I beleive you can call from you Google account(or any VoIP/SIP provider) to a PSTN/GSM recepient but the termination charges must apply.<br><br>Back to the topic at hand, how would Google/Apple/Microsoft change the current game at hand by offering cheaper telecom service, re: data plans et al ?<br>
<br>What would make (economic) sense for them: a traditional ISP model or telecom service provider?<br><br>Bernard<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:48 PM, gisho <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:gichuhie@gmail.com">gichuhie@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br clear="all"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:12px"><div>@dennis  the last mile data plans are pathetic </div>
<div><br></div></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Dennis Kioko <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:dmbuvi@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmbuvi@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">Actually, if you are observant enough you will notice that you can now call from your Google account, and in some countries you can receive calls from several numbers using one Google Voice number, so it is no longer a Telecom world only. 
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