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Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

#11

Post by dsr_ »

sciurus wrote: post #3

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.

"Contact us at [Email Protected]" does not inspire confidence.

Your pricing is too high for people who know what they're doing and probably too low for people who don't and really want it, so it's probably OK.

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

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Post by philip1209 »

dsr_ wrote: post #11
sciurus wrote: post #3

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.

"Contact us at [Email Protected]" does not inspire confidence. Your pricing is too high for people who know what they're doing and probably too low for people who don't and really want it, so it's probably OK.

Sorry, Cloudflare prevents email scraping. It's contact@KillTheLandline.com

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

#14

Post by masonhensley »

nanijoe wrote: post #7

$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?

I dont think you can port a existing land line to google voice like you can with a mobile #. I could be wrong.

Google Voice FAQ- http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

#15

Post by w1ntermute »

nanijoe wrote: post #7

$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?

Yep, this is a totally pointless product. It might've made sense a few years ago, but ever since Google Voice has been out, this has been possible for free.

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

#17

Post by avolcano »

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-...)

Re: Show HN: Kill The Landline

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Post by nanijoe »

masonhensley wrote: post #14
nanijoe wrote: post #7

$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?

I dont think you can port a existing land line to google voice like you can with a mobile #. I could be wrong. Google Voice FAQ- http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...

Fine, then port it to Magic Jack for $20 a year, and forward the calls to your cell phone
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