Old-timey Google just launched a landline phone service

For Google, it's Throwback Tuesday.

The company typically likes to stand on the bleeding edge of technology (think self-driving cars and multi-modal drones), but today it's looking back at the venerable landline. Google is launching Fiber Phone, a new service tied to its Fiber Internet service, which it has slowly rolled out in the U.S. over the past few years.

Fiber Phone is basically landline service for Google Fiber customers. It costs an extra $10 a month on top of the $70 (gigabit Internet only) or $120 (gigabit Internet + TV) services that Fiber offers, which gives you unlimited local and nationwide calling.  Read more...