>>>>>>>>>>Anyone out here lucky enough to get a Google Wave account? And if so - can ya send me an invite?
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>>>>>>>>>Well I didn't check the forum here till this morning, although I did leave a comment. Hopefully one of use will get one...ha
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>>>>>>>>Someone on this forum gives away a new round of them. Do you still want it - should I give your e-mail address?
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>>>>>>>Actually I got one already - I was one of the lucky 100,000 that got the 1st round of em..... if anyone else wants an invite I still have a few left. Haven't really used the thing much yet though..hahahaha
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>>>>>>I think I'm starting to see how cool it is.
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>>>>>I've only logged into it one time and that's it...haven't had time to mess with it at all yet...
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>>>>See http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/ITProfessionals/EthicsIT/if-you-want-to-learn-about-google-wave-t
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>>>heh...well seeing how I don't really have time to even run it I certainly don't have time to read 100+ pages about it...hahaha. The creators have a 2+ hour intro video about using it too - haven't watched that yet either.
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>>Correct me if I'm wrong here but isn't that Wave thing nothing more than a "MS Messenger" on steroids?
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>Looked that way to me.
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>I just got Google Voice, which is actually kind of nice.

Google Voice is really really nice. If you have that plus Gizmo5 account you end up with free incoming and outgoing calls...hehehe
Now all we have to do is hope that AT&T whimpering about it doesn't cause the FCC to shut it down.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE59746O20091008
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2009/tc20091030_329665.htm
The whole complaint is that google blocks some numbers because of the insane cost of terminating the calls to certain numbers - which come to find out is like less than 100 numbers..hahahaha. Anyway I read somewhere that the google guys figured out that those less-than-100 numbers accounted for over 26% of the overall operating costs of running google voice - so they simply blocked those numbers (which are probably chat-lines directed to some rural area to drive up rates). So now AT&T is upset because they are not allowed to block numbers and think that google voice shouldn't be allowed to do that either. In other words google figured out a way to let us keep from getting ripped off by ATT and they got pissed about it...ha