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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.