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Another VoIP Provider Bites the Dust
Rich Tehrani has word that Packet8 is going to be picking up 12,000 VoIP subscribers from some unknown VoIP provider that is folding up shop over the next 3 months. Let the guessing game begin, who is it? Well, we...
Vonage vs. Sprint - Court Decision Reached
According to Reuters, a U.S. federal court has reached a decision on Sprint Nextel Corp's patent infringement lawsuit against Vonage. A Vonage spokeswoman could not provide further details on the decision and a Sprint representative was not immediately available. Trading...
SunrRocket sues Vonage over dirty tricks
SunRocket, the defunct VoIP service provider, is suing Vonage for playing dirty tricks by illegally obtaining SunRocket's customer list. Vonage wouldn't play dirty tricks, would they? Surely, Vonage wouldn't do stuff like I don't know - charge you a monthly...
Interesting Vonage Customer Complaint
Frank Trama told me his horror story about how he tried to cancel Vonage and how Vonage continued to bill him even though Vonage no longer was in control of Frank's phone number. When I first signed up with Vonage...
Vonage Visual Voicemail
Vonage added a couple more features to their Vonage Visual Voicemail service. If you recall, Vonage Visual Voicemail transcribes voicemails into e-mails, which in theory makes it easier to manage voicemail Today Vonage added two new features: voicemail transcripts can...
SunRocket Saviors
A college friend of mine, Robert Traphan, was caught up in the SunRocket going down fiasco, so he was asking my advice as to a good replacement for SunRocket. He just received an email from SunRocket which explains different options...
Ooma Free Phone Calls
Ooma, a new VoIP provider, hopes to bring voice calling everywhere closer to "free". In fact, Ooma offers 100% free domestic U.S. calling using your standard analog/cordless phone to any domestic destination. (They charge for international) I'm sure Vonage, Packet8,...
SunRocket ceases, Vonage fights for the scraps
To no one's surprise, SunRocket has ceased operations. Vonage certainly didn't waste any time in putting on their vulture cap to pick at the carcass of SunRocket. While I think it is smart marketing for Vonage to go after SunRocket's...
Vonage Explains $3.99/month retention plan
It's only fair that I include Vonage's public relations response to my Vonage post on Friday where I discussed Vonage's $3.99/month for 1-year retention plan. : Hope all is well. I saw your post on Friday about Vonage and just...
Vonage offers $3.99/month to retain customers
Word is that Vonage is offering defecting customers $3.99/month for a year in order to retain them a Vonage customer. How can Vonage sustain profitability at $4 bucks per month? Anyone want to start the "Vonage files for bankruptcy clock"...
Covad T1 Speed and Latency Test Plus Overview
As part of the Covad Blogger's program, Andy setup several industry bloggers with a Covad T1. Greg, Phoneboy, and Ken Camp, have all covered their experiences with using a Covad Internet T1 connection. On a related note, Rich Tehrani had...
Packet8 Outlook Toolbar
Packet8 launched some new features today, including Virtual Office Outlook Integration. Virtual Office Outlook Integration lets you call your Microsoft Outlook contacts. The way it works is that when placing a call through Microsoft Outlook, Outlook contacts the Virtual Office...
VONaLink DialBridge Cell Phone to VoIP Gateway Released
Arcosoft Inc., developer of VoIP call recording software, today announced the release of VONaLink DialBridge. . Services exist to enable someone to call a local gateway number, enter the destination number, and then be connected at cheaper rates than dialing...
P2P or ENUM Saves Vonage?
We've been down this road before with claims of a Vonage workaround to get past the Verizon patent issue, only to have our hopes dashed. But now word comes today late yesterday from Bloomberg that Vonage has a patent workaround...
AT&T Finally Bundles VoIP & Wireless Cell Phone Service
According to USA Today, AT&T is promoting their CallVantage VoIP service by bundling their cellphone service along with AT&T CallVantage, a broadband VoIP landline replacement service. AT&T Wireless users can add CallVantage for $19.99 monthly, a $5 discount. I've...
Deep Throat Shoots Verizon Patent Out of the Water
An anonymous source, let's call him/her my "Deep Throat" source emailed me with a couple of interesting links that seem to disprove Verizon's patent claims. One of the most important things in fighting patent claims is demonstrating "prior art" that...
More bad news for Vonage - An Outage
On the heels of the Verizon vs. Vonage patent lawsuit, and warning it could file for bankruptcy, Vonage customers today are experiencing outages across the country. This isn't the first Vonage outage, nor will it be the last - unless...
Vonage warns it could file for bankruptcy
According to the Asbury Park Press, Vonage warned that patent fights could lead to bankruptcy and the company's liquidation. Vonage lost its patent lawsuit with Verizon and as I have stated before, if this is upheld on appeal, Vonage will...
FCC Displeased with U.S. Broadband Deployment Rate
According to an eWeek article, the FCC is not pleased with the rate at which broadband is being deployed in the U.S. According to eWeek, the FCC has started a Notice of Inquiry into whether broadband services are being provided...
Vonage CEO resigns - Good news or Bad?
Big news from the Vonage investor call that I mentioned would be happening today. I was too busy to participate, but Jon Arnold and Garrett Smith apparently got the scoop on Vonage's CEO resigning, which was mentioned early on during...
Sell Vonage stock now and become a Billionaire!
I was reading the NY Times article about Vonage and the patent litigation with Verizon, when I noticed it said this - "Vonage shares dropped more than 25 percent to reach a record low of $3 a share after Judge...
Vonage Patent Update
As I predicted, Vonage was issued a stay in the Federal Court of Appeals and would not be shut down as a result of their litigation with Verizon. Vonage today stated that it views the Court of Appeals' granting of...
Score one for Vonage - receives temporary stay
Vonage late yesterday secured a temporary stay from U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC. in their partent litigation battle with Verizon. The stay enables Vonage to continue to sign up new customers until the Appellate...
Vonage NOT Saved by VoIP, Inc.
I'm still seeing tons of reports that VoIP, Inc. has "saved" Vonage from the current patent litigation lawsuit with Verizon. This is NOT true. The information I received from Ars Technica was not accurate. I immediately updated my post with...
Vonage inks deal with VoIP Inc bypassing Verizon patent claim
Update 5pm 4/3/2007 - please see the update at the bottom of this post - Vonage has performed an end-around the Verizon patent by inking a deal with VoIP, Inc., a company that claims to hold several VoIP patents. I...
