Building on Google Fiber television and Internet service, meet the Fiber Phone
Building on its growing service provider business lines, Google today announced its Fiber Phone service, which builds on the Google Fiber Internet and TV service to create a triple-play service offering.
The Fiber Phone service costs $10 per month and includes unlimited local and nationwide calling; option to keep or pick phone number; call waiting; caller ID; and voicemail transcription. For international calling, the same rate structure used for Google Voice – six cents per minute to France and one cent per minute to India, for example.
In a blog post announcing the service, Google Fiber Product Manager John Shriver-Blake billed Fiber Phone as a way to retain access to a landline while maintaining mobility.
“Your Fiber Phone number lives in the cloud, which means that you can use it on almost any phone, tablet or laptop,” Shriver-Blake wrote. “It can ring your landline when you’re home, or your mobile device when you’re on-the-go.”
Google is planning a gradual rollout beginning with select cities where Google Fiber service is in place with plans to eventually bring Fiber Phone to all Google Fiber cities. As a reminder, Google Fiber is available in Austin, Texas; Provo, Utah; Kansas City, Missouri; and Atlanta, Georgia. Google Fiber has designated San Francisco, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Antonio, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; Huntsville, Alabama; and Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina as “upcoming Fiber cities.”
Potential Fiber cities are Tampa and Jacksonville, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; Louisville, Kentucky; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; and San Diego, Irvine, Los Angeles and San Jose, California.
Fill out this form to receive updates from Google regarding Fiber Phone.
