Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
HOLMDEL, N.J., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vonage America Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp. , a leading provider of broadband telephone service, today announced that it now offers Oak Grove, Kentucky's local area code.
High-speed Internet subscribers working and residing in Western Kentucky can now take advantage of the Vonage(R) broadband phone service, which offers unlimited local and long distance calling and popular features like call waiting, call forwarding and voicemail for one low, flat monthly rate. Vonage customers in one of Kentucky's fastest growing cities can now keep their current numbers or choose telephone numbers within the popular (270) area code. Vonage continues to offer local area code selection in the following Kentucky towns:
AREA CODE LOCATION
502 Brooks
502 Buckner
502 Charlestown
502 Clarksville
502 Crestwood
502 Elizabeth
502 Fairdale
502 Fisherville
502 Glenview
502 Goshen
502 Jeffersonville
502 La Grange
502 Louisville
502 Mount Washington
502 New Albany
502 Peewee Valley
502 Prospect
502 Shepherdsville
502 Simpsonville
502 Taylorsville
502 West Point
859 Frankfort
859 Lawrenceburg
859 Lexington
859 Midway
859 Nicholasville
859 Salvisa
859 Versailles
859 Wilmore
"With Vonage's expansion into Oak Grove and neighboring Ft. Campbell, individuals and small businesses will now be flying high as they can now keep their local number or choose an area code from nearly any part of the country, when they sign up for Vonage's feature-rich, flat-rate calling plans," said Michael Tribolet, president of Vonage America Inc. "In addition, we're striving to meet the needs of both military and civilian residents and small businesses who desire broadband telephone service plans which include unlimited calling throughout the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.K., Ireland, France, Italy and Spain."
Utilizing its innovative technology, Vonage sets the standard for the new generation of phone service with residential and business calling plans: *
Vonage pricing plans and features
- $14.99/month -- Residential Basic Plan -- 500 minutes of local, toll and
long distance calling throughout the 50 United States, Canada and Puerto
Rico.
- $24.99/month -- Residential Premium Unlimited Plan -- unlimited calling
throughout the 50 United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, France, Ireland,
Italy, Spain and the U.K., anytime, anywhere.
- $39.99/month -- Small Business Basic Plan -- 1500 minutes of calling
throughout the 50 United States, Canada and Puerto Rico including a
dedicated fax line.
- $49.99/month -- Small Business Unlimited Plan -- unlimited calling
throughout the 50 United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, France, Ireland,
Italy, Spain and the U.K, including a dedicated fax line.
- Features included at no additional charge in all Vonage plans:
-- Voicemail
-- Caller ID
-- Call waiting
-- Call forwarding
-- Call hunt
-- Call transfer
-- Call return (*69)
-- Caller ID block (*67)
-- Repeat dialing
-- Area code selection
-- Number mobility
-- Bandwidth saver
-- Web-based account management
-- Voicemail retrieval and real-time inbound/outbound calling activity
-- International calling at significantly reduced rates
- Tel Aviv 5 cents a minute
- Hong Kong 4 cents a minute
- Sydney 5 cents a minute
Vg-a
* Vonage 911 service operates differently than traditional 911. See http://www.vonage.com/911 for details. Monthly rates exclude fees for activation, premium services, regulatory recovery fees & taxes. International calls are billed per minute. First Month Free offer only available for the $24.99 Unlimited Plan and covers only the monthly cost of the plan, other charges & taxes may apply. Credit card & high-speed Internet req'd. Other restrictions may apply. See http://www.vonage.com/ for complete Terms of Service & details.
About Vonage
Vonage is a leading provider of broadband telephone services with over 2 million subscriber lines. Our award-winning technology enables anyone to make and receive phone calls with a touch tone telephone almost anywhere a broadband Internet connection is available. We offer feature-rich and cost-effective communication services that offer users an experience similar to traditional telephone services.
Our Residential Premium Unlimited and Small Business Unlimited calling plans offer consumers unlimited local and long distance calling, and popular features like call waiting, call forwarding and voicemail - for one low, flat monthly rate. Vonage's service is sold on the web and through national retailers including Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target and is available to customers in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. For more information about Vonage's products and services, please visit http://www.vonage.com/.
Vonage Holdings Corp. is headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey. Vonage(R) is a registered trademark of Vonage Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp.