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Packet8 CEO: here's how our $199 a year and SunRocket's $199 a year are different: FierceVoIPs Deborah McAdams posts a thorough grok of Packet8 owner 8x8's recentÂ quarterly conference call.Â A good bit of the juicy tidbits pertain to the effect of SunRocket's closing on Packet8.The big factoid: latest numbers show Pakcet 8 has signed up 19,000 former SunRocket subs.That's not necessarily an entirely blessed...; Tags: 8X8, Packet8, rnrnFierceVoIPs Deborah McAdams, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-08-06
Packet8 shows profitability is achievable in pure-play VoIP: Arguably, the three highest profile, full-fledged VoIP services to flash across our radar screen in the last year or two have been SunRocket, Vonage, and 8x8' s Packet8 service.SunRocket, of course, is gone. Vonage, which traded yesterday at an all-time-low of $1.86 a share, is a money loser with a...; Tags: Vonage, Packet 8; Blog posts 2007-08-03
MaaTec Sudoku Mobile (zip): Sudoku game with great graphics. Sudokus with 4x4 and 9x9 cells are possible (plus 16x16 on VGA PDAs). Also Sudoku puzzles with non-square areas in sizes of 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 8x8, 10x10, and 12x12 with different area patterens are supported. New sizes and patterns will be offered for download from...; Tags: 8X8, Corporate Governance, Engineering, Games, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2007-02-15
Via smart moves, Packet8 is growing its business sector: Packet8 maker and marketer 8x8 reports that it now has more than 6,000 U.S.-based business customers.Trend lines seem to point to a diversification of the business beyond increasingly discounted residential service, to higher-margin business service.The lesson, at least to me, is that an appropriate message to business users- backed...; Tags: General, Packet 8, 8X8, Packet8; Blog posts 2007-02-02
Packet 8 CEO: don't confuse us with THEM. Me: OK, but only up to a point: Bryan Martin, CEO of VoIP company 8x8 (Packet8), is quoted in a press release that appears to take pains to distinguish Packet8 from that big Internet telephony competitor of theirs whose name starts with a "V."Reading this document, it appears to have been precipitated by Martin's concerns that Vonage's legal...; Tags: Packet 8, Packet8; Blog posts 2006-07-06

BellSouth, 8x8 launch VoIP service: BellSouth, 8x8 launch VoIP serviceBellsouth QualityFor years I have been using various Bellsouth services because of the fact they are the de facto carrier in Florida. This is a quick summary of each:Phone:This is probably the only thing about Bellsouth that works well.Long Distance:As of two years ago I...; Tags: Broadband Internet, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, DSL service, VoIP, VoIP service, BellSouth Corp., phone, 8X8, DSL; Discussion threads 2005-12-12
Here's what the BellSouth-8x8 deal means: On Friday, BellSouth announced that it is teaming up with 8x8 (best known for its Packet 8 VoIP service) to provide $20 a month VoIP service. Subscribers will get free calling to anywhere in the U.S. or Canada,as well as discounted international calls, voice mail and caller I.D.Until I...; Tags: 8X8, BellSouth Corp., VoIP; Blog posts 2005-12-12
Packet 8 says they are bleeding money: I say they oughta sell to ...: I've just read the 10-Q Quarterly Report from 8x8, Inc., known for its Packet 8 VoIP service. In light of Packet 8's loss of $5.4 million in the second quarter ending June 30, the Management Discussion section of the Report sounds like a major reality check. The Discussion is so...; Tags: Packet 8; Blog posts 2005-08-09

