Best news I heard all day, thank you. I am a big proponent of new technologies in communication (and a heavy VoIP user too, since I live in the US but my family is in Greece), so things like that are of importance to me. Seeing Google Voice thrown out of the AppStore was a major shock for me the other day. Whoever was behind this banning of the app, must pay one way or another.
wow dude, that was pretty harsh.. im sure it costs alot more to call from the us to greece then to use voip.. to take away our options is not the way to go, and the iphone is a phone, but so much more then that..
>Why would AT&T want you to use a substitute for voice over its own network?
Because I wouldn't use its network. I would use WiFi and VoIP via GoogleVoice. And besides, it's not AT&T job to tell me who to call (e.g. if I call directly to Greece, or by calling a local number which redirects me to Greece). That would be a "call neutrality" problem (a'la net neutrality) and I am sure it would hold up in court.
>p.s. I dont even know what to think of your icon
So your own, all-black icon that shows nothingness is a better one?
@murmermer: I think it all has to come down to what JimboJones reiterated. AT&T was the sole phone company for years, then the FCC decided it go too big and too anti-competitive. They broke them down, everybody could compete fairly, and now we have AT&T and Verizon ruling the phone industry (land and cell).
Yes, you are agreeing to pay for a specific service from AT&T. But you should also have the option to use a service that's available on other phones on the same network. I think Big Blue is scared of GV cutting into their text and long distance revenues via the do-it-all iPhone.
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Best news I heard all day, thank you. I am a big proponent of new technologies in communication (and a heavy VoIP user too, since I live in the US but my family is in Greece), so things like that are of importance to me. Seeing Google Voice thrown out of the AppStore was a major shock for me the other day. Whoever was behind this banning of the app, must pay one way or another.
What is wrong with you people... YOU ARE USING A PHONE!!!!
Why would AT&T want you to use a substitute for voice over its own network?
remember you pay to use 1 number on at&t's service not for 2 numbers!
p.s. I dont even know what to think of your icon
wow dude, that was pretty harsh.. im sure it costs alot more to call from the us to greece then to use voip.. to take away our options is not the way to go, and the iphone is a phone, but so much more then that..
>Why would AT&T want you to use a substitute for voice over its own network?
Because I wouldn't use its network. I would use WiFi and VoIP via GoogleVoice.
And besides, it's not AT&T job to tell me who to call (e.g. if I call directly to Greece, or by calling a local number which redirects me to Greece). That would be a "call neutrality" problem (a'la net neutrality) and I am sure it would hold up in court.
>p.s. I dont even know what to think of your icon
So your own, all-black icon that shows nothingness is a better one?
@murmermer: I think it all has to come down to what JimboJones reiterated. AT&T was the sole phone company for years, then the FCC decided it go too big and too anti-competitive. They broke them down, everybody could compete fairly, and now we have AT&T and Verizon ruling the phone industry (land and cell).
Yes, you are agreeing to pay for a specific service from AT&T. But you should also have the option to use a service that's available on other phones on the same network. I think Big Blue is scared of GV cutting into their text and long distance revenues via the do-it-all iPhone.
@D. Toliver "I think Big Blue is scared of GV cutting into their text and long distance revenues via the do-it-all iPhone."
This ought to show AT&T... just send e-mail from your smart phone or Direct Message people on Twitter.
You don't *have* to use SMS.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Colbert-regarding-the-new-ATT
I can't take someone I don't find attractive seriously. Next.
I can't take someone I don't find intelligent seriously. Next.