Vonage voice over IP service comes to Mac users

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Continued fun with Voice over IP
(Vonage, Lingo, Packet8)

Continued fun with Voice over IP
(Vonage, Lingo, Packet8) 03/17/2005 03:23 AM

I've had so many interesting hours waiting on hold for tech support from Vonage and Lingo that I decided to write up the experience in http://ph ilip.greenspun.com/materialism/voice-over-ip

Please comment with ideas to make this more useful.

Vonage offers Xten X-PRO SoftPhone for
OS X users

Vonage offers Xten X-PRO SoftPhone for
OS X users 06/24/2004 10:08 AM
Broadband telephony service provider Vonage on Thursday announced that it's providing an OEM version of Xten Networks' X-PRO SIP SoftPhone for Mac OS X-based Vonage subscribers. The software enables Vonage subscribers to send and receive telephone calls with their computers using Voice over IP (VoIP) technology. SoftPhone support is an add-on service for users who already have a Vonage account -- accounts start at US$14.99 per month.

Vonage to offer Internet users wireless
phones

Vonage to offer Internet users wireless
phones 01/06/2005 05:40 PM
Vonage, which offers low-cost phone service over the Internet, has partnered with UTStarcom to introduce a portable Wi-Fi handset by the middle of the year.

Vonage Offers Internet Users Wireless
Phones

Vonage Offers Internet Users Wireless
Phones 01/04/2005 11:26 PM
Reuters UK Jan 5 2005 1:41AM GMT

Vonage Offers Internet Users Wireless
Phones (Reuters)

Vonage Offers Internet Users Wireless
Phones (Reuters) 01/04/2005 11:31 PM
Reuters - Vonage, the U.S. pioneer of low-cost phone service over Internet broadband connections, on Tuesday said it was working with a phone maker to offer a "Wi-Fi" handset for subscribers to use at home or around town.

Vonage expands UK service

Vonage expands UK service 03/23/2005 12:46 PM
But gets into hot water with the state of Texas

Vonage launches Canadian service

Vonage launches Canadian service 04/12/2004 02:19 PM
globetechnology.com Apr 12 2004 6:46PM GMT

Texas sues Vonage over 911 service

Texas sues Vonage over 911 service 03/30/2005 06:53 AM
Plus: Nortel's latest losses; BellSouth adds Centrex enhancements

Vonage extends service to Ottawa

Vonage extends service to Ottawa 05/12/2004 06:45 PM
globetechnology.com May 12 2004 11:14PM GMT

Texas sues Vonage over emergency service

Texas sues Vonage over emergency service 03/22/2005 07:27 PM
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Vonage Holdings, accusing the fast-growing VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) provider of not warning customers about limits to its 911 emergency dialing service.

Texas Sues Vonage over 911 Emergency
Service

Texas Sues Vonage over 911 Emergency
Service 03/23/2005 04:43 PM
The Texas attorney general files a lawsuit against Internet telephone service Vonage Holdings Corp., saying the company fails to clearly tell consumers about the limits of 911 emergency calling over its service.

Vonage previews wireless VoIP phone,
service

Vonage previews wireless VoIP phone,
service 01/04/2005 08:58 AM

Texas Vonage suit: here's what Vonage is
'guilty' of

Texas Vonage suit: here's what Vonage is
'guilty' of 03/23/2005 02:29 AM
ZDNet Mar 23 2005 6:18AM GMT

Broadband Surf Report: Vonage and more
Vonage

Broadband Surf Report: Vonage and more
Vonage 03/30/2005 04:55 PM
Blog: Our daily look at telecom news around the Web: Vonage defends manually activated 911 calling--eWeek ...

CyberTuesday Final: Vonage Launches
Canadian VoIP Service; Google Gambit:
Stop Limiting Trademark Sales; Ex-B-

CyberTuesday Final: Vonage Launches
Canadian VoIP Service; Google Gambit:
Stop Limiting Trademark Sales; Ex-B- 04/13/2004 09:02 PM
AVN Online Apr 14 2004 0:43AM GMT

Users: Voice, data convergence saves
money

Users: Voice, data convergence saves
money 03/06/2004 01:56 AM
While vendors at this week's VoiceCon 2004 argued about the types of VoIP systems available, users said they save money just by starting a convergence of voice and data networks, no matter which approach they choose.

