Yahoo! and BT to offer VoIP
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Using freeware messenger services as a primary
phone device? I don't see the savings since according to the below,
they will still bill your home phone number as a toll call. What
is the benefit then?
Yahoo and British
Telecommunications Thursday announced they are extending their partnership
to offer consumers in the U.K. the option of making telephone calls over
Yahoo's messaging product.
The integrated call management product,
called Yahoo Messenger with BT Communicator, will include VoIP services
like PC-to-phone calling, Internet call waiting and directory lookup, bundled
with instant messaging features, according to Yahoo U.K. spokeswoman Sue
Jackson. The service will allow users to easily switch from instant message
conversations to a telephone conversation, she said.
Telephone calls made through the Yahoo/BT
product will be billed directly to the customer's home phone bill at normal
toll-call rates. BT Communicator will be integrated into all Yahoo Messenger
clients distributed in the U.K. and additional features will be added to
the product in the future, BT and Yahoo said.
If you moved to all VoIP I see the benefit
here of a joint IM and phone service bundled with broadband. I am
not sure of the ability of Yahoo! to grow and emerge as a great source
for a phone directory.
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On Thursday, March 11th, 2004 by Chris Miller
