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When you are a computer guy, you know when the Internet is out somewhere. Calls come in all at once.

Last night, I was mini-golfing with my kids and my cell phone buzzed. It was a friend informing me that their Bresnan Internet and phone service wasn’t working. I had them do the usual modem and router reset. That didn’t fix the problem, so I blamed Bresnan and told them to wait it out. As I was hanging up, my call waiting went off – it was someone 20 miles away from the previous caller with exactly the same problem. I blamed Bresnan and answered the next call waiting call.

I walked the last few holes so that I could talk on my cell phone to comfort people during their time of loss. Read the rest of this entry →

Only a few days ago I as whining on Faceboook about how GrandCentral’s future was uncertain.

I am in the process of making some changes to some of the aspects of my business that would be a lot easier if GrandCentral was in operation. A move that I am terrified to make if GrandCentral were to go under in a few months.

It appears that I have nothing to worry about as this article points out on Webware. GrandCentral is being reborn with the Google name attached. Google Voice may not be exactly the same as GrandCentral, but that may be a good thing. GrandCentral was not the easiest service to figure out, but it was robust in features.

Let’s hope the new Google Voice keeps the ability to forward calls to any phone, offers live voice mail, and provides cool options like the ability to record calls.

Best of all, they plan to keep it free for a while.

Google Voice: A push to rewire your phone service | Webware – CNET.