Google and Time Warner Telecom - VoIP Partners? 52

Posted by Zonk on Friday November 25, 2005 @10:32AM 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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Click To Talk (Score:3, Interesting)

by matthiasvangorp ( 576254 ) writes: on Friday November 25, 2005 @10:36AM (#14113169) Homepage

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

- Re:Click To Talk (Score:1)
  
  by Jotii ( 932365 ) writes:
  
  No-one can compete against Google, they've got billions at their disposal.
  - Re:Click To Talk (Score:5, Insightful)
    
    by krakelohm ( 830589 ) writes: on Friday November 25, 2005 @11:46AM (#14113536)
    
    "No-one can compete against Google, they've got billions at their disposal."
    
    No-one can compete against Microsoft, they've got billions at their disposal... right?
    
    - Re:Click To Talk (Score:1)
      
      by Jotii ( 932365 ) writes:
      
      Really, no-one can. No attempts to compete against Microsoft since Microsoft gained control of the market have succeeded. Only lately have open-source products even come close, but you can't say Microsoft isn't controlling the situation.
      - Re:Click To Talk (Score:1)
        
        by krakelohm ( 830589 ) writes:
        
        Sure, companies are doing it all the time, just on a smaller scale. You cannot tell me that Microsoft is not scared of Google on the search/portal side, that Microsoft is not scared of Apple on the OS side, that Microsoft is not scared of Open Office(and its flavors) on the Software side. The only front I see Microsoft not being too worried on is the Home Entertainment side. Really the only place to go from Xbox is up.
- Re:Click To Talk (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by Frankie70 ( 803801 ) writes:
  
  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.
Google + AIM (Score:3, Interesting)

by Nadsat ( 652200 ) writes: on Friday November 25, 2005 @10:36AM (#14113171) Homepage

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

- Re:Google + AIM (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by Cytlid ( 95255 ) * writes: on Friday November 25, 2005 @11:05AM (#14113308)
  
  Sure! They'll call it ... Gaim! ...er wait.
  
Google + TG+ AOL (Score:1)

by ktija ( 785397 ) writes:

More News this week about Click to call and Aol Banners.
Microsoft missed this one completly.
*Groan* (Score:4, Funny)

by voice_of_all_reason ( 926702 ) writes: on Friday November 25, 2005 @10:51AM (#14113246)

Just what we need... targeted advertisements during our phone calls. Like this one I just found on a google search:

Bank Robbery
Products and information about
Bank Robbery.
eBay.com

- Re:*Groan* (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by meringuoid ( 568297 ) writes: on Friday November 25, 2005 @10:59AM (#14113283)
  
  Seriously, though, at what point do these eBay ads fall foul of false advertising laws?
  Golden Fleece
  Great deals on Golden Fleece
  Shop on eBay and Save!
  www.eBay.com
  Hmm. This guy jason@argo.gr has pretty good feedback...
  
  - Re:*Groan* (Score:1)
    
    by GungaDan ( 195739 ) writes:
    
    False advertising has to be the least of their legal worries. I was too bashful to click through to view their "Great deals on Dirty Goth Hotties," but I can't imagine that's legal outside of Nevada...
Updated mission statement (Score:4, Funny)

by pmike_bauer ( 763028 ) writes: on Friday November 25, 2005 @11:04AM (#14113305)

Slashdot: Gossip for Nerds on blogs that maybe/might/kinda/sorta matters.

Yawn (Score:2, Interesting)

by paulhar ( 652995 ) writes:

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?
- Look whose ox gets gored (Score:2)
  
  by Engineer-Poet ( 795260 ) writes:
  
  If you click to call them, they don't have to pay any WATS providers.
  - Re:Look whose ox gets gored (Score:1)
    
    by paulhar ( 652995 ) writes:
    
    WhAT is WATS? Don't have none of that here.
- Re:Yawn (Score:1)
  
  by syneca ( 112262 ) writes:
  
  Why. Make. Life. Complicated?
  
  They hope you won't think that way, because then they'll have your phone number. Which is good for them, and bad for you.
- Because it's cheaper and more efficient? :) (Score:3, Insightful)
  
  by saikou ( 211301 ) writes:
  
  Click to Call gives you way more control than otherwise possible through 800 number.
  For example: you already know which product customer wants. Because you know the context. So no more "For electronics, press or say One, for fish food, press or say Two, for orchids and discontinued flowers, press or say Three". You can similarly omit language preferences. You don't have to use same 800 number with complicated routing (you don't need to lease/buy/use multiple 800 numbers). You can integrate it directly with
What about AOL (Score:3, Interesting)

by jacoplane ( 78110 ) writes: on Friday November 25, 2005 @11:07AM (#14113316) Homepage Journal

I wonder if this has anything to do with Google's potential bid for AOL [com.com]. 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.

- Re:What about AOL (Score:1, Insightful)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  AOL is NOT Time Warner Telecom. they are completely seperate companies.
Temporary measure (Score:4, Interesting)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday November 25, 2005 @11:14AM (#14113363)

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!

