AT&T CallVantage

AT&T CallVantage was a voice over Internet Protocol telephone service first offered in 2004 by AT&T Corp., upon the heels of its announcement that it would stop seeking traditional local and long-distance landline customers.

After SBC Communications purchased AT&T Corp. in 2005 and renamed itself AT&T Inc., CallVantage was offered as an option with AT&T Yahoo! DSL service, formerly known as SBC Yahoo! DSL.^[1]

AT&T CallVantage competed with other VoIP providers, such as Vonage. When AT&T U-verse Voice was unveiled January 28, 2008, AT&T continued to market CallVantage to customers without U-verse, particularly customers outside AT&T's local phone service territory.^[2] However, AT&T suspended new business later in 2008 "to evaluate CallVantage service."^[3][4]

In a letter dated April 17, 2009, AT&T notified all existing CallVantage subscribers that the service would be discontinued and no longer available later in 2009,^[5] which occurred October 20, 2009.

References

1. "AT&T Lowers Price of AT&T CallVantage Service". AT&T. San Antonio, Texas, July 25, 2006. Retrieved April 11, 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. Steve Taylor & Larry Hettick (January 30, 2008). "AT&T moves ahead with IMS, unveils VoIP service for its IPTV customers". Network World Convergence & VoIP Alert. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
3. "AT&T's CallVantage Website". Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
4. "AT&T halts CallVantage VoIP - is this the end of stand-alone consumer VoIP?". Archived from the original on 26 August 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
5. Taylor, Steve; Larry Hettick (April 22, 2009). "AT&T expands its contact center portfolio". Network World. Archived from the original on 25 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-22.