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Google and Time Warner Telecom - VoIP Partners?

Posted by Zonk on from the phone-buddies dept.

An anonymous reader wrote to mention a ZDNet blog entry by Garett Rogers, wondering aloud about the relationship between Google and Time Warner Telecom. From the entry: "It is rumored that Google has started testing 'Click-to-Call' which links potential buyers to advertisers via phone, but the third party who provides the communication services is still unknown. Could it be Time Warner Telecom who will be providing VoIP services for Google's Click-to-Call service?" We've previously mentioned the Click-to-Call service.

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  1. Click To Talk by matthiasvangorp · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If they pull this one, they'll leave the competition in the dust. If they haven't done so already.

    1. Re:Click To Talk by Frankie70 · · Score: 2, Interesting


        If they pull this one, they'll leave the competition in the dust.



      I don't see what's big technical challenge here?
      Will it take more than one day of coding to code
      a "Click to Call" thingy?

      I vaguely remember somebody doing this during the
      whole dot com days - One of the car insurance
      ads had a "Click To Call", I think it was Geico
      but I am not sure.

  2. Google + AIM by Nadsat · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So does this mean Google will merge with AIM? You've got search.

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    The Custom Mary
  3. Yawn by paulhar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Amazingly the advertisers could just put their phone number in the advert...
    and then people who care could pick the phone up and dial it.

    I know it's a bit 80's but at the end of the day click-to-call just means that
    they'll end up calling you, so you'll have to get up and answer the phone anyway.

    Why. Make. Life. Complicated?

  4. What about AOL by jacoplane · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder if this has anything to do with Google's potential bid for AOL. If AOL goes to Microsoft, Google stands to lose a lot of advertising revenue. So it wouldn't surprise me to hear they're cosying up to Time Warner.

  5. Temporary measure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Fits in nicely with the dark fiber piece from a week ago. If Google has 300 portable data centers throughout the country, they can provide local dialtone in almost every area code at no cost. I would imagine that any agreements with Time Warner would be for the sort term. This, combined with Google's SIP peering agreements with Earthlink and others to come deals a significant blow to SkypeOut. Watch out Ebay!

  6. Perhaps Vonage or Ebay by lenulus · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Honestly, no conrete idea which company they might be partnering w/ but maybe the click to call thing is a hint. Vonage currently offers a feature called Click-2-call which they have as a registered service mark. They also are the biggest VOIP provider and have a lot of infrastructure in place to support this (not that Time Warner and AOL don't... but ehh...).

    The other possability I could see, which is a strech could be ebay who just recently accquired Skype, they might be a pretty good contender particuarlly as they have more of an international audience which is probably closer to Google's view of the world (again, not like AOL doesn't).

    Just a thought.