• Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
  • Consider registering! Fewer and higher quality ads, no emails you don't want, access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Even if you just want to lurk, there are a lot of good reasons to register!

sweet vonage... is getting sued

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Sort by date Sort by votes
iambrutus

iambrutus

Screw Blue
    • Link


    ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 (Reuters) - Lawyers for Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ.N: Quote, Profile , Research) and Vonage Holdings Corp. (VG.N: Quote, Profile , Research) made their final arguments before a federal jury on Wednesday in Verizon's $197 million patent infringement lawsuit against the Internet telephone upstart.
    The eight-member jury was expected to begin deliberating later in the day. Lawyers for both sides said outside the courtroom that the jury could reach a verdict as soon as Wednesday or Thursday. A lawyer for Verizon told jurors that Vonage built its business based on Verizon's patents and said Vonage should be forced to pay $197 million in damages.
    Going forward, Vonage should also be ordered to pay Verizon a royalty of $4.93 per customer per month for the voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) technology central to the case, said Verizon lawyer Dan Webb.
    Click to expand...
     
    Why's that sweet? Getting rid of two office lines and a personal line that were costing me close to $150/month from SBC in favor of Vonage was the smartest thing that I've ever done. I love that effin' company. Having my voicemails e-mailed to me as wav attachments alone keeps me from having to hire somebody to sit in the office in Columbus.
     
    Upvote 0
    ORD_Buckeye;775528; said:
    Why's that sweet? Getting rid of two office lines and a personal line that were costing me close to $150/month from SBC in favor of Vonage was the smartest thing that I've ever done. I love that effin' company. Having my voicemails e-mailed to me as wav attachments alone keeps me from having to hire somebody to sit in the office in Columbus.
    Click to expand...

    just a play on their commercial - sweet vonage

    i dont use the service, but it sounds pretty cool
     
    Upvote 0
    This sucks. I have Vonage so I can have a home telephone without going through the local phone company. I love the service. I only pay $15/month for it, and I'll be pissed if my bill goes up 33% because Verizon wants five bucks.

    BTW, is Verizon seriously arguing that Vonage infringed upon one of their billing system patents? Seeing as how Verizon has probably screwed up more bills than they've got right, that's probably not something I'd be eager to bring up in a court of law if I were them.
     
    Upvote 0
    jlb1705;775547; said:
    This sucks. I have Vonage so I can have a home telephone without going through the local phone company. I love the service. I only pay $15/month for it, and I'll be pissed if my bill goes up 33% because Verizon wants five bucks.
    Click to expand...

    You have to love big corporations. They'll preach about the market and deregulation right up until the moment that the free market starts kicking the shit out of them. Then, they'll run to the lawyers and their bought and paid for politicians, crying like the little bitches that they are, for protection from the market.
     
    Upvote 0
    ORD_Buckeye;775569; said:
    You have to love big corporations. They'll preach about the market and deregulation right up until the moment that the free market starts kicking the shit out of them. Then, they'll run to the lawyers and their bought and paid for politicians, crying like the little bitches that they are, for protection from the market.
    Click to expand...

    Ladies and Gentlemen we have a winner!

    A_Vector_Art_Slot_Machine.png


    Oh, and the patents at issue concern VOIP.
     
    Upvote 0
    I work for AT&T (formerly SBC, formerly Ameritech, etc.) and have heard numerous good things about Vonage and some bad things. They have had issues with 911 service causing at least 1 death that was attributed to the service. Once AT&T and Verizon have their fiber to the prem serivce up and running I think Vonage will be practically obsolete anyhow. With a home phone, cell service, 5 to 10 meg h.s. internet and interactive television all on one bill I think the monopoly will be back running strong. Although with the fiber service running smoothly they will also need less technicians...:(
     
    Upvote 0
    You must log in or register to reply here.
    Back
    Top