A Google Apps multimedia training presentation shows Google Talk with "Show dialpad" in the user interface on Slide 9. It also says "Enter a name or phone number." Currently, Google Talk only lets you dial other Google Talk users, and the Gizmo Project - it doesn't support PSTN dialing, though there are some third-party add-ons that enable PSTN dialing from Google Talk, such as GTalk2VoIP. However, GTalk2VoIP uses their own termination network not one from Google.So looking at this screenshot taken from an official Google page, can SIP-to-PSTN calling from Google Talk be far behind? How bout free PSTN calling? Google never does anything half-ass and most of their services are free, so I wouldn't be surprised if they leverage their massive fiber network to offer free calling. Now that would be cool!
Hat Tip: Google Blogoscoped
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Hello.
I heard about this option in Google Talk a year ago, but not sure they are going to release it soon because 1. Google afraids of patents problems and 2. they also do not want to be regulated (Google has reps in many countries where VoIP is prohibited by law!). Meanwhile, Verison's lawers are dreaming about Google to come up with public voip services to start another process
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Regards,
Ruslan.
Tom,
Thanks for providing this info. Interesting to note, though, that Google has now removed the presentation that both you and Google Blogoscoped linked to.
Thanks,
Dan
Bandwidth.com is partnering with Google and running their service over Googles network, they soon will be offering free PSTN service using their SIP gateways