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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

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with SunRocket preferred provider TeleBlend distribution partner's CEO

TeleBlend is one of two "preferred" VoIP service providers suggested by Sherwood Partners, which is handling SunRocket's dissolutionWith more than a week since the shutoff, and former SunRocket customers still transitioning to new homes, I thought it might be interesting to check in with someone on the TeleBlend side for...

Tags: News, Packet 8, Vonage

Blog posts 2007-07-25

Here's where many of those orphaned SunRocket users will go

 Now I know why SunRocket instituted their $199 a year plan. Perhaps not so much as a clever competitive marketing strategy but as a desperate move to raise cash.Not enough cash was raised to sustain operations, or even to capture the interest of a lender or buyer.With the shutdown of...

Tags: Predictions and Observations, Packet 8

Blog posts 2007-07-17

I'm finding Forrester correct about VoIP's complexity for non-tech types

TMCNet reports that A study conducted by Forrester Research entitled "The VoIP Customer Experience: Work in Progress" finds that VoIP setup and related user interfaces are too complicated for many consumers. "Value, trust/security, presentation, and navigation are the key problems identified by this new study," writes...

Tags: yahoo, Packet 8, General

Blog posts 2007-04-09

Alexa mashup site alexaholic lets you compare VoIP provider site traffic over time

Ive been having a little fun with alexaholic, a type of Alexa mash-up that lets you compare estimated page view totals and traffic patterns for several websites over specific lengths of time.Lets compare relative page view rankings for Skype, Vonage, Packet 8, Gizmo Project and SunRocket site views over a...

Tags: Web site development, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, Alexa Internet Inc., mashup

Blog posts 2006-11-17

SunRocket's discount price: clever marketing or desperate move?

SunRocket's discount price: clever marketing or desperate move?Could not disagree moreSunrocket has been growing at a very fast clip. They are now the second-fastest growing "standalone" VOIP provider with about 10,000 customers added each month. Adding the $9.95 plan is the natural expansion of SRs successful business...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, marketing, Packet 8, SunRocket, VoIP

Discussion threads 2005-12-12

While some VoIP providers scratch their heads, Packet 8 expands E911

While some VoIP providers scratch their heads, Packet 8 expands E911Packet8 rocks!For whoever is consider a VOIP phone service, DEFINITELY check out Packet8! I've been with them for several months, and my Insight broadband and it perform outstandingly day in and day out. Best of all, it's like $20 a...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, Packet 8, Packet8, Lingo, E911

Discussion threads 2005-02-18

While some VoIP providers scratch their heads, Packet 8 expands E911

While other VoIP providers are trying to figure out E-911, Packet8 is actually doing something about it. That's because Packet 8 has technology in place that automatically routes emergency calls and provides visual "screen pops" of caller information to emergency personnel stationed at E911 dispatch centers.TMCnet.comreports that Packet8 has just...

Tags: Packet 8, E911

Blog posts 2005-02-18

Additional Resources

MyConnection Server 8.8b (Windows)

MyConnection Server MCS broadband testing software enables businesses to test connections for bandwidth speeds and connection quality for time critical applications such as VoIP, Video conferencing and IPTV. MCS helps organizations to assess networks for deployment of new/additional services, and identify and resolve last mile customer connectivity problems with little...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Last Mile, Visualware

Software downloads 2009-10-12

Optimum Ultra: So how fast is it?

Optimum Online's $99 per month Ultra DOCSIS 3.0 service is one of fastest residential broadband offerings available today. But is it really "Up to" 101Mbps as advertised? As I mentioned in a post last week about broadband service outages, Last Friday, I was...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Router, Network, Adobe PDF, Broadband, Server, NetGear, Ultra DOCSIS 3.0, CISCO DPC3000, Speed Test, OOKLA, SRXN3205, Network Technology, Routers & Switches, Modems, Home Networking, Cable, Firewalls, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-07

MySpeed Standard 8.6b (Windows)

MCS MySpeed Standard broadband testing software enables you to quickly and easily provide bandwidth speed test services to your customers and end users. Bandwidth tests accurately measure data transfer speeds via HTTP between your end-users and your server. The consistency of data transfer speeds is reported, a key measure of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Speed, Visualware, Telephony, Tcp/Ip, VOIP, Telecommunications, Java, Networking, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-05-17

The Real Reason Why Acme Packet Bought Covergence

Last week the SBC market was shaken up when Acme Packet purchased Covergence, Inc. At first glance, this would seem to be a simple consolidation play with a large competitor purchasing a smaller rival. Yet behind the scenes, Covergence gives Acme Packet some important strategic technologies that could ultimately enable...

