With Google’s purchase of GrandCentral Communications in July 2007, the company set up a way to pull people away from their relationships with wireless phone carriers.
GrandCentral Switches Some Phone Numbers
After Google acquired GrandCentral, about a month and a half of reliable telephone service ensued. But some GrandCentral customers have now been informed that their numbers – which were supposed to be good “for life” – will be changed whether they like it or not.
Google Buys GrandCentral?
Rumors are spreading that Google acquired GrandCentral, and the company supposedly sold for around $50 million. The company, by the way, allows its customers to get “One Number…for Life – a number that’s not tied to a phone or a location – but tied to you.”