Full-Featured Flat-Rate Calling Comes to Luzerne County and Lackawanna Valley

EDISON, N.J., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage Holdings Corp., the leading
provider of broadband phone service, today announced its local availability in
Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, Pennsylvania.
High-speed Internet subscribers nestled in steamtown can now take
advantage of Vonage’s broadband phone service offering free unlimited local
and long distance calling. Each plan includes the most popular features like
call waiting, call forwarding and voicemail for one low, flat monthly rate.
Vonage customers within Wilkes-Barre and Scranton can now keep their current
numbers or choose telephone numbers within the popular (570) area code.
«Northeastern Pennsylvania residents don’t have to spend their time mining
the phone companies and cable operators for cheaper plans and better features.
The Vonage locomotive has steamed into town giving consumers and small
businesses a choice where they never thought they had one -- their local phone
service,» said Jeffrey A. Citron, chairman & CEO of Vonage Holdings Corp. «Our
presence in this area gives residents and small businesses the option to
choose a phone service that provides inexpensive, flat-rate calling plans with
free, customer-controlled features, and significantly reduced international
rates.»

Using the latest technology, Vonage sets the standard for the new
generation of phone service with residential and business calling plans:

* $14.99/month -- Residential Basic Plan -- 500 minutes of local, toll
and long distance calling throughout the United States and Canada.

* $24.99/month -- Residential Premium Unlimited Plan -- unlimited calling
throughout the 50 United States and Canada anytime, anywhere.

* $39.99/month -- Small Business Basic Plan -- 1500 minutes of calling
throughout the United States and Canada, including a free dedicated fax
line.

* $49.99/month -- Small Business Unlimited Plan -- unlimited calling
throughout the United States and Canada, including a free dedicated fax
line.

* Services and hardware included for free on any of the above plans:

-- Voicemail -- Call hunt
-- Caller ID -- Call transfer
-- Call waiting -- Repeat dialing
-- Call forwarding -- Bandwidth saver
-- Call return (*69) -- Area code selection
-- Caller ID block (*67) -- International call block
-- Web-based account management -- Linksys RT31P2 Device

• Real-time billing activity -- Great international calling

  
  

• Online voicemail retrieval rates:

  
  

• Real-time inbound/outbound * Tel Aviv 4 cents per minute
  call record details * London 3 cents per minute
  

  • Sydney 4 cents per minute
    
  
  About Vonage(R)
  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 1950 active rate centers in over 125 global markets.
  Vonage is sold directly through [ >>> ] and retail partners such
  as Amazon.com, RadioShack, Best Buy, Circuit City, Staples, Fry’s Electronics
  and Office Depot. Wholesale partners such as EarthLink, ARMSTRONG(R),
  Advanced Cable Communications and the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities
  resell the Vonage broadband phone service under their own unique brands. With
  more than 300,000 lines in service, Vonage continues to add more than 25,000
  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 [ >>> ] or call
  1-VONAGE-HELP. Vonage(R), Vonage Digital Voice™, Toll Free Plus(SM) and
  Virtual Phone Number(SM) are trademarks of Vonage Holdings Corp.