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Vonage Admits They Have No Workaround

Posted by Zonk on from the i-hear-violins dept.

drachenfyre writes "It looks like Vonage has no workaround for their recent patent infringements. This means if a permanent stay isn't granted it is likely that it will be the end of the line for Vonage. What will happen if millions of phone customers suddenly lose their service? Their own filing to the court stated 'While Vonage has studied methods for designing around the patents, removal of the allegedly infringing technology, if even feasible, could take many months to fully study and implement.'"

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  1. Re:It's worse than that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    There is SunRocket.

  2. Re:It's worse than that by Voidwalker · · Score: 3, Informative

    good alternative

    www.lingo.com

    cheaper than vonage and more coverage (not that i ever have the desire to call europe, canada and mexico often or even the west coast come to think of it ...) though i wonder now that vonage is under the gun, if lingo will be next, i haven't found any info yet on what the patent covers

  3. Re:It's worse than that by pNutz · · Score: 3, Informative

    One of the other independent VoIP's: Packet8, BroadVoice, Skype (In/Out)...

    Though depending on how Vonage's saga plays out, their futures may be uncertain as well.

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  4. Re:More Info? by nebaz · · Score: 3, Informative

    I found a blog, which goes into some detail, about 3 patents in this dispute.

    Verizon-Vonage patent analysis Part One: 6,282,574
    Verizon-Vonage Patent analysis Part Two: 6,104,711
    Verizon-Vonage Patent analysis Part Three: 6,359,880

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