Verizon Wireless launches Internet phone

[Revv23]

Verizon is readying a new product that will marry its wireless phone service with an Internet home phone that uses a broadband network to make calls.

The new phone system, called Verizon Hub, connects to any broadband line to provide home phone service using the Internet. It integrates with Verizon Wireless service so that customers can send and receive SMS text messages directly from their home phone and use location-based services, like Chaperone and VZ Navigator. It also provides additional Web-based services, such as an online calendar and a contact list that syncs with Microsoft Outlook.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10149009-1.html

[Kaldor]

I will still use my Vonage. Cheaper and better features and I dont have to switch my cell to Verizon to get full use.

[Revv23]

I'm wondering if there is a future for this type of tech in a business application. Probably won't replace a computer and a hard line though.