Tags: Acme Packet, Covergence Inc., Covergence Acquisition, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telephony, VOIP, Collaboration, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Telecommunications, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-05-06

DDoS attack on UltraDNS affects Amazon.com, SalesForce.com, Petco.com

Several NeuStar UltraDNS managed DNS service customers, including Amazon.com, SalesForce.com, advertising.com and Petco.com, were knocked offline for several hours yesterday morning by a distributed denial of service attack, reports rival Dynamic Network Services. Neustar confirmed the attack to NetworkWorld with the following statement: "Early...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., DNS, UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Distributed Denial Of Service, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-01

Opera Mini 4.1, Astraware game for S60, and more mobile software and services from CTIA 08

Opera Mini 4.1, Astraware game for S60, and more mobile software and services from CTIA 08Version 4 was slowwwwI tried version 4.0 on my Treo 755p and it was unusably slow. Had to go back to 3. Will have to give 4.1 a tryRE: Opera Mini 4.1, Astraware...

Tags: CTIA, Fring, game, load time, mobile, N95, Opera Mini, Opera Mini 4.1, Opera Software ASA, SIP, software

Discussion threads 2008-04-02

FCC hearings: Comcast versus Vuze

The FCC held its hearing on Comcast's Network Management practices at Harvard University yesterday.  Vuze executive Gilles BianRosa whose company filed one of the two FCC complaints against Comcast reportedly told the FCC yesterday that BitTorrent does not hog bandwidth.  Since most Internet experts would dispute that claim, I generated the...

Tags: FCC, Bandwidth, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Broadband Provider, Broadband, Vuze, Congestion Problem, Free Press, Broadband Internet, Networking, Network Technology, Telecommunications, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Use your Nokia N95 as a Bluetooth GPS receiver and modem for your N800

Use your Nokia N95 as a Bluetooth GPS receiver and modem for your N800GreatI look forward to your review.I love my N800 with OS2008.I take it with me wherever I go. I use DVD Rip on the Debian box to rip and encode DVD's then transfer them to a couple...

Tags: INTERNET, Modems, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, modem, N800, Nokia Corp., Nokia N95

Discussion threads 2008-01-24

Voice over IP Foundations

View Available Dates and Locations Gain essential data networking and Voice over IP VoIP knowledge in a single, week-long class. In this course, you will learn how VoIP works, why VoIP works, and how to use VoIP. On the first day, you will configure an IP network...

Tags: SIP, H.323, IP, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Emerging Technologies

Training 2008-01-01

Telecommunications Fundamentals

View Available Dates and Locations A new era in telecommunications has exploded with the adoption of Voice over IP VoIP, third generation (3G) mobile, and next-generation voice and data services. Telecom is undergoing a series of radical changes which is molded by the legacy of telephony...

Tags: Data Service, Voice, Telephony, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, 3G, VOIP, Network Technology, Networking, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Training 2008-01-01

A rational debate on Comcast traffic management

Updated 8:00 PM The discussion on Comcast actively resetting BitTorrent connections to manage its network for its cable broadband service has gotten hot in recent weeks and there hasn't been a whole lot of accurate reporting on the subject because of the complexity of the issue. The subject of...

Tags: Cable Broadband, Cable Modem, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., User, Modem, Free Press, RTS, Cable, Network Technology, Modems, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-11-06

Motley Fool: Vonage will "eventually succumb"

Motley Fool: Vonage will "eventually succumb"Really long cableI'm sitting London using my Vonage line on a daily basis. Will Comcast or Time Warner run a really long cable to reach the UK customers? Anyone I include Vonage in this have any idea how many customers Vonage has outside of the...

Tags: VOIP, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., Motley Fool

Discussion threads 2007-08-07