With the advent of VoIP and magicjack types, and widespread proliferation of smartphones at the same time, it was only a matter of time that people would stop paying for regular phone calls. Lo and behold, with "Google Voice" like apps, people are now able to use a single number for multiple phones and pay nothing for sms messages. International plans are included for apparently a low fee.
Seems too good to be true? It is :D As you could imagine, phone carriers were not too happy since GV was providing features for free that they, AT&T in case of iphone, charge for. Ergo, the perception that iphone's recent decision to pull GV from apple app store was because of AT&T's pressure.
I guess, Apple had to succumb to AT&T for all the $400/phone money they have been making off AT&T. It seems like a losing battle though, especially since Google will be incorporating GV in the web browsers. What's AT&T going to do? Block VoIP service or IP addresses altogether?
I really want to have some anti-Google posts here, but it's so difficult, damn it!
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/google-voice-iphone-app-rejected-current-gv-apps-lose-connectio/
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Update: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/18/AR2009091803652.html
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