Okay! Looks like Vonage will merge with Verizon to cover up the so called patent infrigement? Think about it, Vonage's current 22 happy million customers with 3/4 less the overhead of verizon's workforce. Hmmm! that lot's of money and the easiest way to gobble it up legally is to look for ways in our current patent system. That said here is a possible outcome to the ordeal, Verizon will buyout Vonage for a couple of millions of dollars, Vonage shareholders get rich and we the customers will pay for it. How, simple verizon will jack up the prices for Voip and not much options will be left. Someone mentioned that pretty soon we will see other lawsuits by other carriers like AT&T, etc towards smaller carriers that have done the initial leg work, Since the acceptance of voip is gaining popularity and reliability, it's time for the Big Mama bells to come in and gooble up the small companies that provide competition to them in the voip market, So that they can increase monthly prices and lousy customer service.
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Okay! Looks like Vonage will merge with Verizon to cover up the so called patent infrigement? Think about it, Vonage's current 22 happy million customers with 3/4 less the overhead of verizon's workforce. Hmmm! that lot's of money and the easiest way to gobble it up legally is to look for ways in our current patent system. That said here is a possible outcome to the ordeal, Verizon will buyout Vonage for a couple of millions of dollars, Vonage shareholders get rich and we the customers will pay for it. How, simple verizon will jack up the prices for Voip and not much options will be left. Someone mentioned that pretty soon we will see other lawsuits by other carriers like AT&T, etc towards smaller carriers that have done the initial leg work, Since the acceptance of voip is gaining popularity and reliability, it's time for the Big Mama bells to come in and gooble up the small companies that provide competition to them in the voip market, So that they can increase monthly prices and lousy customer service.