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Reader: Vonage assigned my Packet8 number, and I'm not even a Vonage customer: Reader: Vonage assigned my Packet8 number, and I'm not even a Vonage customerWonder who made the mistake?Although the tone of the article indicated Vonage was at fault, there are a lot of hands in the soup when porting numbers. Could have been a Packet8 mistake, a LEC mistake, a...; Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Packet8; Discussion threads 2008-03-01
Man mistakenly assigned Vonage number now has to go thru PITA of requesting it back: Yesterday I blogged about the case of reader dmuniz, who wrote to tell me that his Packet8 phone number was mistakenly assigned to Vonage- even though he is not, and never has been a Vonage customer. Just a few mins. ago I got...; Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Packet8, Telecom & Utilities, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-29
Reader: Vonage assigned my Packet8 number, and I'm not even a Vonage customer: I've just received an email from "dmuniz," who is a reader of this blog. Are you ready for another Vonage horror story this Thursday afternoon? K, well, then, here's what he wrote: I don't subscribe to Vonage, I use...; Tags: Phone, Vonage Holdings Corp., Packet8, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-28
Compare Top Hosted VoIP Phone Systems From Vendors like Aptela, Packet8 and Covad: Research the leading hosted PBX systems from major vendors and compare the features and services that are important to you. A new phone system is a critical element of your business. You can't afford to make a mistake but you also know that you need to have...; Tags: Covad Communications Group Inc., Phone, Packet8, PBX, VoIP Phone, Phone System, VoIP-News, Telephony, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications; White papers 2008-02-12
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: 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
Packet8 shows profitability is achievable in pure-play VoIP: Packet8 shows profitability is achievable in pure-play VoIPOther companies serve businesses,tooOther companies do a pretty good job in providing VOIP telephony for businesses, too. Lingo has free equipment, free 2nd phone line and free office assistant. JoiPhone has around 40 cool features on their business plans with plans starting at...; Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, Packet8, JoiPhone, Lingo; Discussion threads 2007-08-03
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
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
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
Packet 8 debuts several new calling features: Packet 8 debuts several new calling featuresPacket8 has cool featuresI tried packet8 features...and i think that is ALL i like. the voice quality kind'a sucks at the moment. But i got a good deal. i signed up through www.packet8-voip.com which offered me 1 month free service. so i'm cancelling after...; Tags: Packet 8, Packet8; Discussion threads 2006-06-29
Deep discounts on IP telephony: Deep discounts on IP telephonyPacket8 Offers E911 TodayI am a Packet8 customer and I have E911 today. Packet8 enabled E911 for all of their customers as of November 28th 2005. Your article is misleading. Vonage does not have E911 as you state, but Packet8 does have this...; Tags: VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Packet8, E911, Deep Discounts, telephony, IP telephony, IP; Discussion threads 2005-12-06
FCC requirement could strand VoIP customers: FCC requirement could strand VoIP customersYou vill sign zee papersThis is heavy handed and unnecessary. How many people actually read all those agreements. This sounds more like an attack on VOIP spurred on by the Telcos.How the hell are the VOIPs gonna get 100% of their customers to...; Tags: Telephony, Federal government, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Packet8, VoIP, FCC; Discussion threads 2005-08-25
Why Packet 8 VideoPhone is featured in both "Stargate" series: In technology marketing, product placements on the right television shows and in movies are a key strategy.That's because there is a demonstrated overlap between shows that appeal to techies, and the appeal to those same techies that some technology products have.With their technological bent, there's long been an overlap between...; Tags: Packet8, Packet8 VideoPhone, Huw Rees, Stargate SG-1; Blog posts 2005-08-02
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

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Man mistakenly assigned Vonage number now has to go thru PITA of requesting it back: Man mistakenly assigned Vonage number now has to go thru PITA of requesting it backpacket8 woesafter my own bad experience with packet8 i stumbled upon your blog and this post on the Vonage number blunder. in may case, packet8 charged me a disconnection fee of $59.99 for a number that...; Tags: Blogging, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., PITA; Discussion threads 2008-03-10
How much for a video-friendly Internet?: How much for a video-friendly Internet?What about static addresses?ISP's charge extra for static IP addresses. That made sense in the days of dial-up, but it is a total rip-off in the world of "always on" Internet. We are all second-class contents consumers without static addresses.Only if you sign up for...; Tags: Corporate communications, DSL, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Network technology, Broadband Internet, TV & Home Theater, Verizon Communications Inc., Internet, Fios TV, video, phone; Discussion threads 2008-01-19