Re: Google Voice

**Nightwolf** · 10-10-2009, 01:48 AM

is GV worth the investment? I have been thinking about getting a line for my Photography company vs just my cell all the time

**ScratchMonkey** · 10-11-2009, 08:10 PM

FCC questions Google Voice's expensive call blocker
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10..._google_voice/

At issue are FCC rules that let the country's rural phone companies charge long-distance providers exorbitant fees to access their local landlines. The law was originally designed to help local phone firms survive despite low call volumes.

While long-distance outfits like AT&T are required to connect to these local markets, Google Voice blocks the calls and avoids the extra expenses. Google argues the FCC rules apply only to broadband carriers and not the creators of web-based software applications.

It's a good thing the FCC is protecting big factory farms from high phone rates by subsidizing their local rural phone companies.