Expect AT&T, Others to Make Peace with Google Voice - PC World

Expect AT&T, Others to Make Peace with Google Voice - PC World: "Ever since its launch this summer, Google Voice has presented carriers with some potentially thorny issues.

The biggest potential pitfall for carriers is that widespread adoption of Google Voice could render their networks 'dumb pipes' that don't offer users any value-added services. Google Voice was designed in part to make it easier for users to change mobile carriers without sacrificing their phone numbers and also to give users several add-on features that are not offered by carriers. For example, Google Voice can provide simultaneous ringing for both landline and wireless devices using the same phone number and it can serve as a hub for SMS as it lets users send text messages from any of their devices or even right over the Web on their computer. Net neutrality proponents such as the media advocacy group Free Press have met Google Voice with enthusiasm, as they think it could give users the ability to seamlessly switch carriers if their current carrier is too restrictive of what they can and cannot use on their mobile devices."

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