What is relationship among Fongo, Dell Voice and Freephone?

[dani85]

What is relationship among Fongo, Dell Voice and Freephone?

[Jake]

As far as I understand things.

FreePhoneLine used to be the name that this residential VOIP company went under.
A little while ago they set up 'branded' version of their services to companies like BudLight.
There are / where a few other companies that seem to either be a branded version from them, or them going by another name. ClearPointTel being one of them.
Recently they seemed to have changed the main name to Fongo, and all these branded versions are now 'powered by Fongo' - so in essence a new umbrella company was formed.
FreePhoneLine no seems to have switched roles from being the top name, to being a branded version.
DellVoice is another branded service that is currently being the touted flavour of Fongo. This is currently the only version I know of that has a smartphone App for free calls. The Bud* sites do have a mobile dialler, but that is basically all it is.

I have no idea what the current agreement between Fongo and DellVoice is, but I am sure once it comes to an end and another company comes along they will be offering that on Fongo.com instead of DellVoice. <-- just my opinion, I could be well off base. DellVoice will obviously still continue no matter what.

The long and short of things is they are all pretty much the same thing, but the different brands do offer slightly different things and are of course backed by different companies. I could list the differences that the branded versions as I know them offer if you like.

Clear as mud now, right

[TheHardy]

Very good explanation, Jake. Just forgot to mention that the parent to the entire operation is FIBERNETICS.

I think you are correct that the FONGO brand is the overall umbrella that everything else falls under. I would imagine that the relationship between DV and Fongo is probably "term of life" for the software -- I would think it would be pretty hard to change the underlying structure/provider (although NOT impossible) seeing as it seems to be built on Fongo infrastructure. I doubt we could get specific information on that, but ....

[FONGO_steve]

The "Meet Fongo" page on our website also provides some background into the company too:
http://www.fongo.com/meet_fongo.html

[Jake]

The "Meet Fongo" page on our website also provides some background into the company too:
http://www.fongo.com/meet_fongo.html

Is it a prerequisite to be top management that your name begins with J? 2/3rds of the people on that page start with J - if so can I apply to Fongo?

[TheHardy]

My vote is for YES .... then we can get some more insight into things! Go fer it Jake!

[Bloodsong]

Interesting note from the same page:

When is Fongo planning to launch in the US?
Soon!

The future is here.

[TheHardy]

Interesting note from the same page:

When is Fongo planning to launch in the US?
Soon!

The future is here.

I thought that the "Future is Friendy(tm)" .... ooops, wrong company! Get away from them critters!