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Story: Billionaire seeks to derail AOL-Google deal

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Many suggest that AOL got the best of Google in their recent $1 billion (USD) deal. Here at Live Phone we contend that our original idea for Google is now progressing. Google VoIP and Google’s involvement in the Gizmo Project suggests Google wants one-click telephone capability. It will come in the future, but one step at a time with AOL.

As Google gets their foot in the door one must realize that AOL users are the market which best suits Google. Many thought AOL would be gone by now. Saturated with advertising and a heavy front end load of graphics, pop-ups, and restrictions, intelligent minds ask why these people stay with AOL. Ease of use and a desire to have everything done for them comes to mind. Not tech savy enough to simply get a raw DSL connection or cable modem connection, there is no desire to “do it themselves.” Let AOL do it for you is the train of thought.

It didn’t take Earthlink users long to find out they didn’t need Earthlink at all once their DSL box was working. Cable internet users found out they didn’t need their “homepage” and network provider interface. That’s why it’s called “always on” Internet. AOL dialup aside, what is the function of AOL? Instant messenging, headlines, weather - all available elsewhere, leads one to believe the AOL users is the person to which Google will target one-click telephone calls over the net.

Using VoIP, existing Google servers, their huge bandwidth pipe, and technology already being tested, watch for Google in the future. Add their existing loyal customer base to an existing AOL customer base and Google could pose a serious challenge to Yahoo VoIP, Sunrocket, Vonage and others. Showing no disrespect to AOL members, and none intended, we think the AOL audience will just click their way onboard as they are doing now. For those without AOL, Google will offer one-click telephone calls through search engine results, advertising results, blogs and more.

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