Now up front, I'll point out that I'm a very happy and loyal customer of Vonage, and thoroughly make the most of my VoIP service. That said, I think the latest marketing item I received in my email box this morning was a bit, well, out of line.

To celebrate the company landing its 1,000,000th phone line served, the company snagged the help of some current and former pro athletes to visit Vonage customers, hang out with them, while bringing along a new piece of hardware and word that the customer would get a year of free service. Very cool idea. But as an avid sports fan, I'm a bit perplexed at the description in the above-captioned photograph of the Milwaukee Bucks' T.J. Ford as "Milwaukee Bucks Legend T.J. Ford" in the email. I mean, for one thing the guy got drafted in 2003, didn't play at all in the 2004-05 season, and has been in a whopping 60 games or something throughout his career, sez ESPN. Let's do a little research before going all out on something like this and sending it out to everyone on your mailing list. It's kind of insulting to those of us who actually take James Worthy and Shannon Sharpe - also featured in the campaign - as "legendary" players, or at least close to it.