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Posted by: David Erickson 10/18/2009 12:00 AM
Re: Google Call Blocking, Traffic Pumping 

Rick Whitt Says: 

“In fact, the top 10 telephone prefixes — the area code plus the first three digits of a seven-digit number — generated more than 160 times the expected traffic volumes.” 

Google, maybe your expectations were wrong or in fact maybe your expectations were way wrong (160 times is 16,000% wrong… right?). Google is so high on their ability to generate expectations that if their expectations are different than reality the FCC should probably fix things for them so they are right. Maybe Google should get rid of the Guru that created that expectation. 

Maybe Google’s expectations are so far off because they are giving a pay service away for free and eating all the cost on behalf of the customer… novel idea from such a nice information junky.  No per minute charges, no subscriber line charges, no taxes, no fees… doesn’t even sound like long distance at all, maybe the IUB should decide if a Google customer is an end user. Nonetheless maybe Google’s unbelievable offer attracts a different demographic than they expected. In that case maybe they should cut a different Guru on the team or at least real them in a bit. 

Maybe Magic Jack’s illegal call block flooded Google Voice with new users because of blogs like this http://rickyspears.com/blog/2009/08/magicjack-hijacks-my-free-conference-calls-to-218-339-2500/ 

That happened in August the same time Richard Whitt says the problem started. It’s a blog where a blogger shows how to connect a Magic Jack that can’t call a FreeConferenceCall.com number by using Google Voice. If that’s the case then maybe Google should be writing a letter to the FCC about Magic Jack, a letter that sounds a lot like the ATT letter complaining about Google Voice, because it turns out that Google is just a victim of another anti-carrier…Magic Jack. 

And finally… maybe the company where Google buys its connectivity is charging way too much money for these “100 numbers” because Rick Whitt’s numbers just don’t make any sense.  1.1 per cent of the traffic makes up for 26.2% of their cost?... maybe they should talk to their vendor who is selling them their long distance. Google does not pay the tariff; they pay the tariff plus mark-up.   Maybe they should shop around instead of going straight to call blocking. 

The idea that the FCC needs to fix this is ridiculous. Maybe they find some new vendors and some new Guru’s to create expectations that are a little closer to reality.
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