[September 4, 2003]

Vonage And Coldwater Board Of Public Utilities Announce Co-Branded Partnership

Vonage announced a co-branded partnership with the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities (CBPU), to deploy broadband telephony service to Coldwater's several thousand cable television passings in Coldwater, Michigan. CBPU will offer Vonage's residential local and long distance calling plan throughout the US and Canada to its aggressively growing broadband Internet customer base. It will also offer Vonage's two small business plans and an additional residential plan.

The Vonage-CBPU partnership offers Coldwater residents an affordable full-featured telephony choice. All plans include the standard calling features like call waiting and caller ID as well as a number of proprietary features at no additional cost. All subscribers receive Web-based account management, such online voicemail retrieval, real inbound/outbound calling activity, call hunt and area code selection.

"This partnership is a great opportunity for southwestern Michigan residents and small businesses to obtain full featured, flat rate calling plans, which include free customer controlled features, such as caller ID, call waiting and call forwarding," said Dan Elwell, national account manager, Vonage. "We have the opportunity to further grow our customer base in Michigan, while the Coldwater Public Utility Board now has a new service to cross sell to its broadband subscribers, enabling its customers to benefit from a low cost, high quality alternative to traditional telephony."

"The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities (CBPU) is very pleased to be able to offer an alternative to the legacy calling systems currently being provided by the incumbent phone companies," said Lindy Cox, communications manager of the CPBU. "High-speed Internet subscribers in and around the CBPU's service area will be better served by having additional choices for their local and long distance calls. This is another service we can provide cost effectively that can save our customers money and still give them access to state-of-the-art technology."

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