Voice Overs For Telephone Greetings,
Interactive Voice Response, Auto
Attendants, On-hold, and Voice Messaging
Systems

Voice Overs For Telephone Greetings,
Interactive Voice Response, Auto
Attendants, On-hold, and Voice Messaging
Systems 12/30/2004 05:20 AM
Voice over talents that specialize in recording telephone applications such as voice messaging, auto attendants, interactive voice response, on-hold messaging, voice broadcasts, and voice greetings can be found at Interactive Voices, meeting the needs of corporate entities and not for profit organizations. Voice over talent are available to record telephone scripts for every day use and for special events, enabling employers to brand their company and service clients with consistent and persuasive marketing. [PRWEB Dec 30, 2004]

AT&T plans Internet voice service

AT&T plans Internet voice service 12/11/2003 07:20 AM

Internet voice service still has
challenges

Internet voice service still has
challenges 07/06/2004 05:06 AM
Sgvtribune.com - Tue Jul 6, 07:39 am GMT

International Internet Access Service
Provider Dialer.net ISP Adds a New
Global FAX Service for its Internet
Roaming Users Worldwide

International Internet Access Service
Provider Dialer.net ISP Adds a New
Global FAX Service for its Internet
Roaming Users Worldwide 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
Global Internet Access provider Dialer.net provides global FAX service for its users worldwide. Users can send faxes from anywhere in the world to any FAX in the world with their current e-mail program. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

InternetSpeech to provide voice Internet
service

InternetSpeech to provide voice Internet
service 12/28/2004 12:50 PM
San Jose Business Journal Dec 28 2004 4:33PM GMT

Skype Experimenting with Voice-Mail
Service

Skype Experimenting with Voice-Mail
Service 01/04/2005 06:22 PM
Skype has begun to experiment with a voicemail service, hoping to introduce new paid offerings to capitalize on its success.

Report: AT&T Plans Internet Voice
Service

Report: AT&T Plans Internet Voice
Service 12/11/2003 01:36 AM
Reuters Dec 11 2003 0:44AM ET

Cable & Wireless first to market with IP
Voice service in the UK

Cable & Wireless first to market with IP
Voice service in the UK 06/21/2004 01:17 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jun 21 2004 5:12AM GMT

Future for internet voice service is
cloudy

Future for internet voice service is
cloudy 07/05/2004 06:09 AM
Augustachronicle.com - Mon Jul 5, 07:00 am GMT

WhatHelps? Upgrades Voice Chat Service

WhatHelps? Upgrades Voice Chat Service 12/19/2004 03:32 PM
WhatHelps? recently released an upgrade to one of its most popular services, hands-free Voice Chat. The upgrade has dramatically improved voice clarity, decreased lag time, and reduced random disconnects. [PRWEB Dec 15, 2004]

BT pushes ahead with public voice over
IP service in UK

BT pushes ahead with public voice over
IP service in UK 07/20/2004 09:11 PM
Computer Weekly Jul 21 2004 1:22AM GMT

Future cloudy for Internet voice service

Future cloudy for Internet voice service 07/06/2004 09:56 AM
CNEWS Jul 6 2004 1:59PM GMT

Skype Experimenting with Voice-Mail
Service (Reuters)

Skype Experimenting with Voice-Mail
Service (Reuters) 01/04/2005 01:26 PM
Reuters - Skype, the company behind the flourishing Internet telephony network, has begun to experiment with a voicemail service, hoping to introduce new paid offerings to capitalize on its success.

UK's BT, Yahoo Launch Instant Message
Voice Service

UK's BT, Yahoo Launch Instant Message
Voice Service 07/15/2004 05:06 PM
BizReport.com Jul 15 2004 9:23PM GMT

CRTC hearings consider possible
regulation of voice over Internet phone
service

CRTC hearings consider possible
regulation of voice over Internet phone
service 09/21/2004 06:22 PM
CBC Sep 21 2004 11:08PM GMT

UK's BT, Yahoo Launch Instant Message
Voice Service (Reuters)

UK's BT, Yahoo Launch Instant Message
Voice Service (Reuters) 07/15/2004 08:54 AM
Reuters - Britain's top fixed-line telecoms operator BT Group (BT.L) launched a new service on Thursday allowing users to make phone calls over Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) instant messenger product, the companies said.

