Search:  

 
 
   All ForumsHot TopicsGallery






how-to block ads


 
Forums » Is Vonage's Goose Cooked? » Couldn't happen to a nicer company
Search Topic:
Share Topic:
RSS topic:
toggle:
flat / full
normal / watch
Post a:
Post a:
This company »
« This company deserves to die!  
AuthorAll Replies

Corydon
Cultivant son jardin
Premium
join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
clubs:
·Comcast

reply to Dogfather
Re: Couldn't happen to a nicer company

The sneaky thing about canceling with Vonage is that there's a loophole in the FCC number portability regulations for VoIP providers that they exploited.

When you port a number from a telco, they cancel your service automatically. You don't need to call them or anything (unless you have other services you want to keep with them like DSL). You pay your final bill and you're done.

Not so with Vonage. They'd keep on charging you until you called in to cancel, when you'd presumably get the treatment that Skeedatl experienced. I've also heard of Vonage refusing to port numbers and holding you hostage until you called in to chat with their friendly retention folks.
--
"Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too."


Dogfather
Premium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
Guess they were accurate when they called themselves "the internet phone company".

nitzan
Premium,VIP
join:2008-02-27
·ViaTalk
·Comcast

reply to Corydon
Correct. We've had multiple incidents where Vonage either simply refused, or did anything they could to delay ports. Eventually we managed to pry the numbers out of their hands - but not without a fight....
--
Nitzan Kon, CEO
Future Nine Corporation
-
Forums » Is Vonage's Goose Cooked?This company »
« This company deserves to die!  


Thursday, 03-Dec 13:43:34 Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Hosting by www.nac.net - DSL,Hosting & Co-lo | feedback | contact
over 10 years online! © 1999-2009 dslreports.com.
page compression OFF
Most commented news this week
· [162] Comcast Releasing Promised Usage Meter
· [125] Avast Antivirus Has Gone Mad
· [103] Graduate Student Unveils Sprint's GPS Sharing With Feds
· [80] Latest Consumer Reports Survey Not Kind To AT&T
· [71] Comcast Makes NBC Universal Acquisition Official
· [70] Baltimore To Ban Lazy Cable Installs
· [63] Broadband Killed The Game Console
· [55] Rogers Unveils The ISP Dream Model
· [47] ACTA: Global Three Strikes
· [43] Cable Industry's 'Adoption Plus': Altruism Or PR Stunt?
Most people now reading
· False positive in Avast! or is it real? [Security]
· [Rant] Disrespect of PTO [Rants, Raves, and Praise]
· Warrior tank seem underpowered these days [World of Warcraft]
· Linux is terrorist - according to MS... [All Things Unix]
· [TWC] Audio/Video outage in Brooklyn [Time Warner Cable TV/Voice]
· IMG 1.7 (IMG Updates and Discussion) [Verizon FIOS TV]
· Many Sites Unreachable [Rogers]
· Equal speeds ruling [Canadian Broadband]
· Official Mal'Ganis Thread [World of Warcraft]