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It will be the dawn of a new year for Google Voice users, as GrandCentral will be completely shut down by the last day of this year. Assimilation has already been completed, but the Google empire has yet to close down the old GrandCentral site.
In a note to GrandCentral users, Google asked that they download any old messages or contacts that they might have stored on the site in preparation for the imminent shutdown. Google has already transitioned GrandCentral users over to Google Voice, but up until now, users could still use the website to access old messages. Those messages will be lost at the end of the year unless these legacy users download them for safe keeping.
Last week rumors started to emerge about a new Google phone that would use data for VoIP-based voice calls. I guess it's about time to unify all their voice offerings under the correct brand names.
For more:
- read this blog post
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Comments
Posted by Amy Hopes | November 27, 2009 - 6:25am
I have had grandcentrak and now google voice from early on over 2 years now approximately. It is a great service-tremendous, but sadly the issue is when you give your grandcentrak number/google voice number while it is a number that rings every phone you set it to ring, the issue is the text-it doesn’t receive texts so that being so vital people then end up calling and prefering to use your carrier number.
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Posted by Amy Hopes | November 27, 2009 - 6:31am
I have had grandcentrak and now google voice from early on over 2 years now approximately. It is a great service-tremendous, but sadly the issue is when you give your grandcentrak number/google voice number while it is a number that rings every phone you set it to ring, the issue is the text-it doesn’t receive texts so that being so vital people then end up calling and prefering to use your carrier number.
http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2222539
Posted by Hillary | November 29, 2009 - 4:35am
I definitely get texts on my Google Voice number. GrandCentral never supported it, but I remember that being one of the defining features of Google Voice’s launch. Check your settings!
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