Ellen Muraskin is one smart cookie, in her analysis of the SipPhone suit versus Vonage. But remember, there is no one better at baiting the media than Michael Robertson. He is surely the master of it. What Michael is doing is forcing Vonage to react to what he’s doing. In turn he’s leveraging their success … Read more
The Dallas Morning News ran a story on the Vonage and AT&T price cuts. While some think the prices can’t get lower, I think the will. Possibly down to free for the connectivity on a monthly basis, and then add ons or bundles/buckets based on services.
In a story that was originally in the Boulder Camera, fellow blogger over at VoIPNuke and I both make the story about Internet Telephony.
Tom Keating, software and hardware God over at Internet Telephony Magazine jumped over his own exclusive about Peerio and Popular Telephony by breaking his story first in his blog. This shows that the blogosphere is really starting to impact journalism and how traditional and web publishers work the medium. The story is thorough and revealing … Read more
Sometime back I posted a ARPU of $4800 for each Vonage subscriber in extended valuation. But with their drop in price that equates to roughly 17%, that means their value per sub is now under $4000.00. Ouch. I think they should thank AT&T for not dropping the price of CallVantage before Vonage closed their last … Read more
In what is clearly a reversal of roles, Michael “DisruptionMaster #1” Robertson a has filed lawsuit against Vonage for what is effect is false advertising in California court. For Rorbertson, who was sued by the record industry when he led MP3.com and then by Microsoft for Lindows, the courts have always been a marketing vehicle. … Read more
A VNU account says that VoIP will be key to the growth of broadband. This clearly indicates that AT&T’s strategy of working with cable companies to sign up new broadband customers is right on the mark. While Vonage may have been first with the strategy of working with cable operators to offer a PSTN replacement, … Read more
In what is not a big surprise, but clearly the right move, AT&T has announced a lower monthly price for their CallVantage service. Here’s the full text of the press release until the web link becomes available. AT&T Lowers Price of its Residential VoIP Service New Rate of $29.99 per month Replaces Expiring Promotional Offer … Read more
RiskWaters has FUD about VoIP. Not that the security issues may not be true. It’s just that there are ways around the isse to keep the calls secure.
Linksys and Verizon have cut a deal to have VoiceWing’s VoIP product with a telephone adapter that is similar to what Vonage is offering.
