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Google Voice Now Gives Priority to Students

Posted by timothy on from the hang-onto-your-alumni-vanity-address dept.

theodp writes "Holy Logan's Run, Batman! Google on Friday began giving students priority access to its Google Voice service, which has remained in a closed beta since its transition from GrandCentral in March of last year. Typically, invites for the service can take anywhere from a few hours to several months to arrive after a user signs up. But Google is now promising students who cough up an .edu e-mail address access to the service within 24 hours. Good thing CMU closes e-mail accounts after graduation, or old fuddy-duddy alums like Brian Reid might try to sneak in!"

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  1. Outside of USA by ProfMobius · · Score: 3, Informative
    But Google is now promising students who cough up an .edu e-mail address access to the service within 24 hours.

    So much for all the students around the world who don't have email addresses ending in .edu

    Well, i guess it is time to check if no-ip.com has hosts ending in .edu and set-up a home mail server :)

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    1. Re:Outside of USA by mrrockford · · Score: 5, Informative

      From my Google Voice acct: "Note that Google Voice is only available for sign up in the US"

  2. World is not US of A by i+ate+my+neighbour · · Score: 3, Informative

    My university's domain doesn't end with .edu you insensitive clod!

    1. Re:World is not US of A by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      The reason that they're restricting it to .edu is because Google Voice is only available in the US for everyone. I mean, it still holds that the world isn't the USA, but if Google Voice is only available in the US, then it makes sense to use .edu. Google Voice happens to be a bit of an odd one when it comes to Google's services because voice services and the regulations that go along with them very from country to country - vs. the internet which is mostly unregulated and the same resource in most locations.

    2. Re:World is not US of A by RabbitWho · · Score: 2, Informative

      Mine ended in .ie My friends ends in .cz studentnumber@gmit.ie (GMIT university Ireland) name@mail.muni.cz (Masaryk university Czech Republic) It's really not guessable.. but as someone said if goggle voice is only available in America anyway it doesn't matter.

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  3. Re:Gives Priority to _American_ Students by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Google Voice is currently an _American_ service. The phone #s are only available in the USA. So even if they did give you an account, it's not like you'd be able todo much with it down under

  4. Re:News? by pclminion · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, I'm not sure, but I'm glad I followed that last link and learned that Google is a motherfucking slimeball who fired somebody for being too old and not staying at work past 7 PM on a regular basis.

    If you lose respect for experience, and respect for a work-life balance, your company becomes a ball of pure evil and incompetence. I'm actually completely shocked.

  5. Re:It's actually been quite reliable... by vipz · · Score: 2, Informative

    I use it for international calling on my cellphone. Paying only a couple cents vs. a few dollars a minute that I assume all US mobile carriers are charging.