Comments on: Are Buyers Lining up for Vonage? http://gigaom.com/2005/10/12/are-buyers-lining-up-for-vonage/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » BellSouth Walks Alone http://gigaom.com/2005/10/12/are-buyers-lining-up-for-vonage/#comment-25903 Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » BellSouth Walks Alone Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:42:41 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/12/are-buyers-lining-up-for-vonage/#comment-25903 <p>[...] A lot of people are feeling negative on the company, but I am not. It is one of the innovators, reluctant as it might be, amongst Bells. It will roll-out video services much before their Cingular partner SBC. They have some of the fastest growing geographies under their footprint. They could buy Sprint’s local business, and could go after some of the smaller CLECs. They could become reluctant buyers of Qwest, or even some of the smaller independent companies like Surewest. There is a lot of things they can do. [...]</p> [...] A lot of people are feeling negative on the company, but I am not. It is one of the innovators, reluctant as it might be, amongst Bells. It will roll-out video services much before their Cingular partner SBC. They have some of the fastest growing geographies under their footprint. They could buy Sprint’s local business, and could go after some of the smaller CLECs. They could become reluctant buyers of Qwest, or even some of the smaller independent companies like Surewest. There is a lot of things they can do. [...]

]]> By: skibare http://gigaom.com/2005/10/12/are-buyers-lining-up-for-vonage/#comment-25902 skibare Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:55:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/12/are-buyers-lining-up-for-vonage/#comment-25902 <p>I guessed GOOGLE on the Skype.........or EBAY</p> <p>but Vonage with BellSouth???????? A sheer ACT of DESPERATION or an innovative way to sneak into others territories????????? Makes Logical sense but MONETIZE the $450 per subscriber and what ya got???????? an OVER HYPED , over ADVERTISED expensive $25 per month service!!!!! Hell , If BellSOUTH gave me 1.5 billion , I think I could '''FLOOD '' every internet page with VoipNuke.com ads to get customers to sign up!!!!</p> <p>Skibare</p> I guessed GOOGLE on the Skype………or EBAY

but Vonage with BellSouth???????? A sheer ACT of DESPERATION or an innovative way to sneak into others territories????????? Makes Logical sense but MONETIZE the $450 per subscriber and what ya got???????? an OVER HYPED , over ADVERTISED expensive $25 per month service!!!!! Hell , If BellSOUTH gave me 1.5 billion , I think I could ”’FLOOD ” every internet page with VoipNuke.com ads to get customers to sign up!!!!

Skibare

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2005/10/12/are-buyers-lining-up-for-vonage/#comment-25901 Jesse Kopelman Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:55:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/12/are-buyers-lining-up-for-vonage/#comment-25901 <p>If I'm QWest, I'd think hard about a Vonage buy. This would give them some good buzz and the national presence they lusted for in their MCI humping .</p> If I’m QWest, I’d think hard about a Vonage buy. This would give them some good buzz and the national presence they lusted for in their MCI humping .

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