The Verizon Hub has died an untimely death, the carrier announced today. The Hub was an interesting concept in home VoIP service that fell victim to a silly monthly fee structure of $34.95 per month, up front cost of hundreds of dollars, and a requirement that users have a Verizon Wireless cell phone.

Despite demoing a second iteration of the product at CTIA with additional widget functions and other features, Verizon did not have enough sales of the product to justify continued production. It pulled the phone from retail outlets months ago, and will cease online sales of the device immediately, according to Telephony.

For more:
- see the PC Magazine article here
- see the Telephony article here 

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