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Vonage® Launches Service in Ottawa, Ontario
Vonage Brings its Leading Flat-Rate Full Featured Broadband Telephony Service to Canada’s Capital City

Edison, NJ, May 12, 2004 – Vonage, the leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced the availability of service in Ottawa, Ontario.

High-speed Internet subscribers in Canada’s capital 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 nestled on the banks of the Ottawa, Rideau and Gatineau Rivers can now choose telephone numbers within the popular (613) area code.

“Vonage is pleased to enter Canada’s capital with its full featured, flat-rate broadband telephony service,” said Jeffrey A. Citron, chairman & CEO of Vonage. “We are offering Ottawa residents a real alternative by giving them free unlimited local and long distance phone service they install themselves, including all of the features, for an attractive price.”

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 - Basic 500 Plan – 500 minutes of local, toll and long distance calling throughout Canada and the United States.
  • $34.99 CAD per month - Province Unlimited Plan – unlimited local calling plus 500 minutes of Canadian and United States long distance calling.
  • $45.99 CAD per month - 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 125 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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