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Vonage(R) Activates 200,000th Line
[July 13, 2004]

Vonage(R) Activates 200,000th Line

EDISON, N.J., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage, the leading broadband telephony provider, today announced the activation of 200,000 total lines on its network, doubling its subscriber-base in less than six months since reaching the 100,000 line mark.


"Again, Vonage has set the benchmark, proving its value proposition to a marketplace starved for full-featured, cost-effective alternatives to the incumbent local exchange carriers," said Jeffrey A. Citron, chairman and CEO of Vonage Holdings Corporation. "We have consistently doubled our customer- base every six months and expect to exceed year end estimates by a wide margin."
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 rates:
* Real-time inbound/outbound * Tel Aviv 4 cents per minute
call record details * London 3 cents per minute
* Real-time billing activity * 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 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 200,000 lines in service, Vonage continues to add more than 22,000 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) is a trademark of Vonage Holdings Corp.
Vonage


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


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

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