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Is Vonage the new AOL?

Smith on VoIP asks "Is 'Vonage' the new AOL?" by putting into context my Vonage promotion with Amazon post where a coworker of mine received a Vonage flyer along with Smith on VoIP receiving a Vonage flyer in his gas... Full Story

Posted on October 20, 2006 9:53 AM

Packet8 Videophone update

I have some more info about the new Packet8 videophone I wrote about earlier today. I met with Packet8 and asked them about this new product. In my previous post, I stated I heard it will support H.263 -- in... Full Story

Posted on October 12, 2006 6:29 PM

Cancelling Vonage Difficulties

I thought I would share my interesting experience with cancelling my Vonage service. I recorded the entire call, including the traversal over their IVR to reach an agent. Surprisingly, I was connected pretty quickly to an agent. I was expecting... Full Story

Posted on September 26, 2006 1:25 PM

Vonage promotion with Amazon

A co-worker received his Amazon.com order and inside the box was a Vonage promotional flyer. Great to see Vonage expanding beyond just Internet advertising and their "woo hoo" TV commercials. Of course, one has to wonder how much Vonage is... Full Story

Posted on September 26, 2006 10:37 AM

Alarm.com supports SunRocket for home alarm systems

I've written about Alarm.com in the past and how Vonage and other VoIP players use their technology for home alarm systems. DTMF (touch-tone) digits are not properly being transmitted when using VoIP which affects alarm systems. Alarm.com gets around this... Full Story

Posted on September 21, 2006 9:42 AM

Vonage Woo Hoo now Boo Hoo?

Garrett seems to think that Vonage's "woo hoo" TV commercial advertising is on the decline. His conclusions are not scientific but rather are based on his personal observations. I still have seen the Vonage "woo hoo" TV commercials, but I... Full Story

Posted on September 5, 2006 3:24 PM

Number Portability problems

I never thought that in 2006 I would have number portability problems. Hasn't number portability regulations evolved to the point where it is no longer an issue? Alas, I found out the hard way that number portability is still very... Full Story

Posted on September 5, 2006 2:02 PM

The VoIP Girl

I was checking out Technorati when I noticed a new VoIP blog called TheVoIPGirl.com linked to one of my posts. Curious about the domain name, considering there are plenty of gadget girl websites, I was intrigued to see what this... Full Story

Posted on September 5, 2006 10:02 AM

D-Link VWR Vonage device packs 4-in-1

Vonage and D-Link announced the availability of the VWR, a Wireless-B/G Broadband Router with 2 phone ports bundled with Vonage's service. The product leverages the Texas Instruments' TNETV1060 VoIP gateway chipset for QoS and good voice quality. The D-Link VWR... Full Story

Posted on August 23, 2006 7:27 AM

Pure VoIP vs. Telephone and Cable VoIP

VoIP.com wrote an interesting article put out as a press release on PRWeb.com. Titled "Pure VoIP Vs. Telecom VoIP: Guidance from VoIP.com", the article takes a position that pure VoIP players such as Vonage, Packet8, SunRocket, etc. are a better... Full Story

Posted on August 16, 2006 11:57 AM

Vonage to announce earnings

Vonage, who just recently became a publicly-traded corporation, will report its second quarter 2006 financial results in just 5 days -- on Tuesday, August 1. This will be the first IPO earnings call since the Vonage IPO performed poorly. My... Full Story

Posted on July 27, 2006 12:15 PM

Vonage spyware ads funds customer acquisition

Vonage customer acquisition relies heavily on spyware advertsing according to Ben Edelman.  Considering Vonage's failed IPO and continued downward stock price, you'd think Vonage would be on the "up and up" - above all these sort of tactics. After all,... Full Story

Posted on July 18, 2006 1:25 PM

Skype cracked

VoIPWiki reports that Skype has been cracked. A Chinese company has successfully reverse engineered the Skype protocol. According to the blog post, the company's CEO stated their software will not support Skype’s supernode technology. What this essentially means is that... Full Story

