Apparently the Appeal Courts have decided to allow Vonage to continue to sign-up new customers while it attempts to win the patent suit from Verizon. As report earlier, Verizon had won the patent infringement case and the court had ordered Vonage to discontinue the signing up of any new customers until the case was completely resolved.
Although this is GREAT news for Vonage and its current customer base, it will definitely be interesting to see how things pan out from here on. The ultimate result could change the way other VoIP companies do business as well. If Verizon's patents hold up in the appeals court, it would seriously jeopordize the ability of other companies (such as Packet8 or SunRocket) from continue to provide their service of connecting internet based calls to classic land-lines.
Some analysts and VoIP supporters believe Verizon's claims will ultimately fail, but its still too early to tell. Verizon will be the sole owner of USEFUL VoIP technology if they win.
I for one, hope Verizon loses. Winning would hurt the consumer's severely, basically forcing them to 1 provider for home phone service, which is really whoever "owns" their territory. Talk about a monopoly.
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