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Reasons why Vonage made Time's tech failure list
As most any VoIP industry observer knows now, last week VoIP pioneer Vonage was named to Time Magazine's list of the 10 biggest tech failures of the past decade. TelecomTV has an interesting take on Vonage's struggles and details some of the reasons the company deserves the bad rap Time has given it.
While the article acknowledges Vonage's consistent overspending on marketing as one of the company's problems, it also points to the company's inability to find alternative revenue streams or applications that use its VoIP networks and capabilities as the main impediment to Vonage's success.
For more:
- see the TelecomTV explanation about Vonage's selection here
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Posted by Jon Arnold | May 27, 2009 - 5:54pm
Hi Pete;
Glad to see you picking up on this. I also found this an interesting story and posted my take on it last week, fyi. I can't post a link here, and if you wanted to share this, please add the link to your post. Thanks.
Posted by Anonymous | June 1, 2009 - 8:48am
Funny, my Vonage line is working just fine and for less than my cable company wants to soak me for for the same services. I love when the cable company calls to offer to 'save me money' by offering me a bundled package at 100.00 a month and I tell them that's 30.00 more than I'm paying now.
While they blow it on customer service and some oddball billing problems, I have to say, I haven't had trouble with the actual service.
Posted by Robin Earl | September 24, 2009 - 1:34pm
Vonage has definitely given consumers an alternative to the rip-off Tel-Cos. They have spent way too much $$$ on advertising. So, do what I did, signed up with Liberty International's Global Freedom Phone service and their WOW Mobile Wireless and when I referred 3 customers to their service mine is FREE. I haven't paid a phone bill in 2 1/2 years. I will be more than happy to show you how it works. www.robinearl.net.
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