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Interesting. I'm trying to get my parents to drop their Charter landline - which, yes, is $40/mo, and yes, they both have cell phones - but they haven't wanted
by avolcano 14y ago
Interesting. I'm trying to get my parents to drop their Charter landline - which, yes, is $40/mo, and yes, they both have cell phones - but they haven't wanted to because it'd be difficult to get everyone to change the numbers.
I think the biggest aspect of this is the "redirect to two numbers" - my parents would love that, since they would both be able to get the messages.
How does it handle voicemail, though? It can't send the voicemails to both phones, presumedly.
And btw, I'm surprised by the negativity in the comments here. This is a product targeting a segment of consumers who are not as technologically adept and probably feel "trapped" with their landline - an instant out as convenient and cheap as this is much more attractive than porting their landline number to a new mobile line or trying to figure out how to get a landline to Google Voice, which is a complicated and costly process (going by http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/google-voice-a-step-by-step-primer-on-ditching-your-land-line-while-keeping-your-number/10455 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/google-voice-a-step-by-...)
- sciurus 14y agoIn general the plan is for whichever phone answers first to win. How to handle voicemail is a great question! We'll have to look at what is possible for us to implement. How would you like to see it work?
- mikeknoop 14y agoMy parents are in this exact same position. They have never heard of Google Voice but paying for an expensive landline. I would immediately recommend a service like this.
- WadeF 14y agoThis is the exact same problem my parents have. They pay $50/mo for a landline that rarely gets used but still need because no one will call them on their cells. I can't imagine trying to explain Google Voice to my parents.