Judge bars Vonage from signing up new customers

InfoWorld ^ | April 06, 2007 | By Grant Gross

[mylife]

I loved their commercials and generally dispise most commercials L0L

[mylife]

I had my service hiccup once so far

[mylife]

We’ll see what the lawyers come up with

[4yearlurker]

Well,I’m in the minority here but I’ve had Vonage for about 3 months now and it sucks. Dropped calls,echos,50% when I pick up the phone to use it there is a Indian voice telling me the line does not work. Called and complained and they gave me a free month. I told them I don’t even want it for free.

[Verginius Rufus]

Most of the Vonage commercials have a “men are stupid” subplot (although there is one with a dumb blonde who thinks the sharks in the ocean are dolphins).

[mylife]

I never heard the dreaded echo and havent lost any calls that Im aware of

[pelicandriver]

Agreed. I don’t see how this benefits Verizon. If Vonage goes under, Verizon may not get the 58 million and it certainly won’t get any continuing royalties on the patents.

[antiRepublicrat]

Don’t you just love software and business method patents? They’re like a big club for the established players to beat down innovative start-ups with. In the end only we, the consumers, lose.

[CORedneck]

I have had Vonage for a couple of years. I used my SoftPhone on my laptop to make calls to family members in the US while I was in New Zealand. I might be taking a trip to Japan this summer and will use them there as well. The calls are considered “local”.

[mylife]

Lets face it. They hate competition

[mylife]

I love the idea!

[Centurion2000]

I just signed up 5 minutes ago. Been meaning to switch and figured now was a good time. The lag between the judge’s order and the tech team is a little more than a few hours.

[4yearlurker]

Had to call the local body shop about my car and in the middle of my first sentence the call was dropped. Happened about 4 times in a row. People would call and say “can you hear me cause I can’t hear you.” My experience with Vonage was awful. I went back to Verizon.

[mylife]

I hope it works out for you.
What kind of connection are you using for internet?

[Oshkalaboomboom]

I just use Skype, less money and calls to other Skype customers anywhere in the world are free

[mylife]

The only real issue Ive had so far is talking to bangalore and that hasnt been too bad, I guess im used to it as I have family in India L0L

[KoRn]

May be of interest.

[mylife]

does Skype use softphones exclusivly? or to they have a handset model?

[twntaipan]

Stand-alone handsets are growing in number. Belkin makes a WiFi Skype phone.

[mylife]

Cool!
I like the flash USB softphone idea for travel but prefer a cordless handset for in my home