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Icon Editor (Java) (zip): IconEdit is a Java 1.4 graphical GUI application to edit icon files (*.ICO) for Windows. An icon file can contain more than one image, in more than one size. Supported sizes are from 8x8 to 255x255 pixels, with standard sizes of 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, and 64x64 pixels. All icons...; Tags: Java, Color, Pixel, Palette, IconEdit, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-02-01
Best Kakuro (exe): Try Best Kakuro for the best Kakuro puzzles. Best Kakuro creates Kakuro puzzles in 6 difficulty levels from novice to killer, and grid sizes ranging from 8x8 to 14x22. Print the puzzles, or solve on screen using either your mouse or keyboard. Includes 'zeros allowed' puzzles. All puzzles have a...; Tags: Puzzle, Best Kakuro, Keyboards, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2008-01-03
1Check (exe): The purpose of this game is to remove maximum number of pieces from the board. The layout of the game goes simple; something like this: 48 pieces are laid out along the border of an 8x8 square. Remove pieces like in a normal checkers game. Move diagonally jumping over a...; Tags: Piece, Ihsan, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2007-12-05
Packet8 CEO: in light of SunRocket's demise, we're hearing rumors of more VoIP market exits: Â As the CEO of the second-largest after Vonage "pure play" VoIP provider, Packet8's Bryan Martin is pretty much plugged in to the whole sector. At ITExpo I had an informal background conversation with Bryan. He feels that the SunRocket implosion cost all VoIP providers some credibility on...; Tags: VoIP, Phone, Packet8, SunRocket, VoIP Company, Price Elasticity, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-09-13
100 Akari Puzzles (zip): 100 different Akari puzzles in different sizes from 8x8 to 12x12. The puzzles may be freely distributed or used for publication. Akari is another Japanese logic puzzle. The aim of Akari is to light up all empty cells by placing light bulbs at empty locations following certain rules. The Puzzles...; Tags: Akari; Software downloads 2007-09-10
From the grave, SunRocket sues Vonage over customer list: Yes, there is a "ghost of SunRocket." That'd be some legal entity called SunRocket LLC, formed to preside over the dissolution of SunRocket's assets.Assets presumably, principally being, the late VoIP-ers 200,000 strong subscriber list.SunRocket LLC isn't pleased with what they view as the "illegal" way in which Vonage obtained a...; Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., SunRocket, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-08-24
Sapphire SuDoku (exe): The Ultimate Sudoku game for the PC. Generate unlimited games, enter in your own games and get help solving them. 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, 9x9, 16x16 and 25x25 sized grids Show Possibilities and Highlight Symbol tools Hints along with explanations, multiple users Save and load games, Print games, and Timed games.Version...; Tags: Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2007-08-23
Reader:recommendation by SunRocket like tobacco company suggesting cancer MD: Re the above-- YA THINK?And the bricks keep on being tossed on the gravestone:Reader Phil from Fairfax County Virginia in the D.C. suburbs writes to tell me briefly considered switching from the deceased SunRocket to either TeleBlend or Packet 8.Yet it was the manner in which SunRocket left its subscribers...; Tags: Packet 8; Blog posts 2007-07-23
SunRocket creditors announce two preferred providers: Vonage takes big hit: SunRocket creditors announce two preferred providers: Vonage takes big hitHome page now mentions these offers and the shutdownAbout timePacket-8 (8x8) is crapI tried to join them and they were horrible. Eight weeks after signing up, they still hadn't ported my number. When I contacted them about it, they...; Tags: Lingo, ViaTalk, Vonage Holdings Corp., SunRocket; Discussion threads 2007-07-19
SunRocket creditors announce two preferred providers: Vonage takes big hit: As has been rumored ever since SunRocket went belly up Monday, their creditors have signed deals with former SR competitors 8x8 and Unified Communications Corp. toÂ be "preferred service providers" for SR's 200,000 orphaned customers.The deal has to be good for 8x8, and its Packet 8 service. Normal start up...; Tags: Vonage, Predictions and Observations, Packet 8, News; Blog posts 2007-07-19
So why is SunRocket's site still up? Here's why: I guess the few remaining SunRocket employees had to pack up and leave so darn quickly on Monday,Â no one had time to put up a placeholder on the site saying no new orders are being accepted, and as a matter of fact, we're gone.You would have thought that, anyway.But...; Tags: Predictions and Observations, Packet 8, News; Blog posts 2007-07-18
Here's where many of those orphaned SunRocket users will go: Here's where many of those orphaned SunRocket users will goWhat about Lingo?We've been using Lingo for over two years and not had a problem with them. It's less expensive than Vonage.SunrocketI’ve been a satisfied user of the SunRocket service since March, right up until yesterday evening when I first noticed...; Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, Comcast Corp., SunRocket, Lingo, ViaTalk, Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, Rangatel, phone, Via:Talk; Discussion threads 2007-07-17

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