TKJunkMail
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1 edit |  IF Sprint wins $103m they'd own Vonage
If Sprint would actually win this suit, they would potentially own Vonage if Vonage couldn't get cash from somewhere. Vonage's market capitalization is $316m and their long term debt is $276m. If they lose, Sprint won't have to buy Vonage, they'll own them.
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jgkolt
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clubs: | so what
so what did they offer? Why are they owed money? Are they not paying bills over at vonage?
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: IF Sprint wins $103m they'd own Vonage
That's probably in their best interest as well...
1. They win - then they practically 'own' Vonage - and will deploy it with Xohm or Sprint EVDO and cut out the cost of switched service.
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Jovi
join:2000-02-24
Mount Joy, PA | How many companies...
own the patents Vonages uses? I thought Verizon claimed the patents?
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yuutomo
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Missoula, MT
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|  Sprint = POS Vonage = YAY
LOL, hey sprint, instead of ripping of the customer's and providing a piece of shit product, and giving yourselves payraises, and trying to destroy a credit to the Internet, why not jump off the roof of your corporate headquarters and that goes to all of Sprint's Management.
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ztmike
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join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | Owe me.
Come to think of it, Vonage owes me some money to..I think I'll sue them for 200million.
It's the American way after all.. |
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Cheese
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join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
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Re: How many companies...
said by Jovi  :own the patents Vonages uses? I thought Verizon claimed the patents? That's what I thought as well. It was just recent as well. |
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JamesPC
join:2005-10-12
Orange, CA | reply to en102
Re: IF Sprint wins $103m they'd own Vonage
I agree, this will be good for both company and consumer. Plus this will go nicely with there WIMAX offering. |
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partysource
join:2000-11-25
Phoenix, AZ | Sprint=Crap
If Sprint were to buy them it would go to crap.
Lets look at their wireless division for example 
Can you imaging dropping calls on your home phone LOL |
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johndoe303
join:2003-01-01
Boca Raton, FL
| Nope because I don't drop calls from NC to South FL..?
Sprint SERO 1250 Anytime Minutes, N&W 7pm, Unl M2M, Unl Data, Unl Txt, Unl Pic/Vid Mail.. $49.99 before corp discount. 
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MrMoody
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join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC | reply to ztmike
Re: Owe me.
First you'd need to spam the patent office with a bunch of obvious patents on things like sending voice over the internet. That's how the big money prevents competition. |
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YaThink
@verizon.net | YaThink the ILECS are soiling their panties
Ya think the ILECS are soiling their panties worrying about what Vonage and other VoIP carriers are going to do their fatted calf?
LOL. They can't continue to survive without suing on QUESTIONABLE patents.
I love it. |
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BillRoland
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join:2001-01-21
Ocala, FL
clubs: | WiMAX funding
Now we know where Sprint was planning on getting WiMAX funding |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| Whose patents?
Any overlap of Sprint's alleged patent claims with Verizon's (apparently) successful judgment against Vonage?
Somehow Verizon is getting Sprint to do it's dirty work all over again.. weird. Not that I care.. Vonage is one of the TOP arrogant VOIP companies who all-but MADE THEMSELVES A TARGET.
Target the retail store might even sue them for having the red/white smock Target logo on Vonage's back for so long... |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | reply to Jovi
Re: How many companies...
Yeah, like the patent office won't issue duplicate patents... |
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shane349
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join:2005-03-21
Delta, OH | sound familiar
well.. not that verizon tried the same thing or anything like that... AT&T must be next in line. |
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
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join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
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Re: YaThink the ILECS are soiling their panties
said by YaThink :
Ya think the ILECS are soiling their panties worrying about what Vonage and other VoIP carriers are going to do their fatted calf?
LOL. They can't continue to survive without suing on QUESTIONABLE patents.
I love it.
That's what I was thinking too. |
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KD4CVR
join:2000-09-21
Gainesville, GA
| What does Sprint know about VOIP?
What patents would Sprint have that would effect Vonage VOIP technology??? Sprint wouldn’t know VOIP if it turned around and bit them in the RJ-45s! They don’t even know how to run a wire line phone business…they gave it all away to EmChuck!
Oh wait a minute I do remember some patents form long ago like the DO-Da-DEE “If you would like to make a call, please hang up and try again” and the famous DO-Da-DEE “All circuits are busy now” and the most recent one “If you would like to continue to hold for a customer service representative” |
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Done_Posting
Shoot to kill
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join:2003-08-22
Toledo, OH
·buckeye cable
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Re: Sprint=Crap
Very nice.
I'm in the process of ordering a SERO equipped Mogul right now. I already have an A900 which I used extensively in Hawaii, averaging speeds of around 500 Kbps / 128 Kbps (faster than my hotel's WiFi). I also just recently got rid of my Sprint PPC-6700.
Moral of the story? Sprint has always treated me well. In my experience, they beat the heck out of the competition for both voice and mobile data (trust me, I've sampled many other wireless offerings).
Fun fact: The company I work for supplies almost all of their cellular towers with backhaul here in the Northwest Ohio region. I often stare at the two little fibers (OC-192 I believe) that their towers all mux into with an evil gleam in my eye... 
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jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
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Until we change to a "loser pays" system for lawsuits, companies will continue this ploy -- they can bankrupt Vonage with legal fees while depressing the stock price, and eventually eliminate the competitor one way or another.
NOTE: I'm not optimistic that this change will ever occur. |
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