FCC launches probe of Google Voice service

[btfc]

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20091009/a...oice_fcc_4

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This will be interesting. If the FCC decides GV is a telco, then they're SOL.

[mattkime]

where are these rural locations where calls are so expensive?

[jdc]

FCC (on behalf of ATT), right

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mattkime wrote:
where are these rural locations where calls are so expensive?

Common in the midwest. Free conference calls use them and partner with them so they can offer free calls - both the telco and the conference call company make their money off of the high connection fees they charge the carriers. They charge much higher fees, though still legal.