Google Voice announced today that it would start letting Google email users, who also had a Google Voice account, start making PC to Landline phone calls in the US and Canada for free. In the past, they have allowed users to make free PC to PC calls, just like Skype does, but now Skype might have a hard time getting users to pay a couple of cents per minute for PC to phone calls, when both Google Voice and MagicTalk are giving that service away for free.
I think it’s interesting that I was complaining yesterday that I could get any info on MagicTalk’s new, free, PC to phone calling service, and low and behold, Google announces today that I can just use theirs. Like I said yesterday, maybe Vocaltec needs to get moving, it’s hard enough bringing a new product to market without having to compete with fricken Google.
It looks like Google will be trying to make a profit off of international PC to phone calls, so look at the free PC to phone calls as a loss leader, like supermarkets use. If you want to see where Google Voice is going to be rolling in the dough, the check out the Google Voice International Phone Call Rate Sheet.
I wonder what I’ll do for a job when all the telecom in the world is free? LOL I guess since everything is moving to VoIP and WiFi, I better get started on my Wideband Internet Service Empire…
