Google Voice Invites

everpress
everpress Posts: 862
edited April 2010 in The Clubhouse
Does anyone have a spare Google Voice invite?

The reason I ask is 'cause:

1) It's pretty bad@$$/
2) I'm unemployed and looking to relocate to a place I used to live, but no longer have a local number to... Making it look as though I'm less available than other candidates in the area.

So... anyone with an extra invite would make my day.

? Harmon Kardon AVR 55 (dead; replacing with Onkyo TX NR-616)
? Polk RTA 11TL's (FR and FL)
? Polk TSi200's (RR and RL)
? Polk CS10 (Center)
? Polk PSW-350
? Grado SR-60i Headphones
? Fii0 E5 headphone amp
? iPod touch (8 gig)
? iPod Classic (80 gig)
? Mac Mini (as media server)
? xbox 360
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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited December 2009
    Lasareath wrote: »
    The Daughter-in-Law of a friend of mine worked on it, she works for Google, He's travelling to Australia right now but I'd bet I could get you one in a few days.

    That would be great, but I don't want to ask you to pull personal strings like that...; I mean, I'd be pretty stoked...
    ;)

    ? Harmon Kardon AVR 55 (dead; replacing with Onkyo TX NR-616)
    ? Polk RTA 11TL's (FR and FL)
    ? Polk TSi200's (RR and RL)
    ? Polk CS10 (Center)
    ? Polk PSW-350
    ? Grado SR-60i Headphones
    ? Fii0 E5 headphone amp
    ? iPod touch (8 gig)
    ? iPod Classic (80 gig)
    ? Mac Mini (as media server)
    ? xbox 360
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2009
    I still have 3 invites left, shoot me a PM with your email address and I'll send you one.

    And you're right, it is badass.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited December 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I still have 3 invites left, shoot me a PM with your email address and I'll send you one.

    And you're right, it is badass.

    Seriously?!
    PM sent...

    ? Harmon Kardon AVR 55 (dead; replacing with Onkyo TX NR-616)
    ? Polk RTA 11TL's (FR and FL)
    ? Polk TSi200's (RR and RL)
    ? Polk CS10 (Center)
    ? Polk PSW-350
    ? Grado SR-60i Headphones
    ? Fii0 E5 headphone amp
    ? iPod touch (8 gig)
    ? iPod Classic (80 gig)
    ? Mac Mini (as media server)
    ? xbox 360
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  • homedroid
    homedroid Posts: 3
    edited December 2009
    If you've got one to spare, that'd be fantastic! homedroid@3windmills.com

    Thanks, karla
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2009
    Guys, you can just sign up for the BETA on the website and they'll send you an invite within a few days.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • homedroid
    homedroid Posts: 3
    edited December 2009
    Guys, you can just sign up for the BETA on the website and they'll send you an invite within a few days.

    Yea, I tried that. I requested an invite since before Thanksgiving - still waiting. :(

    karla
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2009
    Not to sound like an old dumbass but what is it?
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  • homedroid
    homedroid Posts: 3
    edited December 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Not to sound like an old dumbass but what is it?

    This should do it. http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html

    I haven't been able to try it, but people seem to love it.

    karla
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2009
    Thanks!
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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited December 2009
    I noticed some people are even trying to buy invites...
    Sometimes you only have to wait a few days, but I've heard other people that have been signed up to receive invites about 10 months ago...

    ? Harmon Kardon AVR 55 (dead; replacing with Onkyo TX NR-616)
    ? Polk RTA 11TL's (FR and FL)
    ? Polk TSi200's (RR and RL)
    ? Polk CS10 (Center)
    ? Polk PSW-350
    ? Grado SR-60i Headphones
    ? Fii0 E5 headphone amp
    ? iPod touch (8 gig)
    ? iPod Classic (80 gig)
    ? Mac Mini (as media server)
    ? xbox 360
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited December 2009
    I applied to Google back then, got the invite in a few weeks. Don't actually use it.

    My daughter was in Australia, so it and Skype came in handy for her, but I had to do the actual signup Stateside for her using her old cell #.

    Then Virgin Blue stole her phone. :mad: And camera.:mad:
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited December 2009
    hey Bob, why don't you forward one of your invites to a member with 3 posts......:rolleyes::rolleyes:
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2009
    Yeah, exactly.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited January 2010
    Does anyone else have one of these invites? I'd love to get one.
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2010
    I still have two left.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited January 2010
    pm sent!
    thanks!
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited January 2010
    Hey Bob, awesome...
    I just had a phone interview for a position in Winston-Salem (the locale that I used for the Google voice invite that you sent to me).

    Thanks again; I'll let you know how it pans out!

    ? Harmon Kardon AVR 55 (dead; replacing with Onkyo TX NR-616)
    ? Polk RTA 11TL's (FR and FL)
    ? Polk TSi200's (RR and RL)
    ? Polk CS10 (Center)
    ? Polk PSW-350
    ? Grado SR-60i Headphones
    ? Fii0 E5 headphone amp
    ? iPod touch (8 gig)
    ? iPod Classic (80 gig)
    ? Mac Mini (as media server)
    ? xbox 360
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited January 2010
    Yeah i requested a invite last year and got in a couple days...


