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- Packet8 CEO: in light of SunRocket's demise, we're hearing rumors of more VoIP market exits
- Packet8 CEO: in light of SunRocket's demise, we're hearing rumors of more VoIP market exitsVOIP Companies SurvivabilityI don't know about other VOIP companies services and their financial soundness, but I can tell you that I have been using a VOIP service from a company called IGONET for over a year...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, Packet8, SunRocket
- Discussion threads 2007-09-14
- 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
- Packet8 CEO: here's how our $199 a year and SunRocket's $199 a year are different
- Packet8 CEO: here's how our $199 a year and SunRocket's $199 a year are differentPacket8 is stable, and so are ViaTalk and JoiPhoneI think that Packet8 will do just fine. They're backed by a hosting company and their business customers. But just so you know, there some other reliable VOIP...
- Tags: VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Packet8, SunRocket
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- 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 recent quarterly conference call. 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
- So why is SunRocket's site still up? Here's why
- So why is SunRocket's site still up? Here's whySign-up screensI have no problem with the page itself still being available ... but the sign-up screen really should have been updated to reflect that due to whatever issues (fanancial, impending sale, some other) they wish to blame - no new customers...
- Tags: SunRocket, Packet8
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
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- 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
- SunRocket orphan to TeleBlend provisioner's CEO: I am really tired of "runaround," "incompetence"
- SunRocket orphan to TeleBlend provisioner's CEO: I am really tired of "runaround," "incompetence"Why stick with Teleblend? Look further !Thanks for this update. I'm so glad I didn't switch to Teleblend when SunRocket died on me. I personally went with Packet8, but there are a bunch of other reliable stable companies...
- Tags: E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SunRocket, Teleblend, Telebland
- Discussion threads 2007-08-16
- At least three reasons why Vonage subscriber count is flat-lining
- At least three reasons why Vonage subscriber count is flat-liningRuss.....troubling???????My god Russ, when you describe a churn increase of .1% as troubling, I fully expect IF on their next report churn decreases .1% you report it as "everyone is in love with Vonage"! GET REAL!!! A tenth of one percent...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., phone
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- SunRocket orphans: selling our contact info to Vonage violates SR Privacy Policy
- SunRocket orphans: selling our contact info to Vonage violates SR Privacy PolicyIs this is solicitation really "unrelated"?The legal wording says "unrelated" marketing. Continuing your IP-based phone service since yours had been shut down due to the provider going out of business would be considered as "related marketing", IMHO. ...
- Tags: Marketing research, VOIP, SunRocket, Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- SunRocket orphans: selling our contact info to Vonage violates SR Privacy Policy
- A number of orphaned SunRocket customers indicate they have reason to believe that SR asset liquidator Sherwood Partners has sold their contact info to Vonage.That would be in addition to perceived sales to Packet8 and TeleBlend, both of which were publicly identified by Sherwood as preferred providers.Many of these reports...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-08-08
- 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
- News to know: 30 things about Linux; Vista's bum rap; Losing data; Deconstructing Twitter
- Notable headlines:Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: 30 things I’ve learned from using Linux …Ed Bott: Vista scare stories distort the real picture.Robin Harris: How data gets lost.Phil Wainewright: Spend, spend, spend for SaaS success.Sun extends UltraSparc reach.Review: Sony VAIO TP1 Living Room PC - Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83 GHz right.Ryan Naraine: Mozilla...
- Tags: Facebook, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
- 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
- Did you ever REALLY think Vonage stock would go below $2 a share?
- Did you ever REALLY think Vonage stock would go below $2 a share?Leave stock analysis to the expertsAt least with tech discussions, you theoretically have a clue.Yes Vonage stock is down, and deservedly so. The first half of your post covered the basic news story. The second half...
- Tags: Investment, VOIP, stock, Vonage Holdings Corp., Vonage stock
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- Here's a likely cause for SunRocket TeleBlend number transfer woes
- Here's a likely cause for SunRocket TeleBlend number transfer woesPacket8 and ViaTalk port numbers just fine.I've ported my old SunRocket phone number after a switch to ViaTalk within days. I hear that Packet8 also take just a couple of days to transfer phone numbers. Same is true about JoiPhone. So...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Teleblend, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-07-31
- SunRocket's really, truly, totally going away on August 5
- SunRocket's really, truly, totally going away on August 5Know your options, there are plenty! Not just Packet8 and TeleblendsYeah, after getting a couple of these emails I also had to make a decision where to go now after SR died. My main goal was to save my phone number that...
- Tags: Fax, E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, SunRocket
- Discussion threads 2007-07-31
- Reader: transferred from SunRocket to TeleBlend and I am still waiting
- Reader: transferred from SunRocket to TeleBlend and I am still waitingno voicemail, no customer supportI foolishly decided to with teleblend well because it was 2dollars and now they are not answering their phone, don't return my email and infact I am in a dark. I don't have voicemail. So I...
- Tags: E-mail, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VOIP, Teleblend
- Discussion threads 2007-07-23
- Reader: transferred from SunRocket to TeleBlend and I am still waiting
- Just a few minutes ago, I received an email from a reader who has been attempting to transfer his VoIP service from the now-discontinued SunRocket to TeleBlend.Along with 8x8's Packet8 service, TeleBlend is one of the two "recommended service providers" suggested by SunRocket creditors as a successor service to their...
- Tags: Providers, Packet 8
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- 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. to 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, 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
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