Comments on: FCC Investigating Google Voice

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:08:58 +0000

The FCC has no jurisdiction in this case so I'm surprised Google didn't drag them into court and challenge their authority to even investigate this matter. Regardless, they have consented to it now.

By: Former FCC Chair Lays Out the Limits on the Agency’s Authority – GigaOM

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:31:38 +0000

[...] issue of just how far the FCC’s authority reaches was raised last summer, when the agency opened up a probe into the blocking of Google Voice on the iPhone. It turns out that Apple had blocked the application, [...]

By: Google Voice Comes to the iPhone via the Browser – GigaOM

Google Voice Comes to the iPhone via the Browser – GigaOM — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:34:50 +0000

[...] their very best to keep Google Voice service away from the iPhone users. A big raging controversy, an FCC investigation and a lot of talk still didn’t bring Google’s much hyped and loved service to the [...]

By: The New FCC and a Small Reality Check – GigaOM

The New FCC and a Small Reality Check – GigaOM — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:23:56 +0000

[...] an opinion about the retransmission fights between the recent cable and content companies or asking hard questions as to why Google Voice was blocked on the iPhone, this FCC isn’t afraid to involve itself in [...]

By: GigaOM Special Event: FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to Talk Broadband Policy Wednesday at 10AM – GigaOM

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:41:32 +0000

[...] to. But now net neutrality, disappearing landlines, cable disputes, the National Broadband Plan, Google Voice and Apple’s stance on app approvals are big stories, influenced partly by an activist Federal Communications Commission that is delving [...]

By: » Google: Keep them Guessing …

» Google: Keep them Guessing … — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:45:17 +0000

[...] remember a few months ago when the FCC did an investigation on Google [...]

By: Free Conferencing CEO Asks FCC to Keep on Google Voice

Free Conferencing CEO Asks FCC to Keep on Google Voice — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:06:06 +0000

[...] Google Voice, David Erickson, president of the Free Conferencing Corp., a conference call company whose numbers are blocked by the service, is pretty aggrieved. So he met with the FCC and filed a letter urging the regulatory agency to get [...]

By: Daize Shayne

Daize Shayne — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:55:55 +0000

Seriously, I’m beginning to think we should circulate a petition and send it to Charlaine. LOL! Yep, it’s Eric, hands down. Well, I’m a canine person, so whatever animal I designed would end up looking like a dog, possibly with bat ears?

By: AT&T And Google Voice: Tit For Tat | mowbee.com

AT&T And Google Voice: Tit For Tat | mowbee.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:44:38 +0000

[...] [Via: WashingtonPost, PCMag, GigaOm] [...]

By: AT&T And Google Voice: Tit For Tat

AT&T And Google Voice: Tit For Tat — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:23:49 +0000

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By: AT&T to Google: Hands Off Our Sisters, Mister

AT&T to Google: Hands Off Our Sisters, Mister — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:02:32 +0000

[...] on the other hand, claims it is merely protecting itself against purveyors of phone sex, cheap conference calling services, and other evil doers that inhabit our nation’s armpits [...]

By: AT&T Attacks Google Voice Again — This Time With Nuns

AT&T Attacks Google Voice Again — This Time With Nuns — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:36:39 +0000

[...] today countered Google’s claims that it’s blocking Google Voice calls to rural areas because they’re directed to free [...]

By: Aswath Rao

Aswath Rao — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:35:23 +0000

Even though it is generally perceived that GV is something revolutionary and it is disrupting big telcos like AT&T, the fact is that such a service is being offered by many companies, complying to telcom rules. So I hope FCC investigates GV on their behalf.

Please reconsider the claim that GV is an internet application. Yes, I provision and manage the service using a browser; but all calls go over the PSTN in all forms, save Gizmo. It is most decidedly a PSTN service. It issues PSTN numbers to its subscribers. If PSTN interconnect is not part of the service then GV loses all its features.

By: exAOLVP

exAOLVP — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:22:21 +0000

As much as we can all hate the telcos, it’s patently unfair for Google Voice to act as a layer on top of the telcos that shunts the expensive calls to the underlying telcos, and does the free ones themselves. Want to do a GoToMeeting call – sorry, have to dial it from your BB directly and Verizon has to pay the 5c/minute termination charges. But want to call your girlfriend down the street – sure, we’ll do that for you.

I’m surprised that we haven’t seen the FCC bring back the notion of the $1.00/phone number/month charge the FCC was contemplating back in 2006 – I’ll bet that’s another issue that Google Voice will have to face over the next 4-6 months.

Frankly, the real test for Google Voice is whether it can stay free, and whether the audience will stick with it if they have to pay. There’s actually some neat stuff in here around find-me/follow-me, but no one has historically been able to charge enough for that to pay for it in the “real” telco world.

By: Jerry Fleckhiemer

Jerry Fleckhiemer — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:54:40 +0000

Welcome to the world of telecommunications Google. Google admits to terminating calls and negotiating rates with interconnecting telcos. Kind of sounds like a “telco” to me. I think they will be turning down the service before EOY 2010.

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:52:38 +0000

Josh, why would you guess that it oversteps their authority? Google is working to become an internet-based voice service provider and is actually complaining to the FCC about AT&T, etc. It would seem to me that once they start providing these connnection services (Google Voice) they start to fall under FCC guidelines. I would be pissed if they did not connect my call to a rural phone line.