Launch Announcement

**chpalmer** · 07-04-2008 10:49 AM

Good News Indeed!

And great job to all!

**dcshobby** · 08-23-2008 05:05 PM

I just went back and read the launch announcement and I was wondering if any of the planned timelines are still in effect. Has the soft launch happened yet? I have a few people on the VIP list and they have not received any emails or launch promotion yet. As far as I know, not much has happened since the first week of august when the soft launch was supposed to occur.

So my question is, can we get an update on when the soft launch will occur, when the public launch occurs, and the date we need to sign up for the founders plan before public launch? Thanks!

**gbh2o** · 07-04-2008 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by VOIPoTim

We are officially ready for a launch countdown.

If all goes as planned, here's what we're looking at...

Founder's Club Plan

Of course this is subject to change, but we're feeling very good about launching within these timeframes. Thanks again to all of you for your help as we've prepared for this.

;-) But you really know how to set a hook in a guy.... I guess I'll have to keep that Residential plan after all. The offer I couldn't refuse! [...subject to change

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**fisamo** · 07-04-2008 03:34 PM

This all sounds interesting and pretty good. Question: How is the Express offering impacted? Are you launching both at the same time?

**VOIPoTim** · 07-04-2008 04:27 PM

I think I got all the questions here...

1) Express services will be launching at that point as well. The only exception may be the "Send Fax" feature of the fax service since it needs some work. Since the pricing is already 1/5 of the competition (like eFax) that feature may be left out until we improve it.

2) Initially our focus will be on residential customers only with the core offering. Business services will be added at a later date. Express is an exception to this as it's a hybrid solution which is for residential and business.

3) The Founder's Plan will be a flat rate with no additional fees. It will be subject to the standard TOS including softcaps and additional addons will be priced normally. Express pricing will not be discounted since it's already so low.

**burris** · 07-04-2008 05:08 PM

Hi, Tim..

I feel stupid, but perhaps you would explain what the Express service is all about and how it relates, if it does, to the residential VOIP service..

**usa2k** · 07-04-2008 05:51 PM

http://forums.voipo.com/showthread.p...hlight=express

**burris** · 07-04-2008 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by usa2k

http://forums.voipo.com/showthread.p...hlight=express

I thank you...Guess I didn't search too well..

**usa2k** · 07-04-2008 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by burris

I thank you...Guess I didn't search too well..

I knew just where to look.

The info/pricing could be outdated now ...

**VOIPoTim** · 07-04-2008 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by burris

I thank you...Guess I didn't search too well..

The short answer is that it's basically a call forwarding only service which offers standalone toll-free numbers and virtual local numbers.

No ATAs, no outbound calls. Incoming forwarding to another number or a SIP address only.

We're going to really be pushing standalone toll-free to our customer base at HostGator because it has a lot of universal appeal for businesses and will be a good introduction for them to VOIPo.