Google Voice Narrowly Defeats Skype in Reader Vote

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Ben Parr
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Google Voice Narrowly Defeats Skype in Reader Vote

This week's Web Faceoff between Skype and Google Voice came down to the wire.

Last week, Google stepped onto Skype's turf with the launch of

Is Google Voice a threat to Skype's longstanding dominance? On Monday we asked you, the readers, to choose which voice service you preferred. After the closest vote in the history of the Web Faceoff...

...Google Voice is the winner by just 20 votes. With 1,438 votes (42.87%), Google's voice service beat Skype's 1,418 tallies (42.28%). That's barely more than a half-percent difference. 498 of you (14.85%) voted that it was a tie.

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