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Re:Grand Central To (Finally) Launch As Google Voice. It’s V... by snprbob86 on Thursday March 12, 2009 @05:05AM (#513207)
I'm not sure why this was downvoted. Negative tone? I mean, he really does have a point.

I'm interested in some of the other features (such as voice mail transcripts and advanced call routing), but the singular phone number issue was never a problem for me: my only phone has been my cell phone. I'd suspect a lot of young people are in the same boat.

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Re:Grand Central To (Finally) Launch As Google Voice. It’s V... by aneesh on Thursday March 12, 2009 @05:33AM (#513221)
While I'm sure it's more useful with multiple numbers, I've gotten a lot out of it having just one number. It gives me a second number that I can give out to folks who I don't want to give out my primary number to.

It gives you much more flexibility: you can block certain numbers, forward to calls to voicemail, forward to other phones, record calls, make calls & listen to voicemails online, etc. There's plenty of utility even if you have a single phone.

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