Comments on: GrandCentral Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:11:50 -0800 hourly 1 By: MarketME http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-3113235 MarketME Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:22:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-3113235 [...] GrandCentral A Little Too “Beta” For Some GrandCentral’s “One Number For Life” Not Really GrandCentral Homeless Stunt Worked So Well It’s Time For An Encore GrandCentral Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead [...] [...] GrandCentral A Little Too “Beta” For Some GrandCentral’s “One Number For Life” Not Really GrandCentral Homeless Stunt Worked So Well It’s Time For An Encore GrandCentral Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead [...]

]]> By: Google To Shut Down GrandCentral Website http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-3112493 Google To Shut Down GrandCentral Website Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:21:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-3112493 [...] For Life” Not Really GrandCentral Homeless Stunt Worked So Well It’s Time For An Encore GrandCentral Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead CrunchBase Information GrandCentral Google Voice Information provided by CrunchBase [...] [...] For Life” Not Really GrandCentral Homeless Stunt Worked So Well It’s Time For An Encore GrandCentral Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead CrunchBase Information GrandCentral Google Voice Information provided by CrunchBase [...]

]]> By: Think Twice About Google Voice | plzkthxbai by Jason Wagner http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-3044143 Think Twice About Google Voice | plzkthxbai by Jason Wagner Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:40:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-3044143 [...] What happens if the service goes down and Google can’t properly route calls? In fact, this actually happened for a few hours in April 2008. So much of my communication is already reliant on the internet, [...] [...] What happens if the service goes down and Google can’t properly route calls? In fact, this actually happened for a few hours in April 2008. So much of my communication is already reliant on the internet, [...]

]]> By: GrandCentral To (Finally) Launch As Google Voice. It’s Very, Very Good. – Scattered http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2986315 GrandCentral To (Finally) Launch As Google Voice. It’s Very, Very Good. – Scattered Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:56:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2986315 [...] been in the news much lately. Other than a few good natured jabs at their marketing gimmicks and coverage of outages, that is. Get ready for that to change as the service prepares for a public launch under [...] [...] been in the news much lately. Other than a few good natured jabs at their marketing gimmicks and coverage of outages, that is. Get ready for that to change as the service prepares for a public launch under [...]

]]> By: Google Voice Warms Up For iPhone, Cuts Off Calls After 15 Minutes | Web 2.0 News http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2955884 Google Voice Warms Up For iPhone, Cuts Off Calls After 15 Minutes | Web 2.0 News Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:21:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2955884 [...] are unceremoniously terminated after 15 minutes. The service is still in beta, but as we’ve written before, users expect perfection when it comes to voice calls. Problems like this make it hard for people [...] [...] are unceremoniously terminated after 15 minutes. The service is still in beta, but as we’ve written before, users expect perfection when it comes to voice calls. Problems like this make it hard for people [...]

]]> By: Google Voice Warms Up For iPhone, Cuts Off Calls After 15 Minutes | ScooperNews.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2955864 Google Voice Warms Up For iPhone, Cuts Off Calls After 15 Minutes | ScooperNews.com Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:05:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2955864 [...] are unceremoniously terminated after 15 minutes. The service is still in beta, but as we’ve written before, users expect perfection when it comes to voice calls. Problems like this make it hard for people [...] [...] are unceremoniously terminated after 15 minutes. The service is still in beta, but as we’ve written before, users expect perfection when it comes to voice calls. Problems like this make it hard for people [...]

]]> By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Google Voice Warms Up For iPhone, Cuts Off Calls After 15 Minutes http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2955856 The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Google Voice Warms Up For iPhone, Cuts Off Calls After 15 Minutes Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:57:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2955856 [...] are unceremoniously terminated after 15 minutes. The service is still in beta, but as we’ve written before, users expect perfection when it comes to voice calls. Problems like this make it hard for people [...] [...] are unceremoniously terminated after 15 minutes. The service is still in beta, but as we’ve written before, users expect perfection when it comes to voice calls. Problems like this make it hard for people [...]

]]> By: Google Voice Warms Up For iPhone, Cuts Off Calls After 15 Minutes | Spin Valley Post http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2955835 Google Voice Warms Up For iPhone, Cuts Off Calls After 15 Minutes | Spin Valley Post Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:30:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2955835 [...] are unceremoniously terminated after 15 minutes. The service is still in beta, but as we’ve written before, users expect perfection when it comes to voice calls. Problems like this make it hard for people [...] [...] are unceremoniously terminated after 15 minutes. The service is still in beta, but as we’ve written before, users expect perfection when it comes to voice calls. Problems like this make it hard for people [...]

]]> By: Google Voice Warms Up For iPhone, Cuts Off Calls After 15 Minutes http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2955821 Google Voice Warms Up For iPhone, Cuts Off Calls After 15 Minutes Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:07:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2955821 [...] are unceremoniously terminated after 15 minutes. The service is still in beta, but as we’ve written before, users expect perfection when it comes to voice calls. Problems like this make it hard for people [...] [...] are unceremoniously terminated after 15 minutes. The service is still in beta, but as we’ve written before, users expect perfection when it comes to voice calls. Problems like this make it hard for people [...]

]]> By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Ooma Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead (Redux) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2697746 The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Ooma Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead (Redux) Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:51:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2697746 [...] one year ago today, a widespread outage hit Google’s GrandCentral (recently upgraded and relaunched as Google Voice). At the time, we [...] [...] one year ago today, a widespread outage hit Google’s GrandCentral (recently upgraded and relaunched as Google Voice). At the time, we [...]

