Archive for June, 2010
Google Voice Now Available Without Invite
(VOICETALK.ORG) — After a pent up demand last year that had invites in Manhattan, NY bidding as high $200 on eBay, Google Voice has now opened the service to the public.
Google Voice was originally available by invitation only, but now anyone can sign up for this service that allows for 1 single number that can ring all available phone lines.
Google Voice Disables International SMS
(VOICETALK.ORG) — On Sunday, June 6, around 10:30 p.m. PT, the world went quiet as Google Voice international text messaging suddenly became disabled. Having credit or no credit, it doesn’t seem to matter. After sending a text message to one of my contacts in Mexico, I received the message:
Error: this message was not successfully delivered
My other friends seem to have had the same results with Mexico over the past day. After doing a bit more research on the Google Voice forums, I found this post and a popular response by a Google representative.
All,
International SMS has never been officially supported by Google Voice but enough users started using it nonetheless for certain destinations where it worked that we had to actively prevent it until we can bill for it. We are working on a comprehensive international SMS coverage, which we plan to make available at very low prices soon.
Thank you for your patience.
Vincent Paque