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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

SunRocket had a "cheap product and couldn't compete," Vonage spokesperson boasts

While expressing often-offered analyst opinions that SunRocket's failure shows the competitive odds stand-alone VoIP providers are up against, Ryan Kim's article today in the San Francisco Chronicle has an interesting quote from a Vonage spokesperson.Noting that Vonage picked up some 11,000 new subscribers in the two days (last Tuesday and...

Tags: Vonage

Blog posts 2007-07-24

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

Vonage to SunRocket orphans: we'll give you two free months

Vonage says it is offering a way for SunRocket customers to transition their phone number over to Vonage, and also receive the added benefit of two months free service.The benefit kicks in with a signup for the U.S. Residential Premium Unlimited Plan.Vonage reinforces that "qualified" phone numbers- including those once...

Tags: Vonage

Blog posts 2007-07-17

Additional Resources

IPod shortage for the holidays?

Now now. There's no need to panic. And we certainly don't want any shopping mall stampedes. But, just between us, word is that there may be a shortage of iPods this holiday season - not that anyone out there is trying to fuel a buying frenzy to ensure that little...

Tags: Apple iPod, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?

Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?We have been suffering so long with poor quality voice, that we are used toit. It almost does not seem like a phone call when the quality is good. But, talking so someone with high quality voice IS really nice. Of course...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards

FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cardsCo-optingIf the new frequencies are open to any company and if some companies are threatened by competition using the new frequencies, then why shouldn't the threatened companies jam the new frequencies?That seems one of the points of this quoted quote:The...

Tags: Federal government, Wi-Fi, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Amateur Radio, white space, spectrum, FCC, wireless

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

T-Mobile G1 to be available in stores today and tomorrow

T-Mobile G1 to be available in stores today and tomorrowIt's a phone. What's the rush?Sorry, I don't get it. It's not like they're going to discontinue it next month. More likely they'll mark it down. What's the hurry?Anxiously awaiting...Mine is "Out for delivery."WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!RE: T-Mobile G1 to...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Phone quality, phone, T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile, Loverock

Discussion threads 2008-10-21

Open source in a time of recession

We face what my late friend Russell Shaw called "a shrinking water hole." Not every company will survive the drought. But open source as a business model will survive, because it's an adaptation that is meant for days like these. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Recession, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Top display advertisers in June 2008

Advertiser Pageviews, mln. Share of Display Ads Unique Visitors, 000 Total Internet 329,828 100.0 180,571 Microsoft 5,529 1.7 126,367 University of Phoenix 4,722 1.4 120,475 Experian Interactive 3,968 1.2 137,915 United Online, Inc 3,929 1.2 136,329 Verizon 3,818...

Tags: United Online Inc., Advertiser, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Is VoIP the way forward?

Is VoIP the way forward?VOIP Works Well For MeI disconnected at the street telco box for a coupla yrs now.The Shaw cable signal here in Calgary is reliable. I have an APC UPS unit to carry me thro' a brown/blackout. I'm paying for cable anyway to give me high speed...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, VoIP

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

Shaw Group Boosts Developer Productivity 40 Percent, Meets Growing Business Needs

The Shaw Group, a leading global provider of construction and related services, was growing rapidly - but its Java-based development platform hindered developers from being as productive as they could be to meet the demands of the business. So, the company migrated most of its software development to the Microsoft...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Application Lifecycle Management, Productivity

Case studies 2008-09-01

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

Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seat

Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seatgood for him - stop patent pirates! and "patent" deformdoes this not seem like an appropriate action for an inventor to take? if i copy your article without your permission, do I get a pass? probably not because you...

Tags: Litigation, Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., patent, inventor

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

One Router to Connect Them All

Sunday afternoons are the few times I actually get some peace and don't have to think about major IT problems. I fire up my Weber smoker, throw on a couple of racks of ribs, fire up a bucket of hardwood charcoal and fruit wood chunks, and I chill for a...

Tags: Cable Modem, Router, Linksys Inc., Dad, Modems, Cable, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Networking, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-25

It's official: OOXML is a standard

It's official: OOXML is a standardA right decisionYou can only FUD so much.Now......we get to see who's going to implement it and how much of it will be implemented. Note that if multiple vendors are using the same MS-Windows API to support OOXML, they're not creating independent implementations of...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Fast Tracking, Office Open XML, oXML, OSI, Microsoft Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Is T-Mobile USA prepping a mobile phone application store similar to the iPhone App store?

Is T-Mobile USA prepping a mobile phone application store similar to the iPhone App store?T-mobileI quit Verizon so I could use the Hotspot@home feature. It cost me money to leave early and I had to buy a very cheap flip phone to use it. The system worked every other day...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, mobile, T-Mobile, wireless, SunCom, phone, ATT, mobile phone application, iPhone App Store, TMobile, iPhone App, cell phone, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-08-10

News to know: Google; Web Olympics; Patch Tuesday; iPhone

Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Will the Olympics melt the Internet? Time Warner's Olympic boost, courtesy NBC More worries for Beijing visitors Phil Wainewright: Hello, Google, is anyone in there? Larry Dignan: Google: Our AOL investment is ‘impaired' ...

Tags: apple iphone, google inc., web, larry dignan, health care, internet, vertical industries, benefits, e-mail, healthcare, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), enterprise software, software, human resources, online communications, operating systems, microsoft windows

Blog posts 2008-08-08

Vonage narrows losses: Can it grow?

Vonage has narrowed its losses two consecutive quarters, but it remains to be seen whether the company can grow. The company reported a second quarter net loss of $7 million, or 4 cents a share, on revenue of $228 million. Revenue was up 11 percent from a...

Tags: revenue, vonage holdings corp., marketing expense, operational accounting, marketing research, finance, marketing, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-07