Google denies move into VoIP business

i just knew i shouldn't have blogged the times article about google gearing up for voip, because there was no hard evidence whatsoever. wanting to buy dark fiber is hardly evidence to say that a company is going to start voip services, and now google denies it officially (free reg. required):

Google has dismissed as 'pure speculation' a report in The Times today that it is going into the free phone call business. The speculation has been fuelled by a job ad on the Google web site seeking a 'strategic negotiator' to buy up 'dark' i.e. unused cable, in order to create a world-wide backbone network.