engadget.com — "In a series of events meant to stir things up at a company that many analysts have already written of as dead, Vonage CEO Michael Snyder has resigned on the same day that the pioneering VoIP provider announced a series of cost-cutting maneuvers, including operations consolidation, a reduction in marketing, and predictably, layoffs."
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opesApr 12, 2007
WOO HOO, WOO HOO HOO!!!
radianApr 12, 2007
"The rates can't be beat."Yes, they can be and are -- by Lingo (and perhaps others). I call Germany, Switzerland & the U.K. all the time, and still my monthly bill is $25. Good riddance, Vonage, I won't miss your moronic commercials either.
darkprince11Apr 12, 2007
34.99 here in NY gets you crystal clear, free long distance and unlimited calls through the USA + Canada...Cablevision rocks..
northjersey78Apr 12, 2007
They will be bought by one of the big time companies sooner or later.
igotdtApr 12, 2007
However, Cablevision will rape you after the "intro" period.
charlotte_webApr 12, 2007
I've been with Vonage for years, and have had almost no complaints. I love their service. I may stick with them to the end, though I probably need to start researching options, here.My guess is that the service will never be switched off. The customer base is too valuable to lose; that means that another VOIP provider will probably buy out what's left of Vonage on the auction block to pay off the bondholders, and hopefully it'll be a smooth transition. Otherwise, if the bondholders allow the company to flatline by switching off the service completely, then they pretty much get nothing (who would want to buy old phone equipment? Nobody!).That's what I'm hoping for, anyways. :-D
charlotte_webApr 12, 2007
Well, if you think about it, executives only benefit from a successful company, so it's in management's best interest to create a strong, solid enterprise.Unfortunately, top management gets a little too greedy for that big payday sometimes and they grow the company too fast. After all, bigger company = bigger paychecks for management, right? That's why you see a lot of merger mania with big companies, because the managers want to get a lot bigger, a lot faster.
tecuervoApr 12, 2007
K, so the other company pays for the pipe or associated costs to the recipient phone, but he is paying a service and so is the wireless customer with the associated air time. Furthermore, most of the foundation for these pipes were done with tax money when phone companies got help, and still do, from the government.Vonage may not be the best, hell, I have their wireless router that didn't pass DLynk's quality control and I'm pretty upset about that but this is irrelevant to what they are going through. When a big company wants to take out a smaller one due to fear of competition they get sued and with the help of our extremely screwed up patent system destroy the competition.Personally I hate the phone as I get calls from work all the time, I will not be renewing it, but this is besides the point.I cannot say I know what patents Vonage is attacked with but we all know that now-a-days it is close to impossible for a small software company to continue with this mess. Does Verizon own VoIP?
mrbankoleMar 3, 2008
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