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Vonage Brings its Leading Flat-Rate Full Featured Broadband Telephony Service to the Banks of the St. Lawrence River
Edison, NJ, April 14, 2004 – Vonage, the leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced the availability of service in Montreal, Canada.
High-speed Internet subscribers in North America’s largest French-speaking city can now take advantage of Vonage’s broadband phone service offering free unlimited local and long distance calling, which includes the most popular features like call waiting, call forwarding and voicemail for one low, flat monthly rate. Vonage customers in this international city can now choose telephone numbers within the popular (514) area code.
“Vonage is jazzed to bring its award winning broadband telephony service to the city that hosts one of the world’s largest annual jazz festivals,” said Jeffrey A. Citron, chairman & CEO of Vonage. “Now residents in Montreal can use their high-speed Internet connection for a better phone service, including free unlimited local and long distance throughout the US and Canada, reduced International calling rates and all of the latest features combined with great service and sound quality.”
Leveraging the power of customers’ existing broadband connections, Vonage sets the standard for the new generation of phone service with the most competitive residential and small business calling plans:
- $19.99 CAD per month - Residential Basic Plan – 500 minutes of local, toll and long distance calling throughout Canada and the United States.
- $34.99 CAD per month - Residential Unlimited Local Plan – unlimited local calling plus 500 minutes of Canadian and United States long distance calling.
- $45.99 CAD per month - Residential Premium Unlimited Plan – unlimited calling throughout Canada and the United States.
- Services and hardware included for free on any of the above plans:
- Voicemail
- Call hunt
- Call waiting
- Call transfer
- Caller ID
- Caller ID block (*67)
- Call forwarding
- International call block
- Motorola VT1000v device
- Area code selection
- Call return (*69)
- Repeat dialing
- Web-based account management:
- Online voicemail retrieval
- Real-time inbound/outbound call record details
- Real-time billing activity
- Great international calling rates:
- Tel Aviv 4 cents per minute
- Paris 2 cents per minute
- Sydney 3 cents per minute
About Vonage®
Vonage is redefining communications by offering consumers and small businesses an affordable alternative to traditional telephone service. The fastest growing telephony company in North America, Vonage's service area encompasses more than 1900 active rate centers in over 120 North American markets. Vonage is sold directly through www.vonage.com and retail partners such as Amazon.com and Circuit City. Wholesale partners such as EarthLink, ARMSTRONG®, Advanced Cable Communications and the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities resell the Vonage broadband phone service under their own unique brands. With more than 135,000 lines in service, Vonage continues to add more than 20,000 lines per month to its network. Over 5 million calls per week are made using Vonage, the easy-to-use, feature-rich, flat rate phone service. Vonage is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey. For more information about Vonage's products and services, please visit www.vonage.ca or call 1-877-272-0528. Vonage®, Vonage Digital VoiceTM, Toll Free PlusSM and Virtual Phone NumberSM are trademarks of Vonage Holdings Corp.
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