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title: Tool lets VoIP providers tap Yahoo IM | CNET News.com
author: Tris
date: 2004-06-22
url: https://www.trishussey.com/tool-lets-voip-providers-tap-yahoo-im-cnet-newscom/
---

This is interesting news.  I hate using "convergence", but this is really what this is.  The steady merging of e-mail, IM, and voice.  This should be an interesting time.

[Tool lets VoIP providers tap Yahoo IM | CNET News.com](http://news.com.com/Tool+lets+VoIP+providers+tap+Yahoo+IM/2100-7352_3-5243290.html?part=rss&tag=5243290&subj=news.7352.5): "update CHICAGO--Can Yahoo replace the telephone?
Net telephony software developer Sylantro apparently thinks so. The company on Tuesday released a new tool that will let telecommunications providers deliver voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to customers using Yahoo Instant Messenger (IM)--an industry first, according to the company. "