Good news for IJAG

[WazzuGrad00]

From USA Today:

NEW YORK — Vonage has finally confirmed what many had feared: The embattled Internet phone company has no "workaround" in hand to sidestep Verizon's patented Internet phone technology.

Moreover, Vonage (VG) isn't sure that such a plan is even "feasible," given the expansiveness of Verizon's (VZ) patents, which set out methods for passing calls between the Web and conventional phone networks. Vonage's chilly assessment, contained in a filing submitted to a federal court Friday, marks the first time it has admitted that it doesn't have a plan for getting around Verizon's technology. Vonage couldn't be reached for comment.

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In its Friday filing, Vonage offered its appraisal of the potential consequences if it does not get the stay.

Even if Vonage "was somehow able to implement a design around, and was able to ultimately prevail on appeal, it would have no hope of regaining its lost customers, or its lost goodwill, and its loss of revenue would be permanent and …"

It's unknown how the statement ends. Vonage redacted the rest of the sentence, citing "confidential material." But the tone of the passage suggests that these losses, in the aggregate, could help drive the company out of business.

More at: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2007-04-15-vonage-usat_N.htm

 

[imjustagirl2]

MUAHAHAHAH! **** you, Vonage!

Horrible customer service, people that answer the phones that can't figure out how to transfer you, then say "I'm sorry, I can't hear you well, you must have a bad connection" at which point I'd scream at them "IT'S YOUR CONNECTION! I'M ON VONAGE!"

That usually shut them up for a second.

 

[dawgpounddiehard]

Great... thanks to this thread... I'll be singing... "whoo-hoo whoo-hoo-hoo" all damn day.

 

[ondeadline]

I've had a lot of problems with Vonage and didn't know Verizon offered Internet-phone service. The price looks similar. Has anybody tried it?

 

[Armchair_QB]

I thought this was going to be about Brook finally lifting the restraining order.

 

[ondeadline]

I think slipping the word "Vonage" in the thread title might help give people a better idea of what this is about. Just a thought.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

IJAG triumphs.
Fear her, ye Vonagists.

 

[imjustagirl2]

Um, that picture makes me appear as if I have stolen Paris Hilton's ass goiter.

 

[RokSki]

I had absolutely no idea what IJAG was referring to, so I had to look it up.

Thanks, 'Jag. I have learned something new today.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

She's a fountain of information, our gal.

 

[RokSki]

She's a fountain of information, our gal.

Seriously, if it weren't for the SJ ladies, I would be totally unaware of a whole host of things, including: 'rabbits,' ass goiters, postsecrets, and tons more I can't recall. Thank goodness for them, and that's not sarcasm.