Retail VoIP subscribers have doubled in the last nine months, according Point Topic. The numbers are even higher if you take into account softclient based systems like Skype. Largest growth was in Japan, where VoIP is bundled with the Yahoo/Softbank broadband offering. Here in North America, there are now over 2 million retail VoIP subscribers on cable. Not good news if you’re a virtual network operator, like Vonage.

July 8th, 2005 at 12:51 pm
I thought Vonage did a Radio Shack deal back in the day…
http://www.vonage.com/corporate/press_broadcast.php?PR=2004_11_22_1
Perhaps it fell through….
July 9th, 2005 at 8:40 am
They did, and you can also buy Vonage starter kits at Future Shop, and Staples. What Vonage can’t do is offer a discount on your overall communications bill if you buy connectivity, phone, and TV from them.
July 10th, 2005 at 8:50 am
ay yes, bundling…