AT&T Cleverly Flips Google Voice Fight On Its Head > What Problem?

said by pnh102:

said by Matt:

I see it this way. I should be allowed to uncap a cable modem that I bought. But the cable company has every right to ban me from using said cable modem with their network. I view jailbreaking and/or unlocking of cell phones in the same vein.

If AT&T wants to legally disallow people from modifying equipment, then it should consider renting out the equipment instead of selling it.

said by Matt:

You just described why it's against the ToS to modify your iPhone. Sure you may be legally allowed to do it, but AT&T isn't obligated to allow you to connect it to their network. That is what the ToS states.

said by pnh102:

And I have no problem with that. A lot of people use Google Voice with Wifi so they do not burn through minutes or rack up bytes on their cellular data connections.

AT&T and Apple banned Google Voice because it is a direct competitor to their offerings. But because there is a workaround, I do not see a need for the government to get involved.