Google Voice is an amazing service. It completely changes the way its users think about phone service. One can dial a Google Voice phone number and without their knowledge, your cell phone and home phone both ring. If they choose not to answer the call, they go to voicemail where the caller’s message is transcribed and sent via a text message to the receivers phone. I have had the service now for 2 weeks and I could not be happier with this free service.

Not everyone seems to be as enthusiastic about this service as Apple has rejected an application that would allow iPhone users to access all the information contained in their Google Voice accounts. The reason for this is because it “duplicates” functionality already on the iPhone.

However this is likely not true at all. Along with this service you get free text messaging. This is likely going to cut into the profit margins of AT&T since those will no longer have to charge insane fees for unlimited text messaging.

The FCC is looking into this to make sure that AT&T is not meddling in the affairs of Apple’s iPhone too much. This could be an unfair trade practice. In my opinion it is about time the FCC stepped in to examine the relationship between Apple and AT&T. These kinds of relationships hurt consumers since we are not permitted to have the phone we want on the network we want without breaking the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.