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Still in beta....

Menno

Oct 8, 2009, 12:07 PM
GV is still in beta, it is essentially a piece of freeware that they are toying with.

If google was:
-Charging something for this service
-Marketing this product as "final" version
-offering service that wasn't dependent on a third party (either traditional telecom or internet)

they might have a case.

As it stands, it is these local telecoms charging insane disconnect fees.


The solution? Google should allow calls to these areas but consider them "international calls" and fund the disconnect fees that way. either that, or those companies should waive (or drop) the disconnect fees for GV users.

Forcing google to have calls go through to these companies (which means they will have to start charging for the service, or chan...
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Azeron

Oct 8, 2009, 12:21 PM
is that these politicians are in AT&T's pocket. Follow the money...
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Slammer

Oct 8, 2009, 1:05 PM
AT&T has a hissy fit over GV and calls on their Politician shareholder constituents. Typical and expected. I only wish the common AT&T subscriber could see how their carrier operates. I am so glad I moved away from that neighborhood. The riff raff is gotten out of control.
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JeffdaBeat

Oct 8, 2009, 2:37 PM
See, I think it's absolutely hilarious folks are on these issues. People are quick to side with these companies as though they are your BFF4Lyfe or something.

Although I think it's a huge waste of time given other things that could be worked on, I see nothing wrong with them investigating Google Voice to see if it is any violation of FCC rules or laws for that matter.

But I guess what really bothers me is how folks on these sites are so quick to jump on AT&T and side with someone else. AT&T is a company that makes money not off of handsets, but the service they provide. If it were me, I wouldn't allow anything on my network that competed directly with my number one money maker. I don't care if it benefited customers at all, cell phon...
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michaelk

Oct 8, 2009, 2:59 PM
Quote from JeffdaBeat:
"Man, if I didn't work for AT&T I'd probably take advantage of this one lol..."

What this is really about is the small group of rural phone exchanges that take advantage of a law intended to promote access to rural customers... Not sure AT&T is the villain here, but that doesn't they aren't in other areas.

Now that they've caved to avoid investigation and have 'embraced' network neutrality, they're already starting to whine about the amount of abuse their dodgy network is taking from '3% of iPhone users'... Is it any wonder that > 90% of iPhone users love their devices, but > 50% hate At$T's network and service, and would leave, if an alternate carrier was available? In the larger picture, what this all about ...
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MuToiD_MaN

Oct 8, 2009, 5:38 PM
and doesn't really improve your profile to me as someone I should be listening to. At least "Microsoft" has an S.
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michaelk

Oct 9, 2009, 3:31 PM
It was a poor attempt at humor, which I confess has fallen short. Point taken. Thanks for calling me on it.

Regards,

M
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Cellinovation

Oct 10, 2009, 2:30 PM
Sure they throw a hissy fit, and try to whistle blow on Google. Then announce a week later that they would allow VOIP applications on the iPhone. How hipocritical!
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