Vonage, the popular internet telephony service provider has announced a monthly subscription plan for iPhone users to make unlimited VoIP calls.
This comes after the company launched their free iPhone app in October of this year.
With the new subscription plan, Vonage Mobile customers can avail unlimited international calling to over sixty countries at $24.99 a month. Also, if you are an existing Vonage customer, you qualify for a discounted $10 a month plan.
The Vonage iPhone app lets users make cheap international calls over cellular or Wi-Fi networks using the company's VoIP network. Users dialling an international number will have their calls routed to a local Vonage number and reaches the destination through the VoIP network. This way, Vonage subscribers can make calls at highly subsidized rates.
However, the company has been facing some stiff competition in its domain. The other major player in the segment, Skype has been offering its VoIP based international calling subscription much cheaper at $12.95 a month. Vonage's subscription plans are apparently focused at two target groups - Callers to the nearly 20+ countries not serviced by Skype's network which the Vonage service covers and the existing Vonage customers who stand to avail a cheaper $10 a month subscription plan.
Despite a deal that sounds good, Vonage has had a not-too-good feedback on the App Store. If you are an existing customer, we would like to hear from you about your experiences with the service. Where do you think they are good and where do they need to improve? Do tell us in the comments. If you are looking to download the app, you may click here (iTunes Link) to start the download.
[via PC World]
Buyer beware!
I signed up with Vonage. Bought my own hardware!!
A year and half later, I was not using it. I tried to cancel out, and they wanted a $50 cancellation fee. It is in their fine print, and they had my Visa #
Trying to avoid giving them $50 for nothing, I was told I had to wait until 2 yrs had passed, but could not schedule my cancellation. I had to phone on that day. I tried a week prior, they wouldn't. I tried the day prior, they wouldn't. I tried again on the exact day, but by then they had already charged my visa for another month. This was a very frustration experience.
Well makes sense you should of read the contract, 2 years is standard when joining a phone service. Now imagine if you had AT&T? You would have to pay around $200 to cancel the contract…
Only $50? And you waited till then? I would have paid the $50 if I hated the service that much
Lol paid 194.91 to get a 3gs and get out of AT&T . 50$? Go vonage
Cancel you credit card then if you hate it that much..lol
If one is already subscribed to Vonage World, it can easily be extended to any cell phone (regular and smart phones) without subscribing to Vonage Mobile or Vonage World Mobile, thus saving $14.99 each month. Cellular minutes are not used if one’s cell phone carrier is AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (free unlimited calls to and from favorite numbers) or Sprint/Nextel (free incoming calls). Just install a Call Bridge/Call Back switch on the Vonage World line and place unlimited air time and long distance calls to 60 countries and even share with family, friends, associates, etc. Also the use of the Vonage World line is not restricted to USA residents only. Land lines and some cell phones in the 60 countries can also place the same unlimited calls.