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- Complete Verizon-Vonage Patent analysis Part Three: 6,359,880
- Time for us to kick around the third in the three disputed Verizon Patents at the heart of the infringement claims against Vonage.Thats be Verizon Patent 6,359,880 - Public wireless/cordless internet gateway.Abstract:A localized wireless gateway system provides wireless telephone communication, and for at least interexchange communication, provides voice ...
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- Complete Verizon-Vonage Patent analysis Part Two: 6,104,711
- Now we will check out Verizons patent 6,104,711 - Enhanced internet domain name server.To me this is the most overgeneralized of all Verizons claims. As a matter of fact, this is a patent granted to Verizons predecessor Bell Atlantic back in 1997. The Patent Abstract describes:An enhanced name translation...
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- Complete Verizon-Vonage patent analysis Part One: 6,282,574
- My interpretation: I agree with Om that the technology described here is so generic that a claim for infringement is highly unlikely. Entitled Method, server and telecommunications system for name translation on a conditional basis and/or to a telephone number, Verizons U.S. Patent 6,282,574 refers to:An enhanced name translation...
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
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- Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbers
- Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbersYeah. Sure.Right after we get the paperless office, flying car & the long-promised 3-day work week.Google has GrandCentral for contacting user's various phone numbersGoogle has GrandCentral something kind of along these lines with making multiple contacts but to the different phone numbers that one...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
- So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTTV
- So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTTVCorrection[i]I couldn't imagine life without NY1, a local all-news station that's exclusively on Time Warner Cable[/u]Cablevision also carries NY1, and you are right, it blows all other news networks out of the water, if you ask me.RE: So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTTVcommentaryVerizon...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- News to know: Vista virtualization; OOXML; OpenOffice; Leopard developers; eBay
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft finally broadens Windows Vista virtualization rules. Dan Farber: Microsoft’s unveils its grand virtualization strategy Mary Jo Foley: IBM, Google quietly supporting OOXML? Reminder: Microsoft to push Silverlight to business users this week David Morgenstern: Mac...
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- Report: Vonage's website traffic down 90% from a year ago. Here's what this means
- According to Max Freiert of Web site traffic research and analyis firm Compete.com, Vonage's own website traffic was down 90% in December, 2007 as compared to December, 2006. Well then, let me perform some of my own analysis. Seems to me the traffic...
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- Prof: footnote in eBay Patent case COULD give Vonage a break in theirs
- A footnote near the end of last week's partial remand decision by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, first found by University of Missouri law professor Dennis Crouch, could be interpreted as a legal recourse for giving Vonage a break in its patent disputes with...
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- Motley Fool: Vonage will "eventually succumb"
- Motley Fool: Vonage will "eventually succumb"Really long cableI'm sitting London using my Vonage line on a daily basis. Will Comcast or Time Warner run a really long cable to reach the UK customers? Anyone I include Vonage in this have any idea how many customers Vonage has outside of the...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- Did you ever REALLY think Vonage stock would go below $2 a share?
- Did you ever REALLY think Vonage stock would go below $2 a share?Leave stock analysis to the expertsAt least with tech discussions, you theoretically have a clue.Yes Vonage stock is down, and deservedly so. The first half of your post covered the basic news story. The second half...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- The Trojan Horse iPhone
- The Trojan Horse iPhoneOne of the worst headlines yet on ZDNetNTFinally. Another point of view at ZDNet.It's refreshing to read an opinion completely opposite from those expressed in the knee-jerk articles written by most ZDnet bloggers.The Trojan Horse idea aptly fits the description for the iPhone. Unlike the...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-28
- The iPhone will cost me at least US$2245, how about you?
- The iPhone will cost me at least US$2245, how about you?Bimbo iPhone - crippled and expensiveNot only is Apple's BIMBO iPhone outrageously expensive but it is a crippled and stupid phone:- NO USER-REPLACEABLE BATTERY- ITUNES AND APPLE MONOPOLY- NO INTEGRATION WITH CORPORATE APPLICATIONS- NO THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS EXCEPT VIA BIMBO...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- Judge is mulling over Vonage testimony:decision likely by EOD
- Athough a Federal appeals court devoted two hours this morning to Vonages appeal that it continue to be allowed to sign up ew customers throughout the appeals process for its patent infringement dispute with Verizon, no ruling was immediately dictated from the bench.Apparently, Judge Claude Hilton is more...
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- Verizon-Vonage Patent analysis Part Three: 6,359,880
- Verizon-Vonage Patent analysis Part Three: 6,359,880Not even the same realm[B]includes base station transceivers and a packet service gateway[/B]Base Stations, those large cell towers you see on the top of hills. Therefore, the "gateway" part does not apply.[B]The communications of the access manager to the home location register database permit...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-09
- Woo-Hoo! Vonage finds themselves a test lab
- Thats notable, considering that Vonage doesnt make their own equipment.So whats the deal?Vonages service comes with literally dozens of equipment options, from routers and adapters to Vonage-branded portable devices. But as frequent posts to the non-Vonage-operated Vonage Forum tells us, sometimes these devices and set-ups dont play nice...
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- Tech manufacturers rally against Net neutrality
- Tech manufacturers rally against Net neutralityMoney, Money, Money..Sure, because they are drooling at the thought of flogging loads of new networking gear with traffic analysis linked to complex billing systems.Article title is hyperbolicAs the article itself says, these people were there supporting the bill, trying to get it passed. They...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-19
- First Chalabi, now Citron: New York Times gets spun again
- Yesterday's New York Times feature interview with Vonage Chairman and Founder Jeff Citron came awful close to a puff piece.Much of the story engaged in happy-talk stenographical recitation of Jeff's main talking points: Vonage which reported its two millionth subscriber today is in "good shape," the V-Phone is sure...
- Blog posts 2006-09-05
- Spyware expert: Vonage injects ads into others' sites
- Spyware expert Ben Edelman- who is so brilliant he is scary-has posted a damning study of, as he titles it "How Vonage Funds Spyware." Citing 12 examples of this practice, Ben groups them into four buckets: Spyware-Delivered Pop-Up Ads, Banners Injected Into Others' Sites, Spyware Lead Acquisitions...
- Blog posts 2006-07-18
- My analysis: what will the AT&T-BellSouth merger mean?
- That's AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre, superimposed on a Google Earth map of territory that for the most part,will fall under his company's domain if a blockbuster acquisition of BellSouth goes through.We have lots of details here, as well as my FAQ-style explanation and vision of what is going to...
- Blog posts 2006-03-05
- Vonage: here are the seven "Risk Factors" we worry most about
- Vonage: here are the seven "Risk Factors" we worry most aboutVonage IPO analysisthey pay $213 to acquire each customer. And it costs them $8 per month of op costs to service each customer. (ARPU is $25/cust). So they only hit gross margin break even after a year on...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-09
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