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Vonage(R) Now Offers Customers Seven Digit Local Dialing
[July 07, 2004]

Vonage(R) Now Offers Customers Seven Digit Local Dialing

EDISON, N.J., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage, the leading broadband telephony provider today announced it is now offering its subscribers seven digit dialing within the same area code for local calls in the U.S. and Canada. For example, customers in New York City's (212) area code can now dial xxx-xxxx, instead of 1-(212)-xxx-xxxx.


"Once again, Vonage has stepped up to the plate and answered its customer's needs, as many have been asking for seven digit dialing to make it easier and quicker to dial local friends and family," stated Jeffrey A. Citron, chairman and CEO of Vonage.
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:
* $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 Unlimited Local Plan - unlimited local
calling plus 500 minutes of long distance calling throughout the United
States and Canada.


* $29.99/month - Residential Premium Unlimited Plan - unlimited calling
throughout the United States and Canada.

* $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
* Call waiting * Call transfer
* Caller ID * Caller ID block (*67)
* Call forwarding * International call block
* Motorola VT10005V device * Area code selection
* Call return (*69) * Repeat dialing
* Web-based account management * Bandwidth saver
-- Online voicemail retrieval * Great international calling
-- Real-time inbound/outbound rates:
call record details -- Tel Aviv 4 cents per minute
-- Real-time billing activity -- 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 1900 active rate centers in over 125 North American markets. Vonage is sold directly through http://www.vonage.com/ and retail partners such as Amazon.com, RadioShack, Best Buy and Circuit City. 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 195,000 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 http://www.vonage.com/ or call 1-VONAGE-HELP. Vonage(R), Vonage Digital Voice(TM), Toll Free Plus(SM) and Virtual Phone Number(SM) are trademarks of Vonage Holdings Corp.
Vonage


CONTACT: Mitchell Slepian, Vonage, +1-732-528-2677, [email protected];or Todd Barrish, Connors Communications, +1-212-798-1410, [email protected],for Vonage


Web site: http://www.vonage.com/

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