The number of U.S. households subscribing to pure-play subscription VoIP services, who are either replacing or complementing existing traditional landline services, increased from 2.2 million in Q1 2006 to 2.9 million in Q2 2006, according to Telephia, a provider of performance measurement information to the converging communications and mobile industries. More than 27 percent of VoIP subscribers who are likely to change providers cite network quality as their primary reason for wanting to switch.
Top 10 Pure-Play Subscription VoIP Service Providers (U.S.)
Service Provider Share of Pure-Play VoIP Subscribers
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- 1. Vonage 53.9%
- 2. Verizon VoiceWing 5.5%
- 2. AT&T CallVantage (SBC) 5.5%
- 3. SunRocket 4.0%
- 4. Lingo 2.6%
- 5. NetZero Voice 2.5%
- 6. Broadvoice 2.2%
- 7. America Online (AOL) 1.6%
- 8. 8×8 (Packet8) 1.1%
- 9. Earthlink 0.9%
- 10. Other 20.5%
http://www.telephia.com
