>From The New York Times:

BITS: Google Starts Welcoming New Users to Voice Service
By MIGUEL HELFT

Google is allowing some new users to open accounts with Google Voice,
the call-management service that is an evolution of GrandCentral….

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/google-starts-welcoming-new-users-to-voice-service/index.html