From My other post about GC and cheap prepaid minutes Link here, in the same FW spirit of working the system, and saving as much as you can.

T-Mobile myFaves gives you unlimited calling to your 5 favorite people.* Any number. Even landlines. (http://www.T-Mobile.com/templates/generic.aspx?passet=Pln_Lst_MyFavesLrnDemo)

Add your GrandCentral number to your Fav 5 and give out your GC number = Free Incoming Calls.

Cons: you can't port the number, outgoing calls still the same price unless you initiate the Call from the GC website. Calls Bypass T-Mobile VM and use GrandCentral VM, But you can have GC SMS you that you have VM.

Thank you for sharing op.
Did you actually try it? How's the quality?
I am using Alltel and we also have mycircle thing which can add up to 10 numbers. If the quality is good, I will try it out too.

btw, How to sign up? I went to GrandCentral.com and click on join now. It said invalid invitation code. What should I do?

Call quality isn't an issue with GC because they only forward the call.

I've been using GC with myfaves for about 6 or so months now. I've been averaging about 800 minutes to/from my GC number with a total of about 4000 my faves minutes per month. I have a Family 1000 min Myfaves plan shared between 3 (soon to be 4) family members. My only problem is that people want to keep calling my cell number instead of the "new number" then when I don't answer, they think I'm acting funny, lol.

tifphany said:Call quality isn't an issue with GC because they only forward the call.

I've been using GC with myfaves for about 6 or so months now. I've been averaging about 800 minutes to/from my GC number with a total of about 4000 my faves minutes per month. I have a Family 1000 min Myfaves plan shared between 3 (soon to be 4) family members. My only problem is that people want to keep calling my cell number instead of the "new number" then when I don't answer, they think I'm acting funny, lol.

So how to sign up now?

OrygunSunset said:tifphany said:Call quality isn't an issue with GC because they only forward the call.

I've been using GC with myfaves for about 6 or so months now. I've been averaging about 800 minutes to/from my GC number with a total of about 4000 my faves minutes per month. I have a Family 1000 min Myfaves plan shared between 3 (soon to be 4) family members. My only problem is that people want to keep calling my cell number instead of the "new number" then when I don't answer, they think I'm acting funny, lol.


You can change your Voicemail and have them call your " New Number at xxx-xxx-xxxx after awhile they will get the picture, esp if you send them straight to VM and telling them that you rarely check this voicemail so leave a message on the other "number"

GC also has an Announcement feature that you can e-mail all your contacts about your new phone number. This is almost ultimate phone number portability, but you can't port in a number yet.

To sign up go to GC thread to beg an invite.

I did. I just want to make sure there is another way or someone on the forum can spare me an extra invitation.

Anyway, thanks again for sharing

Used http://www.grandcentral.com/home/invite/NTlhxePTOmdqvuPuYhWufDQRl. thanks.

Any more invites looks like those are all used.

Used
http://www.grandcentral.com/home/invite/VbVdRmTC6pgHGOsxYd8kLNvi8

Thanks!

Please post invites everyone that got some out of this. Two of those got signed up while I was trying to use them

I wonder, how long until T-Mobile figure out to kill this deal