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Vonage Phone News Archive
27-Mar-2006
- 'Cell phone survives a Wi-Fi challenge, at least for now (Daily Breeze)
Americans pay on average $50 per month for cell-phone service, yet there are free wireless hotspots in many places. How about using them for your calling instead?- 'Lycos (Boston Herald)
Lycos Inc. is getting into Internet phone service - and it's giving it away for free. Following up on a recent move by search-engine rival Yahoo, the Waltham-based Lycos plans to unveil today its...- 'New ways to call over the Internet: ad-financed or phone to phone (The Star Online)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two Internet telephone services debut Monday with unusual business approaches, hoping to stand out in an increasingly crowded market with intense price competition.- 'Lucent-Alcatel: A Marriage of Equals? (BusinessWeek)
In the battered telecom-equipment sector, this combo could work -- though some analysts expect Alcatel to grab the upper hand - 'In outage, land-line phone still most reliable (Arizona Daily Star)
Q: I'm thinking of switching to the cable company's phone service, but I'm a bit concerned about service during a power outage. What phone services can I count on when the power goes?- 'Minnesota man blames Vonage for his charred home (Ars Technica)
A Vonage customer claims that when his house caught fire, he dialed 911?and was put on hold by a Vonage operator. - 'Put Wi-Fi to work with phone calls (The Indianapolis Star)
A few months ago, Internet telephone company Vonage Holdings Corp. started selling a Wi-Fi telephone handset, the UTStarcom F1000, for $80. Competitor BroadVoice sells the same phone for $100.- 'Vonage Canada Comments on Telecommunication Policy Review Panel Report (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Following the release of the telecommunication policy review panel report, Vonage Canada is encouraged by the report's recommendation to protect the right of Canadian consumers to access publicly available Internet applications and content of their choice.- 'Service cos. court small-business market (BizJournals)
Six months ago, Waltham's CopperMine Capital LLC was at a crossroads with its phone system. Its private branch exchange (PBX) phone system and service provider were not living up to expectations, and the principals at the four-person private equity firm wanted to go in a new direction.- 'Product Review: Riding the hotspot with a do-it-your-cell phone (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
NEW YORK -- Americans pay on average $50 per month for cell-phone service, yet there are free wireless hotspots in lots of places. How about using them for your calling instead?
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