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Judge puts halt on new Vonage customers
By Anne
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Judge puts halt on new Vonage customers
By Anne Broache
http://news.com.com/Judge+puts+halt+on+new+Vonage+customers/2100-1036_3-6173991.html
Story last modified Fri Apr 06 08:36:06 PDT 2007
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-A federal judge on Friday ordered Vonage not to accept any new customers while it continues to infringe on Verizon Communications patents covering some aspects of Internet phone calls.
In at least a temporary setback for the leading voice over Internet Protocol provider and its some 2.2 million subscribers, U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton said it was the only fair option that would minimize harm to both companies for now.
Hilton did not offer either side a chance to make any additional arguments during Friday's hearing, which lasted about an hour. "You have every right to go to the court of appeals," he told Vonage's attorneys. "They might have something different to say."
Roger Warin, Vonage's attorney, protested Hilton's no-new-customers order. He compared it to "cutting off the oxygen as opposed to a bullet to the head."
He also told Hilton that in effect, "what you are doing is slowly strangling Vonage because it cannot preserve that customer base" indefinitely. He noted that Vonage's customer turnover rate is 2.5 percent per month.
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In its original court complaint filed in June 2006, Verizon accused its growing rival of infringing on seven of its patents, but it later scaled back the scope to include only five patents.
Vonage has maintained that it did not infringe on any of the Verizon patents and that its service rests on commercial, off-the-shelf technology.
The company has also said that even if the verdict is upheld, its subscribers will not encounter disruptions because it is developing a technological workaround.
But it's unclear how far along Vonage is in that process. In a recent government filing, the company reported signing a licensing agreement with a Voip wholesaler that appeared to provide a replacement for two of the Verizon-patented technologies. Vonage said Thursday that the deal actually has nothing to with its patent woes.
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Read The Full Thread: Friday - April 6th is it down again....???
• I can't even log onto the Vonage site anymore right now to check announcements.
• We're out in the Space Coast of Florida (321)
My service has slowly degraded
• Is there a way to change setting to your voicemail or call forwarding if you cannot
• I live in Central Iowa (515) everything is working fine right now. WE had a Vonage
• Well, while others came up, we just went down in NY (845). I just got a cell call from
• I went to the website I was able to connect right away but trying to log in to a web
• NJ here (732) had my main number go down around 10:00am est and come back around
• Yes....I can connect via the internet to the Vonage web site but that is what I was
• I am beginning to wonder if they are trying to install some kind of work around system
• I'm in Green Bay, WI (920). I had one phone call this morning and it seems to be ok.
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