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Time to dump Vonage

I never thought I would say this, but "that's it, I've had it with Vonage!" Let me tell you about my woes with Vonage lately. First, let me say that my wife has periodically complained about Vonage having voice quality... Full Story

Posted on May 19, 2006 12:15 PM

Uniden UIP1869V Vonage phone review

Ratings Score Installation Documentation Features Usability Performance Overall Uniden UIP1869V Box shot Uniden Firewall Web interface Uniden came across my rant on my Vonage hang-up fast-busy problem and they noticed I was using a Uniden 5.8GHz TRU8885-2 phone system.... Full Story

Posted on May 8, 2006 11:53 AM

Vonage adds France, Ireleand, Italy, Spain, and UK to unlimited plan

Vonage today announced that it has waived its international calling rates to land lines in France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom for subscribers signed up for the $24.99 per month Premium Unlimited Plan and the $49.99 per month... Full Story

Posted on May 2, 2006 12:26 PM

Men are from VoIP and Women are from PSTN

Men are from VoIP and Women are from PSTN - at least according to Preston Gralla over at Networking Pipeline who quotes a recent HarrisInteractive survey about VoIP awareness. (great metaphor Preston!)Preston writes that according to the survey, "Men are... Full Story

Posted on April 17, 2006 4:56 PM

Vonage Hangup problem and the Uniden 5.8GHz TRU8885-2 phone system

I splurged on a Uniden 5.8GHz TRU8885-2 phone system with digital answering machine, support up to 10 handsets, Caller ID, handset-to-handset calling, baby monitor feature, and more. "Splurged" probably isn't the appropriate word, since it was a $119 necessary purchase... Full Story

Posted on April 5, 2006 10:52 AM

Vonage reaches 70% E911 compliance

Vonage today announced that more than one million subscriber lines now have Enhanced 911 (E911) service, a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party's telephone number. Recently, the FCC gave Vonage, and all Internet-based phone service... Full Story

Posted on March 30, 2006 10:45 AM

Vonage 911 - My house is on Fire! Please hold...

According to Consumer Affairs, a Minnesota homeowner claims that Vonage put him on hold when he called 911 to report his house was on fire. Of course, it isn't really Vonage that put him on hold, but the infrastructure than... Full Story

Posted on March 23, 2006 3:18 PM

Skype vs. Vonage

CNet has an interesting Skype vs. Vonage comparison article. The graphic above is a six round battle between Skype and Vonage. Apparently, Vonage wins the battle. Personally, I think Skype and Vonage are two different animals with vastly different target... Full Story

Posted on March 9, 2006 12:56 PM

Skype is a real mover and shaker

Wow, Alexa's home page has a nice graph of Skype's soaring Alexa rankings as part of their Web Discovery special. Not sure if it will be there tomorrow, so let me copy some excerpts. Check out this quote: "Once again... Full Story

Posted on March 7, 2006 10:19 PM

Vonage reaches 1.5 million lines mark

Vonage announced today that it has reached the 1.5 million line mark. I'll reiterate my blog post from September 2005 when Vonage claimed to hit the 1 million line mark and I said: "This is a vague choice of words.... Full Story

Posted on March 1, 2006 1:16 PM

Vonage offers enhanced 411 directory assistance

Vonage has selected Excell Services to provide its customers with Enhanced Directory Assistance Services (411), including movie listings, stock quotes, sports scores and more. This also includes regular number queries as well as address and reverse searches. In additio, Vonage... Full Story

Posted on February 21, 2006 4:19 PM

OfficeMax to offer Vonage business offering

OfficeMax, one of the nation's largest office supply retailers and distributors, is now offering small businesses "starter kits" from Vonage. OfficeMax is offering the Linksys PAP2 Phone Adapter or the WRTP54G Wireless Router, configured with Vonage's $49.99 per month Small... Full Story

Posted on February 21, 2006 11:38 AM

Vonage IPO to raise $250 million

Yesterday, I wrote about a source informing me that Vonage plans on opening their SIP credentials. The source also mentioned that Vonage planned on waiting to drop the $9.99/month requirement to get SIP credentials until AFTER their IPO offering since... Full Story

Posted on February 8, 2006 11:57 AM

Vonage opens SIP credentials?

