said by kyramilan:Both are heading to bankruptcy. Vonage has become almost expensive as bare landlines. And, besides crooks, who puts 30-min informercials on TV at 3 in the morning? Vonage.
Telcos don't have to DSL share anymore so Earthlink will probably limp a little further than Vonage.
It is also interesting many Vonage customers have several paid lines with them so begs the question, how many customers do they really have?
And, running a business off of Vonage is like running a Doctor's Office out of a Trailor.
That's an interesting characterization you've made of the service. It's certainly worlds away from my personal experience as a customer though.
The fact of the matter is, what you characterize as being "almost as expensive as a bare line", saves me about 60.00 per month versus my old pots/long distance package.
In fact, Vonage, priced at 24.99..is practically what just my old pots line used to cost except with this service I get a full featured service and unlimited long distance.
I'm not sure how you could ever rationalize in your wildest dreams those two being about equal. They're worlds apart.
As far as reliability goes, my service in the year I've had it has never been down. Not once. Ever.
Is that reliable? I certainly think so. It's certainly a far cry from what the telco's would like to paint the service as being.
I didn't buy the service because of a 3 am infomercial, but I certainly think they help to bring the real story to the public. This is something new to many people and because the telcos are now obviously running so scared because of it, it's seems they're willing to do and say just about anything to dissuade the public from using what is truly an outstanding, money saving service.
I don't think that Vonage will be filing bk. anytime soon.
In fact, I think they'll continue to add millions of customers to their already rapidly growing customer base which incidentally, appears to grow as fast as the telco's seem to lose their pots customers.