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Google Plans Free VoIP In the UK

Posted by timothy on Sunday January 23, 2005 @06:49PM from the thinking-ahead dept.

jarich writes "According to this news article, Google may be preparing to offer free Voice Over IP telephone service in the UK. This sounds related to a previous Slashdot article about Google starting to buy dark fiber. So what are they planning? A free service like Skype (computer to computer only) or more along the lines of Lingo or Vonage?"

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Skype is not computer to computer only by Nermal6693 · 2005-01-23 18:52 · Score: 5, Informative

You can also call a regular phone with Skype. It's not free, but you can do it.
fixed link by Devil's+BSD · 2005-01-23 18:53 · Score: 5, Informative

Someone left a bracket on there, so...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1454225, 00.html

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Re:What Skype is missing though... Skype IN by blake182 · 2005-01-23 20:33 · Score: 5, Informative

There was an interview on Engadget last November with Skype co-founder and CEO Niklas Zennström:

What is SkypeIn and what are the plans for it?

SkypeIn will allow phone calls from the traditional phone network in to Skype. We don't have a specific launch date yet, but hope to offer it sometime this winter.