A source informed VoIP & Gadgets Blog that Vonage plans to open up their SIP credentials to enable users to configure their own SIP softphones and SIP hardphones to work with the Vonage service at no additional charge. Today Vonage... Full Story

Posted on February 7, 2006 1:59 PM

Packet8 new features

Today Packet8 announced their rollout of some new features, as well as the Packet8 BPG510, a new terminal adapter with an integrated router. The new Packet8 features include::• Voicemail to Email Notification – Packet8 subscribers can now receive an email... Full Story

Posted on February 2, 2006 1:02 PM

Avaya and Vonage strange bedfellows

Today Vonage, along with three other companies, was recognized by Avaya with the new Avaya Intelligent Communications Innovation Award "for their innovative approaches to weave communications into the fabric of their business". Maybe it's just me, but Avaya and Vonage... Full Story

Posted on January 12, 2006 4:39 PM

Skibare's VoIP awareness survey

Skibare took a novel approach to determine VoIP "awareness". He went skiing and chose to sit on the chair lift with mostly adults with instead of "the Apple iPOD Wearing younger generation" and asked them if they knew or heard... Full Story

Posted on December 31, 2005 4:06 PM

Xpert VoIP sets $5 per month benchmark for VoIP

Xpert VoIP has set a new low in pricing plans with a low $5/month plan that comes with 200 minutes of calling time anywhere in the U.S. and Canada, Additional minutes are billed at 2.8 cents a minute, but the... Full Story

Posted on December 27, 2005 4:58 PM

What's wrong with Vonage?

What's wrong with Vonage? Oh let me count the ways...First, they've been promising the Viseon video phone for I about a year and it's still hard if not impossible to get. In fact, I checked my trusty email archives... Full Story

Posted on December 23, 2005 2:50 PM

Vonage finally lauches the UTStarcom F1000 WiFi phone

Vonage and UTStarcom Inc. today finally launched the F1000, a portable Wi-Fi phone handset manufactured by UTStarcom and configured with Vonage's VoIP phone service. This product, which will offer mobility across 802.11b networks, is now available at http://www.vonage.com for $129.99... Full Story

Posted on December 13, 2005 8:26 AM

NENA Interim/Migratory I2 Standard Published

Some important news to share regarding e911 and VoIP. While this is a step in the right direction, the FCC still needs to clarify its position on e911 and give the VoIP service providers time to be in compliance with... Full Story

Posted on December 8, 2005 10:38 AM

Packet8 e911 Coverage Map

Someone posted a comment to a recent blog post of mine regarding what I considered the FCC's "impossible e911 mandate" and said, "Quit your whining about poor old Vonage. If Packet8 can meet the FCC mandate, then every other VoIP... Full Story

Posted on December 1, 2005 10:15 AM

Cingular to offer unlimited calling to AT&T

TechDirt has an interesting post about how Cingular is testing a program where its customers can make unlimited calls to AT&T landlines for $6 a month. $6 bucks per month just to have unlimited calls to AT&T landlines? That's just... Full Story

Posted on November 30, 2005 1:26 PM

FCC screws the VoIP industry AGAIN!

After the recent Senate action forcing the FCC to back down from cutting off access to VoIP subscribers, it appears the FCC has found a new hoop for the VoIP service providers to jump through, which I will explain in... Full Story

Posted on November 8, 2005 12:02 PM

A peek inside Vonage headquarters

Ever wonder what the inside of Vonage headquarters looks like? Ever wonder just where those bits and bytes of voice over IP packets travelled to? Aren't you just a bit curious what Vonage's NOC (Network Operations Center) looks like? Ever... Full Story

Posted on November 8, 2005 10:35 AM