    I think i read somewhere that you have a better chance if you actually have and use a gmail account. Cant confirm or deny but i got mine


    Pauly
    Life without music would♭
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2010
    exalted512 wrote: »
    pm sent!
    thanks!

    Invite sent, no problem :)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited January 2010
    I asked this on the google voice forum, but thought I'd ask here as well to see if you guys have any of the answers to some of my questions.

    I have AT&T right now, but when my contract ends in February I plan on switching to T-Mobile and getting the Nexus One.

    My questions are:

    1. Should I (A.) Get my new 'google number' now, (B.) Wait until I switch service providers to T-Mobile, or (C.) it doesn't matter one way or the other--there are no benefits in changing now or waiting until I switch.

    2. If I do get GV now with my current cell phone number and get a google number, should I give T-Mobile my current cell phone number or my google number?

    3. If possible and I gave T-mobile my google number, would my old number disappear?

    If it doesn't disappear...or if for some reason I can't give T-Mobile my google number, what happens when someone calls my cell phone number instead of my google number?

    Thanks!
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited January 2010
    GV number is tied to whatever number you assign to it for forwarding. When you are out of your contract with ATT and you WANT to keep that number then you would give to TMO to use or they can assign a new one for you when you sign up for new account. Not sure if you can actually use GV# since its technically not a cell phone number.


    At least i think....


    Pauly
    Life without music would♭
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited January 2010
    exalted512 wrote: »
    2. If I do get GV now with my current cell phone number and get a google number, should I give T-Mobile my current cell phone number or my google number?

    I think you are asking if you can port an existing google number to a new cell phone service. That won't work. Your google voice number forwards your calls to another number. I think the forwarding part is inherent and can't be avoided. You give/tell people your google voice number and don't really give out/tell people the number it is being forwarded to anymore. Assuming T-Mobile/Nexus one will have a slick Google Voice app, it will be transparent and your "real" number is almost non-existant.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2010
    What the above said. The plan is you'll always have a single GOogle Voice number, "forever." Whatever your actual cell phone number is is irrelevant; if it changes, you just log into Google Voice and say "forward calls to X instead of Y", and everyone who calls you doesn't even know anything changed. THey'll continue to call your GOogle number.

    To answer your question more directly, get a Google number now. FOrward it to your current AT&T number. When you switch phones, you can keep your AT&T number and move it to T-Mobile, or you can get a new T-Mobile number, it doesn't matter; your Google Voice number will simply forward to it.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited January 2010
    **** i didnt even know i had invites...


    I Got 3 as well....

    I'll save 2 for now just in case my buddies want one.

    So needles to say i got 1 for an established Polkie.

    Who wants?

    Pauly
    Life without music would♭
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited January 2010
    PhantomOG wrote: »
    I think you are asking if you can port an existing google number to a new cell phone service. That won't work.

    Thats exactly what I'm asking. Thanks for clearing that up.

    Couple more questions.

    1. What about mobile to mobile and long distance charges?

    Scenario 1:
    My current cell phone is a local number to my parents. Its a 361 number. Say I get a 979 GV number. If they called my GV# would it not be local since theyre calling a 979 number instead?

    Scenario 2:
    Currently, my friends calling me from 979 numbers are paying long distance to my 361 number, would it be local if i had a 979 number?

    Scenario 3:
    When my wife and I get on T-Mobile, since shes not calling my 361 number thats with t-mobile, but my GV#, would that call NOT be free since shes not calling my GV#?

    2. What happens if someone doesnt call your GV#, but your regular cell phone number? I'm guessing you still get the call to your cellphone, but you get none of the features of GV, correct?
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited January 2010
    Its free as long as its in USA...

    Here are rates...

    http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/answer.py?answer=141925


    Pauly
    Life without music would♭
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited January 2010
    So anyone from anywhere in the country can call my GV# and it doesnt charge them at all?
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited January 2010
    1.1 Would no longer be local for them.
    1.2 Would now be local for them.
    1.3 Depends on why it was free in the first place. Most cell phones plans I think nowadays have US long distance included. If that was the reason, it will still be free. If you don't have free long distance, and you get if free because of mobile-to-mobile, favorites, etc. it will no longer be free. I think that answers the question anyways.

    Billing rates for google voice calls here(US is free):
    http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=141925

    2.0 Exactly as you said.
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited January 2010
    exalted512 wrote: »
    So anyone from anywhere in the country can call my GV# and it doesnt charge them at all?

    Google won't charge them. Whoever provides their phone service might charge for whatever it would normally charge to call a phone number with your GV area code.


    There's nothing magical about calling the google voice number. Its just a number in a specific area code.

    cool things about making calls:
    If you make a normal call from your cell phone, your cell number shows up in their caller id. With any phone, you can call your google voice number to *make* a call *from* your google voice number with google voice billing rates in effect and your GV number will show up in their caller ID. A fancy schmancy phone like the Nexus One will probably have an App that makes calling from your google voice transparent to you and everyone you call/text will only see your google voice number.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2010
    Well, as far as question 2, even if you don't use your Google Voice number you can use SOME of the features of GV; for example you can link your Google Voice voicemail to your regular cell phone number (at least with AT&T, and a few other carriers). Google around and you can figure out how. That alone is worth it even if you don't want a new number :)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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