AT&T: You want answers?
TechCrunch: We think we’re entitled to them.
AT&T: You want answers?!
TechCrunch: We want Google Voice on our iPhones.
AT&T: You can’t handle the iPhone with Google Voice!
Son, we operate on network that has walls. And those walls have to
be guarded by carriers with restrictions. Who’s gonna do it? You? You,
Verizon Wireless? We have a greater responsibility than you can
possibly fathom. You weep for Google Voice and you curse AT&T. You
have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what we know: That
pulling Google Voice, while tragic, probably saved the network. And our
existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves the
network.
You don’t want the Google Voice on your iPhone. Because deep down,
in places you don’t talk about at TechCrunch50, you want us protecting
the network. You need us protecting that network. We use words like
rate limiting, application approval and restrictions…we use these words
as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use them as a
punchline.
We have neither the time nor the inclination to explain ourselves to
a blog who writes and profits under the blanket of the very network
that we provide, then questions the manner in which we provide it. We’d
prefer you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, we
suggest you pick up a router and build your own network. Either way, We
don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to.
TechCrunch: Did you order Google Voice taken down?
AT&T: We did the job you sent us to do.
TechCrunch: Did you order Google Voice taken down?
AT&T: You’re XXXXX right we did.