Click to talk is simple enough...no need for time (Score:3, Informative)

by xoip ( 920266 ) writes: on Friday November 25, 2005 @11:16AM (#14113376) Homepage

The call back technology that is being used has been around for close to a decade. I worked on a product integration with a company out of the UK [netcall.com] a few years back who offered this technology.

- Re:I call BS (Score:2, Insightful)
  
  by Raypeso ( 851771 ) writes:
  
  TWTC most certainly does provide VoIP services. http://twtelecom.com/cust_solutions/services/one_s olution.html [twtelecom.com] So, I call BS on you. Althought I'm pretty damn sure Google has not been setting up any big deal with TWTC.
what rumours?! (Score:2, Informative)

by thelost ( 808451 ) writes:

erm its not rumoured at all. http://www.google.com/help/faq_clicktocall.html [google.com]
- Mods: parent is informative (Score:1, Redundant)
  
  by WillerZ ( 814133 ) writes:
  
  No text.
Perhaps Vonage or Ebay (Score:2, Interesting)

by lenulus ( 737004 ) writes:

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 [vonage.com] 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 parti
End times already? (Score:2)

by unitron ( 5733 ) writes:

Google partnering with Time-Warner? So much for that whole "do no evil" thing.
Can you tell we have TW cable?
- Re:End times already? (Score:2, Insightful)
  
  by Raypeso ( 851771 ) writes:
  
  Time Warner Inc., Time Warner Cable, and Time Warner Telecom are all different companies.
  - Re:End times already? (Score:2)
    
    by unitron ( 5733 ) writes:
    
    " Time Warner Inc., Time Warner Cable, and Time Warner Telecom are all different companies."
    Can one buy enough stock in one to control the company and direct it down a path that disadvantages either or both of the other two?
This a a mother of a shot... (Score:2)

by Bun ( 34387 ) writes:

...across eBay's bow...
- Re:EXPLANATION: Time Warner Telecom !=Time Warner (Score:1)
  
  by tadauphoenix ( 127728 ) writes:
  
  It's funny you mention the "mental patients" comment... couple of the tier 1 callmonkeys at the time would pull some shennanigans with customers, rather often mind you, sometimes funny, most of the time pissed me off. Especially when something got escalated to me and I had to do damage control. But the time one guy showed up in a full military gasmask, then answered calls all day in it, that was funny. And yes I have pictures (somewhere). Mental patients indeed.
  
  Parent poster, it's futile trying to seperate
There's no VOIP in this (Score:1)

by DarthBobo ( 152187 ) writes:

Click creates the connection between your telephone and that of the advertiser. After "clicking" -- and entering your telephone number -- your telephone rings and so does that of the advertiser. Maybe there will be VOIP eventually, but not now.
Why ould Google need a third party? (Score:1)

by Justifiable_Delusion ( 759339 ) writes:

Google owns the bandwidth necessary. Google has the intelligence and the foresight as well, if they can, I would strongly believe they could quickly hire in and develop the expertise to handle these services on their own. This service will not cost Google anything other than making use of existing resources, merely in new manners.

There have been many discussion in reference to them buying up large amounts of dark fiber. (http://news.com.com/Google+wants+dark+fiber/2100 - 1034_3-5537392.html>) And recen
Click-to-Fall (Score:1)

by cookonium ( 933276 ) writes:

"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." So... this is going to be inclusive of the gammet of spam/advertising that is so rampant on most websites. I would be one of those that would link Google with, or put the company on the same level as, a company that utilizes popups/spam to build business. Google has gone above and beyond a lot of other search en

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Click To Talk (Score:3, Interesting)

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Re:Click To Talk (Score:5, Insightful)

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Re:Click To Talk (Score:3, Interesting)

Google + AIM (Score:3, Interesting)

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Groan (Score:4, Funny)

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Updated mission statement (Score:4, Funny)

Yawn (Score:2, Interesting)

Look whose ox gets gored (Score:2)

Re:Look whose ox gets gored (Score:1)

Re:Yawn (Score:1)

Because it's cheaper and more efficient? :) (Score:3, Insightful)

What about AOL (Score:3, Interesting)

Re:What about AOL (Score:1, Insightful)

Temporary measure (Score:4, Interesting)

Click to talk is simple enough...no need for time (Score:3, Informative)

Re:I call BS (Score:2, Insightful)

what rumours?! (Score:2, Informative)

Mods: parent is informative (Score:1, Redundant)

Perhaps Vonage or Ebay (Score:2, Interesting)

End times already? (Score:2)

Re:End times already? (Score:2, Insightful)

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This a a mother of a shot... (Score:2)

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There's no VOIP in this (Score:1)

Why ould Google need a third party? (Score:1)

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Google + AIM (Score:3, Interesting)

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*Groan* (Score:4, Funny)

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Updated mission statement (Score:4, Funny)

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