Stumbling blocks, uncertain regulation
cloud future for Internet voice service

Stumbling blocks, uncertain regulation
cloud future for Internet voice service 07/04/2004 06:00 AM
Sgvtribune.com - Sun Jul 4, 07:27 am GMT

Alliance offers to cut investor fees;
J&J targets counterfeits; AT&T plans
internet voice service

Alliance offers to cut investor fees;
J&J targets counterfeits; AT&T plans
internet voice service 12/11/2003 09:38 AM
Forbes Dec 11 2003 9:32AM ET

Vulnerabilities: Cisco Voice Product IBM
Director Agent Port Scan Denial Of
Service Vulnerability

Vulnerabilities: Cisco Voice Product IBM
Director Agent Port Scan Denial Of
Service Vulnerability 01/24/2004 05:00 PM
SecurityFocus Jan 24 2004 9:12PM GMT

TalkingSites.net Introduces a
Professional Voice-over Service for
Website Owners, Online Stores and
Auction Sellers

TalkingSites.net Introduces a
Professional Voice-over Service for
Website Owners, Online Stores and
Auction Sellers 04/01/2005 03:44 AM
Until now websites have been limited to conveying content through text and pictures only. Now TalkingSites.net offers the third dimension of speech to assist in building trust and confidence through the use of professional voice-over talent or by using the voice of the website owner directly. [PRWEB Apr 1, 2005]

Up Link: Telecom Ministry says Lanka
Internet could continue with its
existing license to offer voice service

Up Link: Telecom Ministry says Lanka
Internet could continue with its
existing license to offer voice service 04/06/2005 08:34 PM
Lanka Business Online Apr 7 2005 12:28AM GMT

Value Added Service for 3 3G Users

Value Added Service for 3 3G Users 06/17/2004 02:13 AM
3G Jun 17 2004 6:47AM GMT

Web Phone Service May Have It All,
Except Many Users

Web Phone Service May Have It All,
Except Many Users 07/24/2004 09:49 PM
Once the province of techno-nerds, new voice-over-Internet phones are going mainstream.
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Vonage UTStarcom F1000 VoIP Phone

Vonage UTStarcom F1000 VoIP Phone 01/04/2005 01:43 PM

Vonage is dropping some killer gear on us today, with product announcements that include this new Wi-Fi Voice-Over-IP handset from UTStarcom that will let Vonage subscribers make calls anywhere they can log onto a Wi-Fi connection. With an 80-hour standby time and three to four hour talk time, the F1000 looks practical enough to use as your primary phone, not to mention extremely handy to have around as a secondary communications sidearm. Plus, you're sort of getting a Wi-Fi location device for free.

The UTStarcom F1000 is a standard SIP phone, as well, meaning it can be used with other Voice-Over-IP platforms besides Vonage.

Press Release [UTStar]

Using BroadVoice with Asterisk How-To

Using BroadVoice with Asterisk How-To 03/22/2005 04:42 PM
Slashdot Mar 20 2005 1:16PM GMT

Vonage Adds Software Phone for Mac
(28-Jun-2004; 1.4K)

Vonage Adds Software Phone for Mac
(28-Jun-2004; 1.4K) 06/28/2004 09:40 PM

Vonage to Introduce Wi-Fi Phone

Vonage to Introduce Wi-Fi Phone 01/04/2005 03:18 PM
Broadband telephone company Vonage is expected to announce plans Tuesday for a Wi-Fi phone that could make calls through a customer's wireless home network or at wireless hotspots, USA Today reported Tuesday. Vonage says it would work like a cell phone, but would not cost the subscriber any additional fees to use the service.

Vonage Offers Wi-Fi Phone

Vonage Offers Wi-Fi Phone 01/04/2005 12:45 AM
Engadget slips the news that Vonage ships its F-1000 Wi-Fi handset: The handset will work over hotspot networks allowing Vonage customers to use their service while roaming. Boingo and Vonage had a deal in place to test out VoIP over Wi-Fi hotspots, but it's unclear here in the late evening how that ties together. Also, Vonage's site doesn't yet list the announcement, so we don't know if they've partnered with various networks to ease authentication. Authentication, or providing credentials that let you use a given hotspot network--whether a paid login or a WPA encryption key or handling 802.1X, even--is the biggest stopping block in allowing VoIP over hotspot to work. A technology like EAP-SIM, which would use a GSM SIM module to authenticate, might be one method of logging in. But it requires every hotspot or hotspot network that wants to allow this sort of connection to build the back-end to handle it....

