Folks,
It seems that are choices are being limited. Here is a detailed site of why Vonage is good for the people.
Free to Compete
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Don't let Verizon® use it's VoIP patents to limit your choices for phone service!
Verizon® has pursued litigation against Vonage® in an effort to achieve in court what it cannot achieve in the marketplace. Verizon has sued Vonage
over patents they claim cover all of VoIP. Why?
Verizon’s actions could limit the freedom you – and every U.S. consumer – have in choosing your phone service. When competition is stifled,
consumers literally pay the price. And in a fair, free market economy, no entity should be able to cripple or eliminate companies seeking to provide
more (and better) alternatives.
If any networking engineers are on ATS, i would like to have a rebuttal on the claimed patent infringement.