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online.wsj.com - 10/28/2009
Google Says It Will Limit Call Blocking
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WASHINGTON–Google Inc. said it will limit the number of phone numbers its Internet phone service blocks, in a partial bow to federal regulators' concerns that it was skirting rules designed to ensure that consumers phone calls are connected seamlessly. A Federal Communications Commission ...
online.wsj.com - 10/28/2009
FCC May Take Back TV Airwaves
— online.wsj.com — AMY SCHATZ WASHINGTON—Federal regulators are considering taking back some airwaves from television broadcasters and auctioning them off... to wireless companies to increase the availability of wireless broadband services. Federal Communications ... (more) FCC May Take Back TV Airwaves

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googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com - 10/29/2009
Our response to the FCC on Google Voice
— googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com — Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel In our response today to the FCC's inquiry... about Google Voice, we announced that our engineers have developed a tailored solution for restricting calls to specific numbers engaged in what ... (more) Our response to the FCC on Google Voice

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voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/28/2009
Google tells FCC it's still blocking calls, but fewer of them
— voices.washingtonpost.com — Google is, indeed, far more of a gatekeeper than AT AT has exercised editorial control over its... own content (which, of course, it's allowed to do; it's the publisher), but has never blocked anyone else's. Google, on the other hand, has engaged in ... (more) Google tells FCC it's still blocking calls, but fewer of ...

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Google Says It Will Scale Back Call Blocking
Phone Scoop - Latest News — ... Voice product. Google said, "We told the FCC today that Google Voice now restricts calls to fewer than 100 specific phone numbers, all of which we have good reason to believe are engaged in…schemes." Google said it will no longer block certain rural numbers, which it originally implied were too expensive to connect. AT had asked the FCC to investigate the service earlier this month. The FCC said it is reviewing Google's letter, but has not said it will call of its own investigation. more info at Wall Street Journal ...

Google Voice to limit number of blocked phone numbers
MobileBurn.com — The Wall Street Journal reports that Google will limit the number of phone numbers it blocks with its Google Voice dialing service according to a letter issued to the Federal Communications Commission. The company says it is currently blocking less than 100 specific phone numbers after concerns that it was unlawfully doing so. Google blocks calls to certain numbers to save money on fees associated with rural carrier telephone exchanges. The FCC began probing Google Voice earlier this month after requests from ...

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Google to limit call blocking on Google Voice — Electronista | The Macintosh News Network
Google in a response to the FCC on Wednesday said it has discovered a method to curb some of the rural call blocking that prompted a formal investigation into its Google Voice service. The search firm's new technology is much more specific and now only blocks less than 100 phone numbers, which ...