Vonage to Produce a WiFi Phone

Vonage to Produce a WiFi Phone 01/04/2005 03:26 PM

Vonage VOIP Phone to Run Over Wi-Fi
Networks

Vonage VOIP Phone to Run Over Wi-Fi
Networks 08/30/2004 06:31 AM
Small businesses mapping out WLAN strategies will soon have another alternative to consider.

Vonage to Get Internet Phone Competition

Vonage to Get Internet Phone Competition 04/13/2005 11:59 AM
ABCNEWS.com Apr 13 2005 3:35PM GMT

New York classifies Vonage as phone
company

New York classifies Vonage as phone
company 05/19/2004 10:23 PM

Vonage offers VoIP mobile phone

Vonage offers VoIP mobile phone 01/05/2005 01:12 AM
The Register Jan 5 2005 5:09AM GMT

New York State Classifies Vonage As
Phone Company

New York State Classifies Vonage As
Phone Company 05/20/2004 08:30 AM
Slashdot May 20 2004 12:44PM GMT

Texas Instruments, Vonage in Internet
Phone Deal (Reuters)

Texas Instruments, Vonage in Internet
Phone Deal (Reuters) 01/09/2004 09:59 PM
Reuters - Vonage Holdings Corp., seeking to make Internet-based phone service simpler for home users, said on Friday it has inked a technology deal with Texas Instruments, the supplier of most voice-over-Internet microchips.

Texas sues Internet phone company Vonage
over lack of 911 access

Texas sues Internet phone company Vonage
over lack of 911 access 03/22/2005 05:11 PM
National Post Mar 22 2005 9:40PM GMT

Why Vonage is Just a Fad

Why Vonage is Just a Fad 05/20/2004 08:33 PM
ZDNet May 21 2004 0:40AM GMT

Vonage

Vonage 07/28/2004 03:08 PM

Start-up finds talk is cheap with Vonage: I've heard a lot about Vonage and seen their ads, but I was never able to pin down exactly what they did. Turns it its commercial Skype with hardware.

Its service is simple. Vonage sends customers an Internet phone box, which looks like a small cable TV box. The box plugs into most high-speed Internet connections. Almost any telephone plugs into the box.

The phone works like any other phone, but Vonage is routing the calls over the Web. (If the person on the other end of the line is not a Vonage user, the call will hop onto a regular phone line for the very last leg of its journey.)

This is the future.

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Texas Sues Vonage After Crime Victim
Unable to Call 911: Internet Phone
Firm's Marketing Cited

Texas Sues Vonage After Crime Victim
Unable to Call 911: Internet Phone
Firm's Marketing Cited 03/23/2005 02:29 AM
Washington Post Mar 23 2005 6:25AM GMT

Vonage goes to Canada

Vonage goes to Canada 04/13/2004 04:52 AM
Bell tolls for telcos

Vonage: Strike One

Vonage: Strike One 08/06/2004 03:25 PM
I was scheduled for a phone call with a VIP today, and when he got on the line (my office Vonage phone), it was unusable, multi-second delays on each voice round-trip. Damnably, I didn’t have my cellphone with me, so we had to reschedule. I called up Vonage, had to punch through two levels of slow menu (could be worse I suppose) to get to the tech support queue where I waited for five minutes listening to vasty echoing silence to talk to someone who put me on the tech support queue (“I thought this was tech support?” “No, I’m a general-purpose service representative.”) Which picked up after only a minute or two, and he made a vague attempt to blame my ISP and said he’d sent a couple of downloads to the phone that should address the problem. So, if it’s a known problem with a known fix, why don’t I already have it? I don’t have to do this kind of thing for either my land-lines or mobile. All in all, I’ve been fairly happy with Vonage so far, but much more of this could sour the relationship quickly.

Vonage Now Available in Canada

Vonage Now Available in Canada 04/12/2004 03:37 PM
Techfocus Apr 12 2004 8:10PM GMT

Vonage reviewed

Vonage reviewed 03/13/2003 10:24 AM
Raffi Krikorian's review of Vonage's Voice-over-IP phone-service is a great, info-civilian-oriented overview of the best way to secede from your phone company.

