Google Talk and VoIP over WiFi
Greg Linden, an old co-worker of mine from Amazon.com and one of the forces behind Findory has one of the best speculations I’ve heard about Google’s recent moves:
Google Talk and VoIP over WiFi
So, Google just launched Google Talk, a VoIP application. Google is rumored to be thinking about a nationwide free WiFi network. Combined these two, add a WiFi phone to the mix, and am I about to get free mobile calling nationwide?
He says later (and I probably agree) that this is a completely insane idea and will probably never come to pass, but its the kind of non-linear thinking I would expect out of Google.
I am a bit disappointed they didn’t buy Skype though, mostly because I want more of my friends to use it. Guess I’ll have to log on to Google Talk when I get back on net and see if my Jabber client will finally be useful for anything other than work.
