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		<title><![CDATA[Reader: transferred from SunRocket to TeleBlend and I am still waiting]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=2084]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a few minutes ago, I received an email from a reader who has been attempting to transfer his VoIP serviceÂ  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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:10:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does SunRocket's sudden close show more VoIP regulations needed?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=2079]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:15:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VoIP provider ViaTalk: we'll buy out your SunRocket contract]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=2050]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:25:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Say it ain't so, SunRocket]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=1938]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:10:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Zealand VoIP providers team up with state-owned wireless for rural VoIP push]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=1730]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:31:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This Vodafone pricing model could set the tone for North American Skype-over-handset charges]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=1580]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ 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&hellip; and we&rsquo;ll give you the next 14.5MB for free."Then Vodafone says:  "There&rsquo;s no catch. The first 0.5MB (approximately 20 pages)...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:48:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The most inexpensive adapter-based VoIP provider is..]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=1571]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:12:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Abbeyphone Firefox, Thunderbird extensions updated to forestall unwanted click-to-call scripts]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=1454]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ 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....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:22:05 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[You say Helio, and I say goodbye]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=1432]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:20:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alexa mashup site alexaholic lets you compare VoIP provider site traffic over time]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=1324]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:54:42 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Meet Qwest: once bitten, twice shy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=1316]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:25:27 -0800</pubDate>
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