lifehacker.com — GrandCentral is a brilliant new web app that lets you consolidate all of your phone numbers into one number, meaning someone can call you on your GrandCentral phone number and all of your phones will ring. And then it gets interesting.
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siloSep 27, 2006
They don't have my area code. :-/
harris2004Sep 27, 2006
vonage can do this too,,i think....not a very new technology
alankcSep 28, 2006
I like it. Im not a phone person, this gives me control ;p
akalol111Sep 28, 2006
So that is how all those phones rang at the end of lawnmower man...
Closed AccountSep 28, 2006
seanroth, if you're not willing to commit, we let you buy a bucket of minutes that does not expire (400 min for $9.99). Those minutes only get used after you use all your monthly minutes. So every month you will get your 100 free minutes but if you go over, then we use your bucket. Also, if you want to try the premium and change your mind, you can revert back to free at any time in your account setting. there is no commitment
topbravoSep 28, 2006
Vonage has this one down FTW
toxicredmSep 28, 2006
@cpyle: It's not even available everywhere in the U.S. yet.
shostermanSep 28, 2006
Nevermind the previous post of mine, it appears you can also personalize each caller ID with a unique voicemail so there's not really a need to "combine" the two. Rather you could pick one or the other depending on the features you want.
krispySep 28, 2006
why combine your numbers instead of just giving out one of them to everyone. I don't get it....
guyincognitoSep 28, 2006
add area code 317
nymdocSep 29, 2006
When you call from your cell, office, etc your cell's number will show up on caller ID. It would've been nice to have the GrandCentral's number displayed on caller ID instead (somehow). This way, truly "1 number ever..."
subliminalurgeJul 3, 2007
"Very cool concept - is this available anywhere outside the U.S?"This is actually very simple to set up for yourself using asterisk. There is a little expense involved in signing up with a voip provider to get a phone number and receive calls from the POTS, but there are very reasonably priced voip providers out there if you do a little searching.Grand Central has definitely polished the interfaces up very nicely, but I could have an asterisk box set up and configured in an afternoon that would provide all of the basic functionality.
tdave00May 19, 2008
Grandcentral is definitely a cool service. I have been using it for awhile now to get free phone service. I have a post on my blog about how I did it.<a class="user" href="http://trai.name/technology/how-to-get-free-phone-service/">http://trai.name/technology/how-to-get-free-phone- ...</a>