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by ralph84 1616 days ago
I have no problem paying something, but $6/user/month for family emails @${SURNAME}.org that I've given out to dozens of extended family members isn't gonna work. Hopefully with all of the backlash they come out with a more reasonably priced plan for people doing personal email hosting.
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hoistbypetard 1615 days ago
I'm in the same boat. I think I'm likely going to stand up a Nextcloud instance on a VPS for calendar/contacts/docs and move mail (somewhere). Paying by user/mailbox is really not a good deal for the way we've been using it, so it will either be someone that charges based on domain/traffic/maibox size or something self hosted for received mail with a pay-per-message smtp smarthost.

It's really not something I'm happy about needing to figure out all of a sudden.

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dhd415 1616 days ago
This +100. I'd pay a reasonable amount for my Google Voice numbers, too, if it would ensure that I don't lose them on short notice.
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YaraAllen 1616 days ago
Same.

I am OK with paying $6/user/month for the new plans but they don't include Google Voice, which is $10/user/month. I would be ecstatic if they had a cheaper plan that included Google Voice or if they allowed me to migrate my Google Voice number/account to a regular Google account.

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dlgeek 1616 days ago
Can you port it out and back in?
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YaraAllen 1615 days ago
It's possible for now but you lose all your history, settings, etc. And my Google Voice number has been primary number for a decade or so and thus has a lot of important stuff that I would like to keep.
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mike503 1614 days ago
I was able to migrate a Google Voice number and history from one @gmail.com to another @gmail.com - IIRC there was someone on Google support forums who I messaged with and after validating accounts they put it in some queue or something. IIRC a day or two later it was all there. Magic.
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wyufro 1615 days ago
Hasn't there always been a 10 user limit? That's what I remember at least.
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interestica 1615 days ago
Up to 100 users was a thing
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kashmirix 1610 days ago
Many more. I opened (and still have) a 500-user legacy account, and also have two 200-user accounts in case anyone is interested.
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