Does vonage/VOIP have a future?

Posts: 21 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Sep 06, 2006 Posts: 21

HI, in past years I would have said VOIP was the future of cheap telephone calls but today I wonder.

I'm nearing the end of my annual contract with Vonage (via Freetalk) and certainly when it worked Vonage (OK caller ID is a joke) was good and appeared to offer a good value.

However just offered a very attractive bundle from Virgin media which included tel line I am seriously considering the value of retaining my Vonage account.

Any thoughts/advice more than welcome..............convince me Smile

Cheers

Posts: 1123 · Vonage Forum **MVM** Joined: May 26, 2005 Posts: 1123

Certainly, VoIP is not the future, but the present. Many companies are using VoIP now that it has become mainstream for enterprise networks. Not so much for residential yet, but eventually, the complete convergance of voice, data, and video is only a few years away. VoIP isn't going anywhere.

As for Vonage, I'm just not sure. The stock price scares me. The lack of developing new features scares me. The company owning no siginificant telecom infrastructure scares me. And so does the fact that they only provide phone service. Methinks Vonage has done a wonderful job of introducing VoIP to the masses, but they are slowly falling by the wayside due to bundled options from larger markets, and more feature-rich competitors.

Posts: 120 · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: Virgin media, ntl in disguise!

Virgin Media is basically ntl: the cable company in disguise, i am curious too see how well they do with Virgin, lets hope they dont ruin a good name, cause lets face it ntl: made some real mess ups in their time. Believe me, take it from an ex ntl: employee!

Posts: 21 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Sep 06, 2006 Posts: 21

skin06 wrote:

Virgin Media is basically ntl: the cable company in disguise, i am curious too see how well they do with Virgin, lets hope they dont ruin a good name, cause lets face it ntl: made some real mess ups in their time. Believe me, take it from an ex ntl: employee!

Do you know why the UK cable companies have never gone down the VOIP route?

Posts: 120 · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject: Money!

I would say it was a lot to do with the cost of changing things, although with the technology they have it may be easier than some telco's in UK.

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Feb 27, 2007 Posts: 2

WHAT!!! is that many talking about a few posts up!!

VOIP going no where!! you have no idea what your talking about!

Only BT offer VOIP over their Broadband, and now Orange over their remake of Wannado. Along with a few others. So as far as VOIP not being around for some time to come, i would disagree.

Why do you think BT would offer it? Cheap Cheap

Posts: 120 · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject: 21CN

BT are going to be all IP based in the next few years, that is what the 21CN network is for.