The Edison, New Jersey based company gives you one Cisco ATA186 and a phone number in an area code of your choosing (I had a little piece of northern New Jersey in my living room). You have a choice of two different levels of service to go along with this box: for $25.99/month you get unlimited local/regional calling (where local/regional is defined by the area code you choose for your phone number) and 500 minutes of free US long distance, and for $39.99/month you get unlimited long distance. And you also get international rates that rivals most common calling cards. The only problem is that the service only delivers one ATA186, and that specific model is required to use the service -- no other SIP compatible devices are supported yet. If you want to use more than one phone with the box, you will either have to rig up a network of telephone splitters and wires; or you can do what some have done and hack your house to plug the Cisco box into your house's in wall telephone network.

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Vonage softphone

Vonage softphone 12/19/2003 04:58 PM
Have been trying out the Vonage softphone with some success. My Laptop (IBM T40), like most, has built in speakers...

New: Vonage SoftPhone for Mac OS X

New: Vonage SoftPhone for Mac OS X 06/28/2004 09:54 AM
Vonage released a Mac OS X version of its SoftPhone software for use with its Voice Over IP telephone service.

Vonage-Click2Call-0.10

Vonage-Click2Call-0.10 09/21/2004 07:05 PM

NY Wants To Regulate Vonage

NY Wants To Regulate Vonage 05/20/2004 01:09 AM
Add New York to the list of greedy states along with California, Florida and Minnesota that want to get as much money out of VoIP providers as possible by declaring them phone companies. New York has become the latest state to declare Vonage a phone company that they can now regulate. This is a backwards step that is likely to slow down the acceptance of VoIP. While it may mean that the NY state government can suck a few extra taxes out of people, it will mean slower adoption, which means slower economic growth. Even worse, they're doing this while the FCC has made it clear that they're still reviewing this issue and had told states to leave VoIP providers alone while they come up with a position at the federal level. This is merely a short-term grab at extra tax revenue.

Vonage goes wireless

Vonage goes wireless 12/18/2003 11:57 AM
Getting the scoop once again, Om Malik reveals that Vonage is working on software that would let you use their broadband Voice over IP telephone...

Vonage arrives

Vonage arrives 03/06/2004 01:59 AM
My Vonage phone arrive yesterday afternoon. I followed the simple instructions for plugging it into my cable modem and now I'm making calls to anywhere in the US or Canada - 500 minutes/month for $15. So far, the sonic quality has been as good as a "real" phone. Yep, them Voice over IP bits can hold their own. And the plain ol' telephone company, the one with the network that's too smart for it's own good, ought to be worried....

Vonage Goes Portable

Vonage Goes Portable 12/18/2003 03:38 PM
Om Malik breaks the news that Vonage will soon have laptop and PDA-based software client for its service: It's not news that Vonage has tens of thousands of subscribers, nor that they offer a high-quality, full-featured hardware-based broadband voice-over-IP service that allows you to map multiple incoming real phone numbers to your virtual line. It also not news that you can get high-quality software VoIP clients; I'm personally enamored of Xten's suite, which work with Windows, Mac OS X, LindowsOS, and Linux. They're beautiful and come in free and paid flavors, including a multi-line conference version. The Xten clients can interface with any standard SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) server, and many of the VoIP providers who offer long-distance over the Internet use standard SIP gateways. But getting from Xten outbound to the VoIP provider is a pain: I had to have the CEO of Xten provide me the details for a couple of VoIP services; those details aren't on the VoIP long-distance service sites. Then there's the question of inbound service. Even though you can use Xten as the default client with Addaline.com, it's unclear whether you can receive inbound calls via their service. Most of the VoIP in software is focused on making calls to the PSTN and receiving calls from other folks using services like Free World Dial-up, which provides you with a free non-PSTN VoIP number and SIP gateway. Om's scoop is certainly that Vonage is going to package the software and PSTN offering into a no-configuration package that will be as easy to use as their hardware service. Vonage's hardware solution is pretty simple: open the box, plug it in, wait a minute. You're done. Voice mail calls can be alerted via email, and other features can be enabled through the Web site's dashboard for your account. Because Vonage works over broadband, a Pocket PC or a laptop equipped with their soft client in turn connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot or access point means free phone service everywhere -- it's another incentive to lower cell phone plans (for roaming purposes) and increase the number of hot spot locations. I'm a recent Vonage convert. I use my cell phone as my office and roaming line, and although I'd switched to a $130/month plan from Cingular because of their rollover minutes, I had $250 and $450 bills in September and October during particularly intense work periods. Yes, that's...

Vonage voice over IP service comes to Mac users

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