Vonage® Launches Service In Maine

Vonage® Launches Service In Maine

Full-Featured Flat-Rate Calling Comes to the Pine Tree State

Edison, NJ, December 27, 2004 – Vonage Holdings Corp., the leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced local availability of its service throughout Maine.

High-speed Internet subscribers living and working in the Lumber State can now take advantage of Vonage’s broadband phone service offering free unlimited local and long distance calling. Each plan includes the most popular features like call waiting, call forwarding and voicemail for one low, flat monthly rate. Northern New Englanders can now keep their current numbers or choose telephone numbers within the popular (207) area code.

“Mainers will no longer be confronted with a Dead Zone when choosing a calling plan, even Stephen King has nothing to fear when he gets his phone bill every month,” said Jeffrey A. Citron, chairman & CEO of Vonage Holdings Corp. “Our expanded New England presence offers the option to choose a local and long-distance phone service that provides inexpensive, flat-rate calling plans with free, customer-controlled features, such as call waiting, voicemail, call hunt, caller ID and significantly reduced international rates.”

Using the latest technology, Vonage sets the standard for the new generation of phone service with residential and business calling plans:

$14.99/month - Residential Basic Plan – 500 minutes of local, toll and long distance calling throughout the United States and Canada.
$24.99/month - Residential Premium Unlimited Plan – unlimited calling throughout the 50 United States and Canada anytime, anywhere.
$39.99/month – Small Business Basic Plan – 1500 minutes of calling throughout the United States and Canada, including a free dedicated fax line.
$49.99/month – Small Business Unlimited Plan – unlimited calling throughout the United States and Canada, including a free dedicated fax line.
Services and hardware included for free on any of the above plans:
- Voicemail
- Call hunt
- Caller ID
- Call transfer
- Call waiting
- Repeat dialing
- Call forwarding
- Bandwidth saver
- Call return (*69)
- Area code selection
- Caller ID block (*67)
- International call block
- Web-based account management
- Linksys RT31P2 Device
- Real-time billing activity
- Online voicemail retrieval
- Real-time inbound/outbound call record details
Great international calling rates:
- Tel Aviv 4 cents per minute
- London 3 cents per minute
- Sydney 4 cents per minute

About Vonage®

Vonage is redefining communications by offering consumers and small businesses an affordable alternative to traditional telephone service. The fastest growing telephony company in North America, Vonage's service area encompasses more than 2000 active rate centers in over 150 global markets. Vonage is sold directly through Vonage and retail partners such as SAM's Club, Amazon.com, RadioShack, Best Buy, Circuit City, Staples, Fry’s Electronics, Office Depot and CompUSA. Wholesale partners such as EarthLink, ARMSTRONG®, Advanced Cable Communications and the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities resell the Vonage broadband phone service under their own unique brands. With more than 350,000 lines in service, Vonage continues to add more than 30,000 lines per month to its network. Over 10 million calls per week are made using Vonage, the easy-to-use, feature-rich, flat rate phone service. Vonage is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey. For more information about Vonage's products and services, please visit Vonage or call 1-VONAGE-HELP. Vonage®, Vonage Digital Voice^TM, Toll Free Plus^SM and Virtual Phone Number^SM are trademarks of Vonage Holdings Corp.