I have been a mostly satisfied Vonage customer for at least four years, having service from them in three states, and one of the reasons why I have a 310 area code even as I live in St. Louis. Today’s story in the STL Post-Dispatch quotes my thoughts about the recent legal wranglings with Verizon trying to put Vonage out of business.

When the local phone companies start lawyering up the competition, you know that they are just getting ready to roll out their own version of VOIP.