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- 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
- Does SunRocket's sudden close show more VoIP regulations needed?
- When last week's failure of SunRocket left some 200,000 subscribers scrambling for an alternative home phone service, many saw this as the free market at work. Free market as in, survival of the fittest, and the availability of other choices waving discounts to former SR customers as the wisdom of...
- Tags: Regulatory, Providers, News
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- VoIP provider ViaTalk: we'll buy out your SunRocket contract
- Little-known Internet phone provider ViaTalk is the latest to offer special deals to what I have been referring to as "orphaned" SunRocket subscribers.Orphaned, of course, by SunRocket's cessation of operations Monday.The deal is detailed on ViaTalk's FAQ page about how to switch from SunRocket to ViaTalk.Here's some details from...
- Tags: Providers
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- Say it ain't so, SunRocket
- Om's been hearing that pure-play VoIP provider SunRocket has recently laid off some 40 employees. Some mid-level executives are said to be in this number.Om asks us to regard these reports as rumors for now.I think that SunRocket's 200,000 subscriber count gives them some shelter agains the storm, but...
- Tags: Providers
- Blog posts 2007-06-30
- New Zealand VoIP providers team up with state-owned wireless for rural VoIP push
- According to the New Zealand Herald's Peter Griffin, VoIP providers WorldxChange and BayCity Communications are planning a big push to get VoIP services out to rural areas over the Extend wireless network of state-owned broadcaster Kordia.Kordia's Geoff Hunt tells Peter there are only 2,000 customers on the network but...
- Tags: Providers, News
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- This Vodafone pricing model could set the tone for North American Skype-over-handset charges
- Come June 1, Vodafone UK is launching a pricing model that gives users up to 15MB a day from 85p.Thats about $1.70 U.S. "Pay for the first 0.5MB… and we’ll give you the next 14.5MB for free."Then Vodafone says: "There’s no catch. The first 0.5MB (approximately 20 pages)...
- Tags: Providers, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- The most inexpensive adapter-based VoIP provider is..
- My VoIPProvider.coms updated their listings of more than 250 U.S. VoIP providers with a list of some adapter-based VoIP providers ranked in inverse order of yearly cost.SunRockets initial yearly cost of $199 ranks at the top of this compilation.You can also see the full list here.
- Tags: Providers, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-29
- Abbeyphone Firefox, Thunderbird extensions updated to forestall unwanted click-to-call scripts
- Internet phone service provider abbeyphone has just released a new beta with Firefox VoIP above and Thunderbird VoIP extensions.Cernio of abbeyphone notes that these extensions fix an abbeyphone bug that I was the first to report late last year.The bug appeared when working with blogs and content management systems....
- Tags: General, News, Providers
- Blog posts 2007-02-22
- You say Helio, and I say goodbye
- My colleague Marguerite Reardon offers a piece about how mobile virtual network operator Helio continues to be a drag on 50 percent-owner EarthLinks bottom line.The numbers are ugly- $74 million for the 4Q 2006 and $191.5 million for the year. Helio has about 70,000 subs that pay in around...
- Tags: General, Providers, Helio
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- 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
- Meet Qwest: once bitten, twice shy
- A very vivid portrait of regional phone service provider Qwest in the hometown Denver Post the other day offers the perception of a company that for lack of a better term, is not really being bold in the telecom and related sectors.Its kind of like after losing out to...
- Tags: Telephony, Qwest Communications Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
Additional Resources
- ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall
- Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Putting SaaS revenue in perspective
- Yes, but SaaS revenues aren't front-loadedComparing SaaS revenues with on-premises software revenue isn't very valid, as the on-premises providers count all the revenue up-front when they ship their CD or transmit the software, while SaaS recognizes all revenue (software-related and hosting-related) over the term of the contract.For enterprise customers, however,...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, Operational accounting, Tools & Techniques, revenue, software-as-a-service, SaaS Customer, software
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Sony Reader Daily Edition available for pre-order now; unclear when you'll get it
- In case you were hoping for one, don't count on getting a Sony Reader Daily Edition by Christmas. Pre-orders are one thing; shipping seems to be on a different page. The newest Sony Reader model (Daily Edition, following in...
- Tags: Sony Corp., eReader, Sony Reader, Pre-orders, E-books, Personal Technology, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Salesforce Chatter: Facebook for the Enterprise
- Salesforce is announcing today a Salesforce Chatter, an enteprise collaboration application akin to Facebook. The move puts SalesForce in competition with offerings from other providers, including IBM Lotus. Here's what's being delivered. Features: Profiles: Just like profiles on popular consumer-oriented social networking sites, Salesforce Chatter profiles include...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Platform, App, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Selling customer information leads to prosecution
- Perhaps Mr. Graham of the Information Commission was reading my post yesterday. The BBC has reported that an individual attempted to sell customer mobile cellular account information. A broker got the information from an employee of a mobile service provider and then sold it to other mobile service providers. ...
- Tags: Customer Information, Mobile, Service Provider, Business Services, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Doug Hanchard
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Vehicle Maintenance Tracker 1.02 (Mac)
- VMT collects vehicle maintenance data and shows when subsequent maintenance tasks are due. A flexible format handles virtually any type of vehicle ( i.e. cars, motorcycles, scooters, large vehicles etc. ). Mileage or kilometers , costs, providers, service tasks and service dates are all tracked and saved. Data input,...
- Tags: Vehicle, Apple Macintosh, Brian Stevens, VMT, Construction
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Mediaraptor 4.0.3 (Windows)
- Caution! Hard drive manufacturers and DSL providers are warning against an outbreak of excessive free music and videos! Mediaraptor is unbeatable when it comes to record millions of MP3s from web radios and music videos online. No P2P file sharing networks! No subscription required! Mediaraptor is today's cutting-edge solution for...
- Tags: Web, Radio, Microsoft Windows, Video, MP3, Music, RapidSolution Software, Mediaraptor, Mediaraptor MusicFinder, Corporate Communications, Portals, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Internet
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Next year is THE year for cloud computing
- Here is what Indu Kodukula, CTO of SunGard Availability Services thinks how cloud computing is likely to transform the computing industry landscape in 2010. Commentary - Yogi Berra had it right - it?s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. It?s especially difficult...
- Tags: CIO, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, cloud, Indu Kodukula
- News items 2009-11-17
- Apple contemplating free, ad-supported iPhone?
- Apple has no tasteOh, wait, no, that was Microsoft that had no taste because there are Windows 7 desktop themes available that have images of Coke cans in them. Isn't that right tigertank? For some reason that I can't wait to hear, this move by Apple, however, is very tasteful.Cue...
- Tags: advertisement, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
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