]]> By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Ooma Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead (Redux) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2697745 The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Ooma Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead (Redux) Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:51:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2697745 [...] one year ago today, a widespread outage hit Google’s GrandCentral (recently upgraded and relaunched as Google Voice). At the time, we [...] [...] one year ago today, a widespread outage hit Google’s GrandCentral (recently upgraded and relaunched as Google Voice). At the time, we [...]

]]> By: Ooma Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead (Redux) | Reviews Manual http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2696775 Ooma Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead (Redux) | Reviews Manual Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:41:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2696775 [...] digit assemblage past today, a widespread outage impact Google’s GrandCentral (recently upgraded and relaunched as Google Voice). At the time, [...] [...] digit assemblage past today, a widespread outage impact Google’s GrandCentral (recently upgraded and relaunched as Google Voice). At the time, [...]

]]> By: infoyourway.com » Ooma Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead (Redux) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2696506 infoyourway.com » Ooma Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead (Redux) Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:27:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2696506 [...] one year ago today, a widespread outage hit Google’s GrandCentral (recently upgraded and relaunched as Google Voice). At the time, we [...] [...] one year ago today, a widespread outage hit Google’s GrandCentral (recently upgraded and relaunched as Google Voice). At the time, we [...]

]]> By: Trade Jim News » Ooma Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead (Redux) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2696482 Trade Jim News » Ooma Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead (Redux) Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:04:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2696482 [...] one year ago today, a widespread outage hit Google’s GrandCentral (recently upgraded and relaunched as Google Voice). At the time, we [...] [...] one year ago today, a widespread outage hit Google’s GrandCentral (recently upgraded and relaunched as Google Voice). At the time, we [...]

]]> By: Ooma Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead (Redux) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2696459 Ooma Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead (Redux) Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:42:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2696459 [...] one year ago today, a widespread outage hit Google’s GrandCentral (recently upgraded and relaunched as Google Voice). At the time, we [...] [...] one year ago today, a widespread outage hit Google’s GrandCentral (recently upgraded and relaunched as Google Voice). At the time, we [...]

]]> By: Google Voice: Voice Transcription « j e e l c h r i s t i n e http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2652356 Google Voice: Voice Transcription « j e e l c h r i s t i n e Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:16:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2652356 [...] been in the news much lately. Other than a few good natured jabs at their marketing gimmicks and coverage of outages, that is. Get ready for that to change as the service prepares for a public launch under [...] [...] been in the news much lately. Other than a few good natured jabs at their marketing gimmicks and coverage of outages, that is. Get ready for that to change as the service prepares for a public launch under [...]

]]> By: GrandCentral To (Finally) Launch As Google Voice. It’s Very, Very Good. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2652141 GrandCentral To (Finally) Launch As Google Voice. It’s Very, Very Good. Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:04:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2652141 [...] been in the news much lately. Other than a few good natured jabs at their marketing gimmicks and coverage of outages, that is. Get ready for that to change as the service prepares for a public launch under [...] [...] been in the news much lately. Other than a few good natured jabs at their marketing gimmicks and coverage of outages, that is. Get ready for that to change as the service prepares for a public launch under [...]

]]> By: drich http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2612940 drich Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:20:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2612940 As far as i know the invites were cancelled I have been on the "waiting list" since October of 2008 so I dont think they are adding more subscribers... :( drich1982@gmail.com As far as i know the invites were cancelled I have been on the “waiting list” since October of 2008 so I dont think they are adding more subscribers… :( drich1982@gmail.com

]]> By: steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-2600874 steve Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:12:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2600874 Can anyone PLEASE send me a invite to grand central thanks stkviper@gmail.com Can anyone PLEASE send me a invite to grand central thanks
stkviper@gmail.com

]]> By: drew http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2529478 drew Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:48:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2529478 will someon please send me an ivite to: dyakamovich@essmichigan.org THanx will someon please send me an ivite to:
dyakamovich@essmichigan.org

THanx

]]> By: drew http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2529477 drew Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:48:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2529477 will someon please send me an ivite to: dyakamovich@essmichigan.org THanx will someon please send me an ivite to:
dyakamovich@essmichigan.org

THanx

]]> By: drew http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2529474 drew Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:47:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2529474 will someone please send me an invite to dyakamovich@essmichigan.org Thanx! will someone please send me an invite to dyakamovich@essmichigan.org

Thanx!

]]> By: Woody http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2502604 Woody Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:58:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2502604 I'm not so worried about the outage. The larger problem is that there has been no new development of the GrandCentral service since Google bought it. They haven't updated their blog in 6 months. Looks like the service is dying. I’m not so worried about the outage. The larger problem is that there has been no new development of the GrandCentral service since Google bought it. They haven’t updated their blog in 6 months. Looks like the service is dying.

]]> By: Commiting to Zero « a la 360 by Gadi Shamia http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2320833 Commiting to Zero « a la 360 by Gadi Shamia Fri, 23 May 2008 06:40:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2320833 [...] paid nothing, I owe you nothing”. (Take Grand Central for instance: this free Google service was down a couple of times in the recent weeks and for hours users couldn’t even get to a web page that will provide [...] [...] paid nothing, I owe you nothing”. (Take Grand Central for instance: this free Google service was down a couple of times in the recent weeks and for hours users couldn’t even get to a web page that will provide [...]

]]> By: Who’s About To Get Fired From Google? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/comment-page-3/#comment-2314695 Who’s About To Get Fired From Google? Wed, 21 May 2008 06:03:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/13/if-you-wanna-be-a-phone-company-you-cant-go-dead/#comment-2314695 [...] isn’t the first time that Grandcentral has run into problems. Last month the service was down for hours - something that a phone service can’t [...] [...] isn’t the first time that Grandcentral has run into problems. Last month the service was down for hours – something that a phone service can’t [...]

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