[IP] Re: An observation about Apples claims on jamming

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
Date: August 1, 2009 6:03:05 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   An observation about Apples  claims on jamming


> From: Ronald Lachman <ron@catbird.com>
> Date: July 31, 2009 5:47:27 PM EDT
> To: dave@farber.net
> Subject: Re: [IP] An observation about Apples  claims on jamming
>
> ... but its perfectly clear if applications
> that enabled voice communication using the
> 3g data path were allowed, carriers could loose $100MM or more of
> revenue.

Just a quick clarification, since there seems to be confusion on this
point in some discussions of the Google Voice apps.  The current
Google Voice iPhone (and Android) apps are *not* VoIP applications.
They use the regular voice path for the voice portion of calls, and
use voice minutes like any other conventional calls.  The data path is
only used for call control/setup purposes.

--Lauren--
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