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AT&T VoIP Decision Proves Need for Net Neutrality
- From: Brian Warkoczeski
- Date: Wed Oct 07 16:18:07 2009
AT&T VoIP Decision Proves Need for Net Neutrality
By Tony Bradley, PC World
Oct 7, 2009
www.yahoo.com
AT&T announced a change in policy to allow VoIP calls on the iPhone from
its 3G cellular network. The decision may be spurred in part by a
motivation to avoid proposed FCC net neutrality rules, but the move
actually proves why net neutrality is necessary.
AT&T and Apple are arguably solely responsible for bringing intense
scrutiny on the wireless communications industry as a result of the
high-profile rejection of the Google Voice app for the iPhone. Granted,
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski already had net neutrality on his to-do
list, but the questionable motives and seemingly monopolistic rejection
of the Google Voice app highlighted the need for the FCC to step in and
take a look under the hood.
Skype however does have a VoIP app for the iPhone. The Skype app is
limited to connecting over the wifi network and is not capable of
routing calls over the AT&T cellular network as a result of the previous
AT&T policy.
For rest of the article, see:
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20091007/tc_pcworld/attvoipdecisionprovesneedfornetneutrality
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