At the pace where everyone has a cell phone, land line phone system may soon be obsoleted. The success of smart phones such as iPhone is a big threat to land line phone system. The popularity of smart phones are the trendiest phenomenon, but something else is lurking in the horizon that is begging for some attentions. Can you guess what it is?
That something else is the Internet! Internet can be used as a phone system! Through the Internet, a technology has sprung forward known as Voice Over IP and it’s gaining popularity. Voice Over IP services over the Internet offer amazing rates, and free offers are obvious too. How can something like this will be overlooked by a giant in the tech industry such as Google right? Google is testing with the idea such as adding VOIP on top of Gmail so people can make free phone calls within Gmail. Amazing low rates will apply when calling International.
As Google moving forward with VOIP over Gmail, will companies such as AT&T fight for survival? Imagine when countless of cheap gadgets come out and allow people to connect to Gmail’s phone feature for free talk times, how can companies such as AT&T charge people with their current phone rates? In reality, Google is still testing the whole idea, but like fire, everything can spread really fast if people find Gmail’s phone feature attractive. What do you think? Source.
Vinh Nguyen
