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  Vonage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vonage was originally based in Edison, New Jersey but is now located in Holmdel, New Jersey, in a building previously occupied by Prudential [1].
A frequent criticism of Vonage and other VoIP providers is that, since the physical location of a caller may not correspond to his or her listed phone number, traditional emergency telephone number service, such as 9-1-1 in the US and Canada, is not available.
Vonage provides its own emergency telephone number service, but the service requires subscribers to register their address with the company and is not operative in case of a power failure.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vonage   (492 words)

  
 VoIP Now: Vonage
Vonage has ensured that at least basic 911 facilities are available to the users in case e911 is not provided.
Vonage is planning to expand its services in the UK on the basis of an Initial Public Offering (IPO) that it plans to introduce.
Vonage's main competitor in the VoIP market is BT, which could be forced to overlook their pay plans due to Vonage's entrance into the scene.
www.voipnow.org /vonage   (5861 words)

  
 broadband » Review of Vonage
Vonage is the VOIP giant that doesn't want people to know there are better alternatives to their service.
Vonage uses XO Communications for a CLEC, XO has previously filed for bankruptcy, and they have had a LOT of problems lately.
Vonage itself even admits they have had widespread outages and technical problems on their end.
www.broadbandreports.com /comment/2410/51907   (1154 words)

  
 » Vonage | IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband | ZDNet.com
Vonage may not be required to state this up front, but it would have been a good gesture if they did.
Vonage has announced that calling rates to landlines in France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom will, in essence, be free for subscribers of its $24.99 per month Premium Unlimited Plan and the $49.99 per month Small Business Unlimited Plan.
Vonage denies the charge, but the subject is still a red-hot issue on the Vonage Forum.
blogs.zdnet.com /ip-telephony/index.php?cat=19   (6423 words)

  
 O'Reilly Network -- What Is Vonage
The Vonage digital phone service is a commercial Voice over IP (VoIP) network that lets you use your existing high-speed internet connection (also known as broadband) to make all of your phone calls, for as little as $14.99 per month.
Vonage established its brand name the old-fashioned way: they blindsided consumers with so many advertising impressions they drove the odd name Vonage into everyone's consciousness.
Vonage relies on a variety of partners to connect to the PSTN in all local area codes in the United States and Canada.
www.oreillynet.com /pub/a/network/2005/10/11/what-is-vonage.html   (881 words)

  
 Finally, Internet phone calls that work. By Peter Rojas
And if that's not enough to convince you, how about this: Because Vonage is classified by the FCC as a data service rather than a phone service, there is only one annoying tax or surcharge to pay, a 3 percent federal excise tax.
In addition, all calls to other Vonage customers are free, so if you have family in, say, Germany, you can give them a Vonage adapter (as long as they have the required high-speed Internet connection), and you can talk to them to your heart's content without paying an extra nickel.
Vonage means that you can finally call up Verizon or Pacific Bell or Ameritech and tell them you don't need them or their poor customer service, inflated prices, and bloated bureaucracies.
www.slate.com /?id=2075534   (869 words)

  
 GigaOM : » Vonage IPO Reactions
Vonage is a good service and they [or their competitor(s)] is quite likely the future of the land based telephone.
Prior to Vonage, I had a standard SBC land line with substandard service, basically paying for nothing as the line was nonfunctional more often than not, and with the phone company’s monopoly, there were no other options in my area.
Vonage is offering loyal customers the opportunity to puchase between 100 and 5000 common stock shares at IPO price (between $16 and $18).
gigaom.com /2005/08/25/vonage-ipo-reactions   (2371 words)

  
 Vonage Canada -- English   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Vonage Canada can now transfer numbers from most major Canadian phone companies in all 14 of its local service markets.
Vonage Canada uses the power of any high-speed Internet connection to provide complete local and long distance phone service for Canadian consumers and small businesses.
Vonage Canada is redefining communications by offering consumers and small businesses an affordable alternative to traditional telephone service.
www.vonage.ca /canada/corp_english/press.html?PR=2005_03_30_0   (678 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: Vonage
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technorati.com /tag/Vonage   (517 words)

  
 PCWorld.com - Vonage Calls on Linksys for VoIP
Late last year, Vonage started providing customers with a Motorola ATA that was integrated with a router, says Jeffrey Citron, chairman and chief executive officer of Vonage.
Now Vonage will offer customers Linksys' PAP2 adapter, which is smaller in size, offers more functionality, and better quality than the ATA 186, and the RT31P2, a unit that integrates the ATA function with a router, Citron says.
Vonage currently is looking for partners in building a Wi-Fi phone, according to Citron.
www.pcworld.com /news/article/0,aid,117525,00.asp   (657 words)

