LTE -- What Voice Services?    by Jose Deras      Home         Topics: Main | VoIP | Wireless | Undersea Cables | Security | IPTV | MSOs | CDNs  | Ethernet | Mergers  | Financials  | People  | Europe | Canada | China | Japan | Korea | India | Latin America | Archive   AT&T Criticizes Google on Net Neutrality AT&T filed a letter with the FCC reiterating its support for a vibrant, open Internet, while also criticizing Google for its own disregard for Net Neutrality. Specifically, AT&T said Google is systematically blocking telephone calls from consumers that use Google Voice to call phone numbers in certain rural communities and, as a result, is reducing its access expenses. A June 2007 FCC decision prohibits other providers, including those with which Google Voice competes, from taking such action. Google has dismissed the Commission's order, claiming that Google Voice "isn't a traditional phone service and shouldn't be regulated like other common carriers." AT&T's Senior Vice President-Federal Regulatory Robert Quinn, said: "Google Voice has claimed for itself a significant advantage over providers offering competing services. By openly flaunting the call blocking prohibition that applies to its competitors, Google is acting in a manner inconsistent with the spirit, if not the letter, of the FCC's fourth principle contained in its Internet Policy Statement. Ironically, Google is also flouting the so-called ‘fifth principle of non-discrimination' for which Google has so fervently advocated..." "AT&T strongly emphasizes that the existing Internet principles are serving consumers well in their current form and there is no sound reason to radically expand and codify those principles. But if the Commission nonetheless embarks on such a course as it apparently plans to do in an upcoming rulemaking, it absolutely must ensure that any such rules apply evenly -- not just to network operators but also to providers of Internet applications, content and services. Anything less would be ineffective, legally suspect and, in all events, a direct repudiation of President Obama's call for a ‘level playing field.' http://www.att.com/gen/public-affairs?pid=14048&goback=group01&article=home 25-Sep-09     Learn How to Get Your Video on this Site Recent Service Provider News NTT Surpasses 12.8 Million Optical Access Lines 2/5/2010 Level 3 to Deliver 1.5 Gbps Uncompressed HD Video Feed from Super Bowl 2/2/2010 SAIC Wins $52 Million Network Contract with NSF 2/1/2010 Nokia and Pearson form wireless educational venture in China 2/1/2010 Sprint Supports Tango Networks' Mobile UC 2/1/2010 AT&T Gives Update on Network Upgrade Programs 1/29/2010 AT&T U-verse Voice Service Reaches 1 Million Lines 1/28/2010 AT&T Adds 2.7 million Wireless Subscribers in Q4 2009 1/28/2010 BT Offers Flat Rate Global Video Exchange Pricing 1/28/2010 AT&T to Provide 7.2 Mbps 3G Service for Apple's iPad 1/27/2010 XO Activates South Texas Gateway Serving Mexico 1/27/2010 Verizon Integrates International and U.S. Wholesale Teams 1/27/2010 Haiti's Voila to Double International Capacity, 90% of Cell Sites Online 1/27/2010 Level 3 Provides Backbone for TDS Telecom 1/26/2010 Verizon Sees Growth in Wireless Data, But Posts Loss on Labor Costs 1/26/2010 > More news...   Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published LTE -- What Voice Services? by Jose Deras Framing the Next Wave of Carrier Ethernet by Umesh Kukreja Network Interconnection and Evolution for Super Carriers by Dawn M. Hogh Carrier Challenges for Tomorrow's Connected Enterprise by Dr. Badri Nath Dynamic Performance Management for Mobile Data Networks by Michael J. Schabel, Ph.D. To 4G or not to 4G: Supporting Exponential Mobile Traffic Growth by Joe Schraml