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Earthlink Answers the Phone
Unveils details surrounding telephony package
(old news - 01:00PM Thursday Mar 13 2003)
tags: dsl · business
While it was confirmed that Earthlink and internet telephony provider Vonage had stuck a deal recently (first scooped by our friend Ben Silverman at the New York Post), they were quiet on the exact details until today. According to today's press release, the service includes free unlimited local, regional and long distance calling for $39.99 per month, and offers features like voicemail, caller ID, call waiting, call return and call forwarding. At the moment there's no 911 service, but that's supposedly in the works. You can find out additional details about the new VOIP service at Earthlink's recently launched Unlimited Voice Website.

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Archivis
Your Daddy
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Simple question

What's the difference between going through Earthlink and signing up with Vonage Directly?
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permalink · 2003-03-13 13:04:59 · Reply to this

murdok6100
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Re: Simple question

Precisely, what kind of "DEAL" are EL folks getting?

murdok610
permalink · 2003-03-13 13:12:32 · Reply to this

Karl Bode
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 Good question. Comparing the two:

»www.vonage.com/

»www.unlimitedvoice.com/

The only difference I see is that Vonage offers more plans....I would be curious to see the back end of this agreement.
permalink · 2003-03-13 13:14:45 · Reply to this

Archivis
Your Daddy
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Re: Simple question

The only thing I see is that Earthlink is doing more advertising for this product then Vonage did. It looks like they stripped the whole Vonage name out of the whole deal to make it look like its really through Earthlink. Usually when Earthlink resells a service, there's at least a dollar or two in savings.
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permalink · 2003-03-13 13:16:15 · Reply to this

N10Cities
Is it quittin' time yet?

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clubs:		 I believe you have to have a BB connection in place for the service to work. Vonage doesn't sell BB access, just piggybacks on existing BB service.
permalink · 2003-03-13 13:22:14 · Reply to this

Archivis
Your Daddy
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Re: Simple question

i guess thats true. But whats to keep me from signing up for Earthlink and then Vonage... or another ISP and then Vonage?

What if im deciding between earthlink and another ISP? Same price, same speeds, and I'm also looking to get Vonage service. If it were a buck or two cheaper going through earthlink, i'd probably get it.

My question is... whats the incentive?
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permalink · 2003-03-13 13:30:09 · Reply to this
LameDuck

join:2002-12-26
Iselin, NJ

Re: Simple question

You are better off signing thru Vonage directly as you can get atleat 39.99 referral credit if you get yourself referred by someone who is an existing Vonage customer.
There are MANY existoing Vonage customers who are posting on various VOIP borads in the hope they will get a referral.. so search the VOIP forum and you will find many such folks.
permalink · 2003-03-13 13:40:40 · Reply to this

mballard
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clubs:

 Seems to me that the benefit isn't directly for the consumers as it is EarthLink and Vonage, the average consumer won't know about Vonage, and will be leery of them, but does know the EarthLink name, and is more likely to sign up with them. It provides a significant potential user base increase that can not be easily gotten otherwise.
permalink · 2003-03-13 14:50:27 · Reply to this

Archivis
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Re: Simple question

Thats what I thought. I guess they're just paying for a name. I think Earthlink would have advertised this sub-product more then Vonage advertised their own product
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permalink · 2003-03-13 14:51:32 · Reply to this

Eat Me

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Earthlink answers the phone

LOL. That would be a first.
permalink · 2003-03-13 14:19:17 · Reply to this

CO_Chris
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Re: Earthlink answers the phone

WOW this is soooo sweet.. i took a look at my SBC bill and its $38.60 + 24.98 for my ATT = 63.58.. what a savings this is.. now when they have 911 i am going to change ASAP
The wife is holding me back from getting it do to not having 911. WTF ..buh bye SBC/ATT

[text was edited by author 2003-03-13 15:14:59]
permalink · 2003-03-13 15:13:24 · Reply to this

gdm
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Re: Earthlink answers the phone

You can't get rid of SBC otherwise you would lose your DSL service. You could lower it to the $10-15 plan a month then get Vonage.

Unless vonage can keep it up. From my understanding it's working off your broadband connection. Now if you cable you are good. If you have DSL you can't get rid of your local Telco/ILEC SBC, Verizon, etc.
permalink · 2003-03-13 15:18:08 · Reply to this

CO_Chris
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Re: Earthlink answers the phone

gdm.. i am on DSL and my 1 year with earthlink is over in 2 weeks yahoo. But i am still going to keep it till i move in 2 1/2 months then i am going with cable for sure,so i know it will work then Buh Buh Bye SBC
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permalink · 2003-03-13 15:28:04 · Reply to this

gdm
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Re: Earthlink answers the phone

Ok, then it looks like you are set:)
permalink · 2003-03-13 15:48:23 · Reply to this

dvd536
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said by CO_Chris See Profile:
WOW this is soooo sweet.. i took a look at my SBC bill and its $38.60 + 24.98 for my ATT = 63.58.. what a savings this is.. now when they have 911 i am going to change ASAP
The wife is holding me back from getting it do to not having 911. WTF ..buh bye SBC/ATT
Why not just pick up a cheap cell phone for 911? i dont think you even need a service plan with a cell provider to use 911 on a cellphone.
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permalink · 2003-03-13 18:33:05 · Print · Reply to this

CO_Chris
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Re: Earthlink answers the phone

DVD536 yea i understand and went over that with my wife and she is like Hell NO..been there asked that..LOL
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permalink · 2003-03-14 01:21:36 · Reply to this
lesopp

join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL

The big question for the RBOCs

"Can you hear me now?"
permalink · 2003-03-13 15:53:11 · Reply to this

BillRoland
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Ocala, FL
clubs:

Hmm...

*This service is currently not available to Charter and Comcast customers.
permalink · 2003-03-13 15:53:33 · Reply to this

clyde_
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Re: Hmm...

Actually Charter offers their own digital telephone service in some areas. They probably don't advertise it heavily because it isn't available in many places yet. Don't know if it is any good or not, but I've seen it on their homepage for several months now.

»www.charter.com/products/telephone/faqs.asp
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permalink · 2003-03-14 18:30:11 · Reply to this

WhyADuck
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edited

I wonder if.....

I wonder, when a Charter or Comcast customer calls wanting the service (you know it's bound to happen) whether Earthlink will admit that the customer can obtain the same service by going directly to Vonage?
[text was edited by author 2003-03-13 16:08:07]
permalink · 2003-03-13 16:07:44 · Reply to this

Jasonk

@151.121.x.x

Love the service

I have used vonage for 2 weeks now and love it, sound quality is good, no drop outs, not quite as good as a regular phone quality, but better than a cell phone, I am cancelling my regular phone shortly. I am using it over comcast and have had no issues. The 25.99 plan with 500 min of long distance saves me a ton of money, as soon as they add an easy way to get a second line without a whole seperate plan I will be really happy.
permalink · 2003-03-14 13:14:36 · Reply to this

shhhh

@66.80.x.x

Re: Love the service

I don't make many phone calls, I don't have a land line, my cheap cell phone plan only includes 30 minutes of calls, which is usually enough. Is there a Vonage alternative to phone lines, not PCs, without a monthly plan, where I would pay just for the calls I make?
permalink · 2003-03-14 15:03:48 · Reply to this
LameDuck

join:2002-12-26
Iselin, NJ

Re: Love the service

Yes, deltathree offers such a service
permalink · 2003-03-14 18:30:03 · Reply to this
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