  
 PCWorld.com - The Duo Give Vonage's VoIP Service a Spin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Perhaps the best-known name in VoIP service is Vonage, and the Duo review the company's plans and point out a few curious features that even longtime subscribers may have missed.
Vonage throws it all in, though Angela mutters something about not wanting call waiting, even for free.
More intriguingly, your Vonage box can actually travel with you, plugging into an available broadband connection and behaving exactly as if it were sitting in your house--even overseas--allowing you to phone home using your usual inexpensive allotment of minutes.
www.pcworld.com /reviews/article/0,aid,120542,00.asp   (380 words)

  
 GigaOM : » Massive Outage hits Vonage
Vonage spokesperson just emailed me: “Vonage is having a minor website outage due to firewall policy and it will be fixed in a matter of minutes in case you receive any additional inquiries.
Vonage network certainly is having some major issues, I had vonage for 2 years now but august onward the calls do not go through bot incomming and outgoing and website is down too.
Vonage is the worst thing that ever happen to me. I order service and then could not use it because I didnt have high speed.
gigaom.com /2005/08/03/massive-vonage-outage   (3074 words)

  
 Vonage Broadband Telephone Service Review - Summary - Connected Home - VoIP Services - Digital Trends Reviews - Digital ...
I signed up for vonage a month later my number was not transfered.
With that said I read thru this forum and talked to two people who have Vonage to help me decide if it is now ok to use their service.
I was ready to sign up with them but after reading the large number of posts here that warn against signing up with Vonage I am still in the undecided camp.
reviews.digitaltrends.com /review1036.html   (371 words)

  
 WindowsDevCenter.com -- Setting Up Vonage with Your PC
Vonage, which charges a flat rate of $24.99 per month for unlimited calling in the U.S. and Canada, has more than 700,000 subscribers and is one of the largest of these services.
If you have already purchased your Vonage equipment from your retailer, and have brought it home to use, you will need to activate your device with the Vonage service.
Your first step should be to determine if you have a built-in router that came with your cable or DSL modem, or if you have a DSL or cable modem without a router.
www.windowsdevcenter.com /pub/a/windows/2005/08/23/Vonage.html   (1273 words)

  
 Linksys, Netgear to Offer VoIP at Home
For residential customers, Vonage starts at a rate of $14.99 per month for 500 minutes of calls in the U.S. and Canada, going up to $29.99 per month for unlimited local and long distance calling.
Vonage's Deatrick points out that all of the announced products will require a wired phone, or a cordless phone with a wired base station.
In April, Vonage announced it was working on a Wi-Fi handset for its service, but has not announced specifics.
www.wi-fiplanet.com /news/article.php/3399221   (838 words)

  
 Qwest gives Vonage the 911 | CNET News.com
Vonage says it has negotiated access to Qwest Communications International's 911 infrastructure, another sign that Vonage and other VoIP operators are closer than ever to tackling a major hurdle to offering better emergency service.
The agreement enables 911 calls from Vonage customers to travel over Qwest's emergency calling infrastructure in 14 states, so the calls go directly to emergency dispatchers rather than taking the circuitous, and some believe irresponsible, route they now take.
News of the arrangement appeared in a letter Vonage sent to the Federal Communications Commission earlier this week.
news.com.com /Qwest+gives+Vonage+the+911/2100-7352_3-5678598.html   (955 words)

  
 Vonage Sucks : Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Vonage is a bit ahead of their time.
Although I don't see why Vonage or the Cisco ATA-186 unit requires that much bandwidth to be notified of an incoming call.
If on the other hand you are knocking Vonage due to a personal bad experience, then by all means feel free to rant on this forum.
voip-forum.tmcnet.com /voip-forum/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=250   (1288 words)

  
 InformationWeek | VoIP | Vonage Being Blocked -- Again | March 9, 2005
Vonage Holdings Corp. said it is investigating a new potential incident of its Voice over IP service being blocked, this time by a cable television company that also provides Internet services.
Mar 9, 2005 12:59 PM Vonage Holdings Corp. said it is investigating new potential incident of its Voice over IP service being blocked, this time by a cable television company that also provides Internet services.
Brooke Schulz, Vonage's vice president for corporate communications, confirmed that the company is "investigating a new instance" of service interruption that appears to be another case of port blocking.
informationweek.com /story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159400250   (549 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Vonage DigitalVoice Service with Motorola VT1005v Dual-Port Voice Terminal Adapter ...
That very night, I received an email from Vonage saying my account had been terminated and that I could not reactivate my account due to my failure to pay.
As luck would have it, though, about a week after being greased up and screwed by Vonage, I discovered Lingo.com, who is $15 a month LESS than Vonage and even offers unlimited calling to Europe as part of their regular unlimited plan.
Then there was the time for 4 days that every time I tried to place a call, I heard a busy signal, while the person I was trying to call heard a ringtone followed by a random Vonage customer picking up their phone and saying "Hello." Once again, Vonage INSISTED nothing was wrong.
www.epinions.com /content_157898411652   (1288 words)

