nixen
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Re: This is a deal breaker for Vonage.
said by hottboiinnc  :Cable providers may like to add some of the customers to their Digital Phone, AT&T would like some for their CallVantage and VZ would like the rest. Buying a bankrupted business just for the customers is a risky proposition, at best. It'd be kind of like buying a company because you want to have a certain group/type/calibre of employees working for you.
You'd normally buy trashed business for its fixed assets (i.e., assets that can't just up an leave).
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Cable providers may like to add some of the customers to their Digital Phone, AT&T would like some for their CallVantage and VZ would like the rest.
But this whole thing does suck. With Vonage having the USB Softphone that you can use anywhere its really saved me a ton of money calling my brother thats over in the UK as an exchange student. |
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nixen
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said by N3OGH :Quoted from the article. "Vonage has said that the outcome of the case would not disrupt its business." Yeah, right. Vonage loses this case, they're baked. I'm not patent attorney, and I don't know all the facts in the case. That said, if Verizon wins, good for them, and look for the "for sale" sign to be hanging up at Vonage. Doubtful. Look more for a Chapter 11 or, even more likely, a Chapter 7 sign. I mean, really, who's going to want to buy Vonage's patent liabilities?
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JamesPC
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they have millions to waist on legal bullshit. They act like a damn government agency but try to get all the perks of private ownership. |
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"Vonage has said that the outcome of the case would not disrupt its business."
Yeah, right. Vonage loses this case, they're baked.
I'm not patent attorney, and I don't know all the facts in the case. That said, if Verizon wins, good for them, and look for the "for sale" sign to be hanging up at Vonage.
If Vonage wins, shame on Verizon for this type of heavy handed go for the jugular use of the court system.
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