Word of Advice To AT&T: If You're The Only One Ranting, You Look Awkward

[Commentary] Perhaps AT&T accepts Google's explanation that Google Voice is an information service? But it is also consistent with AT&T's overall strategy of trying to duck substantive issues and debates on network neutrality and bring in a host of proceedings that don't belong — other than as opportunities to try to make this about Google rather than about substance. Certainly there are plenty of folks out there objecting to the network neutrality proposals. For the most part, however, they appear to be following the advice of Commissioner Clyburn and others in urging commenters to focus on issues and not invective. While I certainly disagree with Verizon, Comcast and others who say that a rule is unnecessary, or harmful, or beyond the FCC's authority, these are relevant and substantive arguments that need to be addressed in a serious manner. Happily, AT&T appears to be the only provider still consistently harping on the theme that it is "all about the Google" and that therefore anything Google does is somehow relevant to network neutrality — even when it legally isn't.