Posted on July 14, 2006 11:22 AM

Vonage fights patent suit by buying patents

In a tit-for-tat battle, Vonage today announced that it has acquired ownership of three patents from Digital Packet Licensing Inc. that enable voice over internet protocol technology (VoIP). The three acquired patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 4,782,485, 5,018,136 and 5,444,707, are... Full Story

Posted on July 10, 2006 10:28 AM

Sandisk offers Skype on a USB stick

Just last week Vonage launched their "VoIP-on-a-stick" V-Phone (see review) and now it appears that Sandisk is going to all offer "VoIP-on-a-stick" by bundling the Skype application pre-loaded on the SanDisk Cruzer Micro and Cruzer Titanium lines of Skype-certified U3... Full Story

Posted on July 10, 2006 9:05 AM

Vonage V-Phone Review

Vonage sent me one of their Vonage V-Phone USB devices to review. As you probably recall, I wasn't very keen on the V-Phone, but I decided to go ahead and test the V-Phone anyway. The concept of the V-Phone... Full Story

Posted on July 5, 2006 11:43 AM

Vonage V-Phone ho-hum

Vonage announced their oft-rumored USB "VoIP-on-a-stick" product today. Nothing new here, Mplat has a similar product called Mplat FlashPhone F2K that I wrote about. Unlike the Vonage V-Phone which is limited to Vonage, the Mplat device not only comes standard... Full Story

Posted on June 28, 2006 12:18 PM

FCC approves new VoIP taxes

Well, we knew it was inevitable that the FCC would pass on USF (Universal Service Charges) taxes onto VoIP service providers and thereby unto VoIP subscribers. I griped about this pending tax just recently. Well, the FCC voted unanimously yesterday... Full Story

Posted on June 22, 2006 11:30 AM

Vonage begs customers to stay

Last week, Russell Shaw reported on how Vonage is essentially "begging" customers to stay by offering discounts (down to $19.99/month) to their monthly service. As a Vonage customer myself, still looking to dump Vonage in the next few weeks (See:... Full Story

Posted on June 19, 2006 11:39 AM

Verizon slaps Vonage with Lawsuit

Vonage said today that it has been served with a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Verizon.  The lawsuit from Verizon Service Corp. and Verizon Laboratories Inc. alleges that Vonage infringed on seven patents related to VoIP technology. The timing of... Full Story

Posted on June 19, 2006 9:39 AM

Vonage IPO Lawsuit and my Lawsuit over my Cold Pizza

Sure, all the hubbub is over Vonage users suing Vonage over their failed IPO and refusing to pay for their Vonage shares, but I have my own pending lawsuit against Vonage - and it's over my cold pizza.Last night, I... Full Story

Posted on June 5, 2006 10:47 AM

Free Conferencing using Skype

Today, Skype and Vapps, a VoIP conference calling provider, will be announcing that they will be offering unlimited conference calls, with up to 500 participants, for free to Skype users.  Launching on the Highspeedconferencing.com website, this announcement follows on the... Full Story

Posted on June 1, 2006 7:59 AM

Vonage IPO Results are In...

I won't call the Vonage IPO a miserable failure, but it certainly underwhelmed with a 12.65% drop from the target price of $17 and closing at just $14.85. Still, I'm sure Jeffrey Citron made millions. Good for him, bad for... Full Story

Posted on May 24, 2006 4:00 PM

Vonage IPO Failing - Trading $2 lower so far

The Vonage IPO is faltering, trading at $15.10 or $1.90 below the opening $17 price. This is a 11% price drop. I just did a Yahoo Quote lookup and pasted the chart to the right. Not looking good even though... Full Story

Posted on May 24, 2006 12:19 PM

Vonage IPO price set

Vonage has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 31,250,000 shares of common stock, which are being sold by Vonage at a price of $17.00 per share. Shares of Vonage common stock will trade on the e undeNew... Full Story

Posted on May 23, 2006 8:57 PM