Show HN: Kill The Landline

#1

Post by sciurus » Sat, Sep 29, 2012, 8:16 PM UTC

Show HN: Kill The Landline
killthelandline.com

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

#2

Post by zapt02 » Sat, Sep 29, 2012, 8:19 PM UTC

no

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

#3

Post by sciurus » Sat, Sep 29, 2012, 8:20 PM UTC

Hi, this is Brian, one of the Kill The Landline developers. We're working on this right now at Startup Weekend in Columbia, Missouri and really welcome all the feedback you can provide on our idea! We have a blog at http://blog.killthelandline.com/ with a short survey you can fill out as well as more details about the origin of the idea.

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

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Post by philip1209 » Sat, Sep 29, 2012, 8:21 PM UTC

Co-founder here: We are an active team at Startup Weekend Columbia. We pitch tomorrow afternoon here's more about our company:

http://blog.killthelandline.com/post/32529411766/about-us

We are using Tropo with Heroku for the MVP.

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

#5

Post by e1ven » Sat, Sep 29, 2012, 8:23 PM UTC

Interesting branding, good domain, strong message. Unfortunately, I can't say I like the product at all ;)

Google will let you port your landline (indirectly) to Google voice, and forward all you calls for free.

Alternatively, I could port my landline to a second line on my Cell plan, and get a dumb-phone, for the same $10/month I'd pay you.

I like the basic message, and the domain, and that you're trying to brand as a "mission", but I think the underlying product is flawed.

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

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Post by rhizome » Sat, Sep 29, 2012, 8:24 PM UTC

Doesn't Google Voice allow this for free? Is the value in being able to forward to two numbers?

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

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Post by nanijoe » Sat, Sep 29, 2012, 8:24 PM UTC

$10 a month just to forward calls from an old number? Why would I not just port that number to Google Voice, then forward my GV calls to my cell phone, all for a grand total of FREE?

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

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Post by smokey_the_bear » Sat, Sep 29, 2012, 8:24 PM UTC

How is this better or different than Google Voice?

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

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Post by mrlase » Sat, Sep 29, 2012, 8:25 PM UTC

Why would I use this when I could use Google Voice at a much cheaper price and not even pay by the minute?

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

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Post by dewey » Sat, Sep 29, 2012, 8:25 PM UTC

just two things i noticed: - the blog background color is hard to look at - the "* Required" in your blog is red on orange background, not really easy to read.