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Article: United States : Verizon Wireless Scraps Voice-Over-IP Hub.
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- October 3, 2009
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Verizon Wireless has stopped selling the Hub, a $250 broadband-connected device that provided voice-over-IP service and other Internet content, less than a year after introducing it.
Verizon Wireless executive director of corporate communications Jeffrey Nelson confirmed in an e-mail the company is no longer selling the Hub but declined to offer a reason for the move. He added, "We'll of course take care of customers who have the Hub, and honor their commitments with us."
Launched in January, the Hub was a bid by Verizon Wireless to upsell mobile phone customers on a landline voice service -- at a time when telcos are quickly shedding traditional access ...