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- VoIP
- Voice Over IP A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet as well as private backbones instead of the traditional telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, 8x8...
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Yahoo!-Linksys partnership more bad news for pure-play consumer VoIP
- With all due respect, I believe that not enough of we pundits are grasping the big picture implied in Yahoo!s announcement yesterday that it is pairing up with Ciscos Linksys division to offer a $99.99 list, Linksys-Dual Mode Cordless Phone for Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.Lets look beyond the...
- Tags: VoIP, General, Softphones, yahoo, Cisco, IM
- Blog posts 2006-11-10
- All You Can Eat VoIP For 12 Months? I've Read The Fine Print For You
- A new VoIP phone company known as SunRocket is offering about the sweetest-sounding services package I've seen. They call it SunRocket Annual Edition.You give them $199 up front and receive 12 months of "all-inclusive" phone service. That includes unlimited calling in the U.S., enhanced voice mail, and up to 100...
- Tags: SunRocket
- Blog posts 2004-11-30
Additional Resources
- Is Microsoft is putting Windows 7 on a diet?
- Is Microsoft is putting Windows 7 on a diet?How did we not see this?This is brilliant on Microsoft's behalf. They do get rid of the anti-trust sentiments at least the plausible ones and still have their share in the market.Now, don't misunderstand me. It's going to take a lot more...
- Tags: Operating systems, SECURITY, iTune, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, diet, Microsoft Windows 7, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- The power of standard protocols
- I've spent the past few months as the primary developer at a very small company. An important technology to this company is Instant Messaging, as it plays an essential part in our approach to unified messaging. This has meant that I have had to build, in-house, our...
- Tags: IM, Jabber, Protocol, XMPP, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Voicent Predictive Dialer (exe)
- Voicent Agent Dialer is a predictive dialer and semi auto dialer combined. Voicent Predictive Dialer assists marketing or sales people for telemarketing campaigns. Predictive dialing supports VOIP through Skype and remote agents. Automatic dialing can play audio messages, transfer calls, and record conversations, all by the press of a key....
- Tags: Dialer, Voicent Communications, Voicent Agent Dialer, Voicent Predictive Dialer, Telemarketing, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Marketing Research
- Software downloads 2008-09-04
- Google Chrome: Steal this browser
- Google Chrome: Steal this browserMemory Usage not commendableFirefox 3 uses lesser memory than Google Chrome. The base browser itself uses about 75MB and with 5 tabs opened, the total memory usage is around 200MB. Firefox with the same number of tabs is less than 100MB. Makes me wonder how efficient...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Web browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Adding voice to Second Life
- Joe Miller, VP of platforms and technology development at Linden Lab, describes how users of Second Life have consumed more than 8 billion minutes using the company's VoIP software. by Administrator
- Tags: Second Life, Voice, Telephony, Telecommunications, VOIP, Networking, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Linden Lab VP, platforms & technology: Joe Miller
- Joe Miller, VP of platforms and technology development at Linden Lab talks to CNET's Dan Farber about the challenges in developing dynamic and reliable backend operations for the 3D virtual world of Second Life. Miller also discusses how they're incorporating new hi-tech conferencing tools for business users such as VoIP...
- Tags: VP, Streaming Video, Linden Lab, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, VOIP, Telecommunications, Internet, Personal Technology, Networking, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Novell: Quietly developing some momentum
- Novell's fiscal third quarter was notable for reasons beyond Linux sales and its core product line. Novell's most recent quarter was the sixth consecutive one that topped expectations. That consistency may mark the days where Novell becomes something more than an afterthought. Now it's no coincidence that...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, Operational Accounting, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?
- The first computer I ever bought had a whopping six-gigabyte hard drive inside - far more storage capacity than anyone might have ever dreamed of using some ten years ago. Back then, no one was really downloading music or uploading digital photos, let alone streaming video or placing VoIP phone...
- Tags: Innovation, Web, Bandwidth, Comcast Corp., Internet, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Logitech ClearChat PC Wireless Headset
- Wireless keyboards, mice, and printers have been around for years, but headphones and headsets are fairly new to the cordless party. Logitech's entry into the fray is the ClearChat PC Wireless Headset. Unlike the Creative Digital Wireless Gaming Headset HS-1200, which is targeted at gamers, Logitech sees the ClearChat as...
- Tags: Logitech, ClearChat PC Wireless Headset, headset, Creative HS-1200
- Product reviews 2008-08-28
- Comcast VoIP's service is no great bargain- and I'm talkin' more than just the high price
- Comcast VoIP's service is no great bargain- and I'm talkin' more than just the high pricewe just for 4 CDV linesWe have comcast internet and our own VoIP Asterisk server. We do some major volume we put around 20,000 minutes per line a month. I haven't found any all you...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, call quality, VoIP, Comcast Corp., fax, Comcast Voip
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Apple iPhone ad banned
- Apple iPhone ad bannedBetter than the alternativesMy iPhone works as promised.My Macs are more reliable than my Windows boxes.In short, there are better options.Why anyone would buy anything from Apple...is beyond me. Especially the iPhone. It doesn't work as promised in sooooo many ways.i guess every iphone user is mad...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, iphone, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., advertisement, cellular company, phone, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- One Router to Connect Them All
- One Router to Connect Them AllWives and out of townI have the same problem. I usually get infuriating phone calls where I have to talk her through the whole device reboot process each time, and she forgets how to do it.God awful from where I liveRead my "Harsh reality of...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Broadband Internet, router, cable, Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
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