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Vonage Have a little mercy. It may not be Vonage's fault. There is a crisis in the availability
Have a little mercy. It may not be Vonage's fault. There is a crisis in the availability of telephone numbers today. Phone numbers are bought and sold on the communications market like they are going out of style, and the simple fact is, they are. First of all, there are more telephones out there then their are telephone numbers. Between the POTS, the morass of cell phone companies, and the VoIP's, the acquisition of a telephone number from one company to the next is similar to an auction. Why do you think area codes have multiplied in any given State? Now we have area codes within area codes. The POTS are trying to stay alive until the last buck is squeezed out of the last user.
The POTS will all be out of business within a few years, not because everyone switched to a cell phone or VoIP, but because they will have reached the limit that their relays and switches can handle. They can not be fixed without completely overhauling their limited and antiquated system. Which would cost more money than they're worth.
Cell phones and VoIP phones can be easily reprogrammed to meet the new future requirements. This is why there are more cell phone users than POTS users, and now, a swiftly growing VoIP market. Vonage isn't trying to give you a hard time about keeping your number. The problem is that Bell South, in it's death throes, won't give it up without a struggle. They're just being down right ornery. All I can say is to be patient, you'll get your number. Vonage and it's users can afford to wait, Bell South can't.
Does this make any sense?
Mike
Read The Full Thread: A Bad Situation of Their Making
• First let me say I am a long time Vonage customer. I can't remember how long I've
• If Vonage would just respond and tell me where the problem is I could deal with that.
• I think a lot of the problem with porting numbers has to be the POTS. As mbhn5204
• Bottomline is Vonage is not ready for prime time yet. It will get better over time.
• I just don't think you guy's are getting it!!! I'm outta here.
• Just an FYI for those who don't live in Vonage HQ territory: Vonage have been advertising
• I understand there is reluctance of phone companies to release numbers. However,
• I think that's some truth to getting what you pay for. VOIP is the same quality as
• I agree. Nobody is perfect in all of this.
The customer ALWAYS comes first.
mbhn5204 posted "Have a little mercy. It may not be Vonage's fault. There is a crisis in the availability" on 02/01/2005 |
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