Vonage Ordered To Pay $69.5 Million To Sprint

Rob Williams

Rob Williams

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Ouch. That's all that can be said about Vonage's orders to pay out $69.5 million and royalties on future revenues to Sprint. This is due to the fact that Vonage infringed on six telecommunication patents that are owned by Sprint. Considering Vonage is not that large of a company, such a fine is massive and will no doubt set them back. They are not likely to die off anytime soon though, as their customer base seems to be universally pleased with the service they are receiving.

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"We are disappointed that the jury did not recognize that our technology differs from that of Sprint's patents," said Sharon O'Leary, chief legal officer for Vonage. "Our top priority is to provide high-quality, reliable digital phone service to our customers." Matt Sullivan, a spokesman for Reston, Va.-based Sprint, which has operational headquarters in Overland Park, Kan., said the company was "extremely pleased" with the verdict.

 Source: Yahoo! News
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Merlin

Merlin

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Vonage has been on the down slope for a while, the cust. base grew too fast with the cheaper service. If you do a google serach of vonage problems you can see just a few of the many that hate Vonage.
I install modems and internet for a company and get several problem calls from people that have Vonage and everything is good on my end.....Vonage cusomers are out into the open internet, going through too many different servers.

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