Tech giant Google is planning to bundle traditional home phone service to its ultra-fast broadband service. The resulting bundle will be called Fiber Phone service and will cost subscribers $10 per month.

Google announced its plan on March 29. Fiber Phone will be a service that includes the ultra-fast 1Gbps broadband connection. The bundle will be available in all cities where Google has already deployed its fiber network.

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Google announces its new bundle at a time when its services are facing major competition from traditional broadband service providers like Comcast and AT&T, both of which have already started deploying their own fiber networks.

Some tech analysts are perplexed about the reason why Google would bundle traditional landline into its broadband service. Several reports show that landline subscription have steadily declined over the past few years as consumers are starting to migrate to mobile devices.

A survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that as of 2013 about 40 percent of adults in the United States prefer to use a cellular phone exclusively for voice communications.

Looking into Google's Fiber Phone, it is not a traditional plain, old telephone service. In fact, it is a cloud-based service which allows customers to keep their personal phone number in the cloud. They can receive and make calls from multiple devices, including tablets and mobile phones.

In a statement, Google Fiber product manager John Shriver-Blake said, "While mobile phones have pushed us toward the future, home phone service is still important to many families."

Fiber Phone service will cost $10 a month. This includes unlimited local and nationwide long-distance calling. International call rates are similar to rates offered by Google Voice service. The service reportedly also includes caller ID, 911 emergency calls, voicemail transcription and call waiting.

Google said that Fiber Phone will be rolled out first in cities where it has already established its fiber network like Kansas City and Austin.

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