Vonage Subscribers Rejoice

A few days ago Vonage and Comcast came to an agreement for "reasonable network management" re VoIP services, prompting many to wonder why such an agreement was needed in the first place. Accepting the fact that Comcast will do what it can to protect the transfer of Vonage customer packets, ie your calls, does that give Vonage a slight advantage over its competitors?

If I were a Comcast customer for Internet access, but a VoIP customer of Viatalk, At&t CallVantage, etc, I would have a huge problem. I would suggest contacting Comcast if you fit this description.

What's the deal with high speed service providers? First we here of penalties for customers who overuse bandwidth, without being told how much bandwidth equates to overuse. Now we learn that Comcast may not use "reasonable network management" for VoIP files within their system? Come on. A little service anyone?

Congrats to Vonage for being awarded its first patent (for transmitting calls from virtual numbers to actual phone numbers).