Vonage Activates 200,000th Line

Vonage today announced the activation of 200,000 total lines on its network, doubling its subscriber-base in less than six months since reaching the 100,000 line mark.
   
“Again, Vonage has set the benchmark, proving its value proposition to a marketplace starved for full-featured, cost-effective alternatives to the incumbent local exchange carriers,” said Jeffrey A. Citron, chairman and CEO of Vonage Holdings Corporation. “We have consistently doubled our customer- base every six months and expect to exceed year end estimates by a wide margin.”
   
Leveraging the power of customers’ existing broadband connections, Vonage sets the standard for the new generation of phone service with the most competitive residential and small business calling plans:

    * $14.99/month – Residential Basic Plan – 500 minutes of local, toll and
      long distance calling throughout the United States and Canada.
    * $24.99/month – Residential Unlimited Local Plan – unlimited local
      calling plus 500 minutes of long distance calling throughout the United
      States and Canada.
    * $29.99/month – Residential Premium Unlimited Plan – unlimited calling
      throughout the United States and Canada.
    * $39.99/month – Small Business Basic Plan – 1500 minutes of calling
      throughout the United States and Canada, including a free dedicated fax
      line.
    * $49.99/month – Small Business Unlimited Plan – unlimited calling
      throughout the United States and Canada, including a free dedicated fax
      line.

    Services and hardware included for free on any of the above plans:

    * Voicemail                         * Call hunt
    * Call waiting                      * Call transfer
    * Caller ID                         * Caller ID block (*67)
    * Call forwarding                   * International call block
    * Motorola VT10005V device          * Area code selection
    * Call return (*69)                 * Repeat dialing
    * Web-based account management      * Bandwidth saver
       * Online voicemail retrieval     * Great international calling rates:
       * Real-time inbound/outbound        * Tel Aviv 4 cents per minute
         call record details               * London 3 cents per minute
       * Real-time billing activity        * Sydney 4 cents per minute