and transcript of the call, but it also listed the callers name and phone number as it would if you were checking your own Google Voice voice mail. We’re not too sure if this flaw is something new or if it has been around since Google Voice started, and could just be test messages, but needless to say the matter has to be fixed if it’s legit. Some censored screenshots are after the jump.

Thanks, Brian!

UPDATE: It seems as if these voicemails have been publicly posted/shared online and Google indexes them. Here’s official word:

“Since the initial idea behind posting a voicemail, was precisely to share it with others, we did not restrict crawling of those messages that users post on the web, but we can certainly understand that users would want to make them public on their sites but not necessarily searchable directly outside of their own website. We made a change to prevent those to be crawled so only the site owner can decide to index them.”
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/...ble-by-anyone/
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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Shit.



This is why, no matter how "do no harm" a place may be, I still don't trust them.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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Got the invite last week, did the set up...tested and used it a couple of times.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 01:01 PM
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got it a few months ago.. but have not yet set it up...
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by TSXmeister
Got the invite last week, did the set up...tested and used it a couple of times.
How was it?
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 04:25 PM
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Just signed up now, but am only using it with my cell number for voicemail at the moment. It does what it says it does, not sure if I want an actual google number yet, the international calling fees are pretty similar to vonage so might be worth it for when I call my Sister in Jerusalem and a friend in London. Plus no need for an Int'l calling plan with the google number on the cell.
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 09:18 AM
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^I'm going this route and dropping my Comcast VOIP. Double check the rates and also check Skype as their rates beat each other depending on the country.

I didn't see the point of a google voicemail though since I have an iPhone and want to use the visual voicemail.
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 05:13 PM
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As I only have one phone I dont see that I need this. And getting a new number while everyone has my current number, I'm not gonna tell them I got a new number. So I dont see the point for me. Although maybe later in the future when I work, or have my own home phone then I see it being useful.

Originally Posted by mcflyguy24
Just signed up now, but am only using it with my cell number for voicemail at the moment. It does what it says it does, not sure if I want an actual google number yet, the international calling fees are pretty similar to vonage so might be worth it for when I call my Sister in Jerusalem and a friend in London. Plus no need for an Int'l calling plan with the google number on the cell.
Wait so you can use your own cell phone number and have it just add the voicemail? I would like to do that since I dont have visual voicemail at the moment.
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 06:22 PM
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Yea, I don't really see it as being terribly useful but I have one. It is handy to be able to call ppl from your computer but I feel skype owns the market now, especially with video calls on the iPhone.

Actually, I think I'll use the number for my new job and forward it to my cell. Is there a way to tell which number ppl have called from my iPhone?
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