Google Voice Now Gives Priority to Students 66
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!"
Outside of USA (Score:3, Informative)
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 :)
World is not US of A (Score:3, Informative)
Re:World is not US of A (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.
Re:World is not US of A (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Outside of USA (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Gives Priority to _American_ Students (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
Re:News? (Score:3, 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.
Re:It's actually been quite reliable... (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.