  
 Vonage FREE MONTH credit - Read this BEFORE signing up with Vonage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Vonage offers this free month credit exclusively through existing Vonage customers.
Neither Vonage, its subsidiaries, nor assignees are liable for any content or claims made on this site.
Affiliate does not own a copyright in the arrangement and appearance of any Vonage logo, banner, or other media creative.
www.vonagecredit.com.jm   (231 words)

  
 Vonage Reviews Broadband IP Phone — Vonage VoIP Telephone Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Vonage Reviews is not owned, supported, indorsed, or otherwise operated by Vonage.com or Vonage Holdings Corp.
Their line of thinking is presuming I only ever call UK numbers, which is flawed because you can still call a normal landline in any case at a reduced rate.
The Vonage service is not only for business users, anyone with family or friends in the US or Canada who make regular calls will save a good deal of money.
www.vonage-review.com /vonage_review_02.html   (469 words)

  
 Vonage - Leading the Internet Phone Revolution
Free Calls To Europe Offer Does Not Apply To Calls To Cell Phone Numbers Or To Special Services Numbers Such As Toll-Free Or Caller-Paid Information Services Or 900 Numbers, and is limited to Italy, France, Spain, UK and Ireland.
Vonage 911 service operates differently than traditional 911.
Satellite TV, alarms and other systems may not be compatible with Vonage.
www.vonage.com   (138 words)

  
 brianstorms weblog: Groanage, or, How Do I Opt-Out of this Revolution?
Inbound calls are not possible, but at least get routed to Vonage's voicemail (at least I think so).
But it did come with two built-in phone jacks and Vonage support, so I signed up for a Vonage phone line and free fax line.
Vonage will charge you $40 to cancel, but if you send them back their router, it gets refunded.
www.brianstorms.com /archives/000530.html   (2021 words)

  
 Unofficial Vonage Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This site is neither owned nor moderated by Vonage.
Vonage and any of its subsidiaries and assignees are not liable for any content or claims made on this site.
No claim is made to copyright ownership in the arrangement and appearance of any Vonage logo, banner, or other media creative.
vonage.j-zone.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000028   (59 words)

  
 SBC frees up line to Net 911 | CNET News.com
Last month, the company said that it was already working with Vonage, a large VoIP company, on the issue.
The family said that when they used their Vonage phone to dial 911 after the child stopped breathing, the call was routed to a closed sheriff's office.
In Houston, a teenager was unable to reach police by dialing 911 on a Vonage phone after her parents had been shot by a robber.
news.com.com /SBC+frees+up+line+to+Net+911/2100-7352_3-5703663.html   (858 words)

  
 Omar Shahine's WebLog : Vonage
Router = Microsoft MN-700 Router/Wireless AP Now with Vonage, I have a new Motorola Voice Terminal which is also a router.
This allows me to connect the Vonage modem to my phone switch and all my phone in my apartment are now on the Vonage network.
The process was relatively painless: I asked one of my co-workers,andnbsp;a satisfied Vonage customer, to refer me; he thereby gets two free months of service, and I get one.
blogs.msdn.com /omars/archive/2004/08/08/210932.aspx   (1053 words)

  
 Skype Journal: Telmex Will Not Empower Users -- The QOS Tax   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A fascinating comment received today from Telmex in response to our post asking if Telmex is "blocking" Skype and Vonage users.
So it will be real interesting if Vonage and Skype call quality complaints continue or get worse.
It will be even more telling when in the board meeting they have to share their results.
www.skypejournal.com /blog/archives/2005/05/telmex_will_not.php   (973 words)

  
 Vonage Reviews. VoIP Reviews by CNET.
The bottom line: Though not the cheapest VoIP service, Vonage offers the features and the call quality needed to replace your traditional telephone service.
I've been a customer of Vonage for over a year now and overall...
We signed up for vonage servicve with number transfer from verizon.
reviews.cnet.com /Vonage/4505-9238_7-30974765.html   (298 words)

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