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- Why did SunRocket talk to Vonage more than a month BEFORE they went under?
- Why did SunRocket talk to Vonage more than a month BEFORE they went under?Why did SunRocket talk to Vonage more than a month BEFORE they went under?Being a customer of Sunrocket I was vary upset theat they went out of business. Even more now that I am unable to get...
- Tags: SunRocket, Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-08
- Why did SunRocket talk to Vonage more than a month BEFORE they went under?
- Last Thursday, I reported that SunRocket LLC,, the entity that is liquidating former VoIP provider SunRocket, is suing Vonage over what the entity believes is the improper way Vonage acquired some names of former SunRocket customers.To recap, the suit says that in early June, "SunRocket and Vonage entered into a...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., SunRocket, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- From the grave, SunRocket sues Vonage over customer list
- From the grave, SunRocket sues Vonage over customer listAh...WhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhh...:DPoooooooor poooooooor SuunRocket!Poooooooor poooooooor SuunRocket!...LOL!!!One thing to watch out about VonageI was a Vonage customer. I ended up canceling my service though. Vonage was never the problem and in fact they had some of the best customer support I've ever seen. They...
- Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, SunRocket, Vonage Holdings Corp., credit card, credit card company
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- From the grave, SunRocket sues Vonage over customer list
- Yes, there is a "ghost of SunRocket." That'd be some legal entity called SunRocket LLC, formed to preside over the dissolution of SunRocket's assets.Assets presumably, principally being, the late VoIP-ers 200,000 strong subscriber list.SunRocket LLC isn't pleased with what they view as the "illegal" way in which Vonage obtained a...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., SunRocket, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-08-24
- Vonage CEO:"shocked" by SunRocket's rapid demise
- During yesterday's quarterly conference call with analysts, Vonage founder-chair-interim CEO Jeff Citron was asked what he thought of SunRocket's rapid demise, and how it was handled."I was shocked to see the company go from having capital troubles to not signing up new customers and closing its doors," colleague Maggie Reardon...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Demise, SunRocket, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-08-10
- SunRocket orphans: selling our contact info to Vonage violates SR Privacy Policy
- SunRocket orphans: selling our contact info to Vonage violates SR Privacy PolicyIs this is solicitation really "unrelated"?The legal wording says "unrelated" marketing. Continuing your IP-based phone service since yours had been shut down due to the provider going out of business would be considered as "related marketing", IMHO. ...
- Tags: Marketing research, VOIP, SunRocket, Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- SunRocket orphans: selling our contact info to Vonage violates SR Privacy Policy
- A number of orphaned SunRocket customers indicate they have reason to believe that SR asset liquidator Sherwood Partners has sold their contact info to Vonage.That would be in addition to perceived sales to Packet8 and TeleBlend, both of which were publicly identified by Sherwood as preferred providers.Many of these reports...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-08-08
- SunRocket had a "cheap product and couldn't compete," Vonage spokesperson boasts
- SunRocket had a "cheap product and couldn't compete," Vonage spokesperson boastsThinking before speaking..."They had a cheap product and they couldn’t compete.”Pretty cocky when speaking from a company that came close to being shut down for multiple charges of patent infringement. MGPNot a lot of room to boast!In my experince,...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Vonage Holdings Corp., SunRocket, cheap product, fax
- Discussion threads 2007-07-24
- 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
- SunRocket creditors announce two preferred providers: Vonage takes big hitHome page now mentions these offers and the shutdownAbout timePacket-8 (8x8) is crapI tried to join them and they were horrible. Eight weeks after signing up, they still hadn't ported my number. When I contacted them about it, they...
- Tags: Lingo, ViaTalk, Vonage Holdings Corp., SunRocket
- Discussion threads 2007-07-19
- 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
- SunRocket orphans, send me your switching stories
- SunRocket orphans, send me your switching storiesVonage: morons on the phone...A less than auspicious start to my relationship with Vonage. I signed up on Monday (16 July). They won't give me the 2-month free deal because "that's Tuesday's deal", so unless I cancel my account and reapply from...
- Tags: VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., SunRocket, ViaTalk, HERE IS, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- Vonage to SunRocket orphans: we'll give you two free months
- Vonage to SunRocket orphans: we'll give you two free monthsMessage has been deleted.Not a Good DealVonage is offering 2 free months but they charge a setup fee of about a month so it is really one free month. Their fee is close to $30/month so you will pay $330...
- Tags: free month, SunRocket, Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-17
- 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
- Here's where many of those orphaned SunRocket users will go
- Here's where many of those orphaned SunRocket users will goWhat about Lingo?We've been using Lingo for over two years and not had a problem with them. It's less expensive than Vonage.SunrocketI’ve been a satisfied user of the SunRocket service since March, right up until yesterday evening when I first noticed...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, Comcast Corp., SunRocket, Lingo, ViaTalk, Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, Rangatel, phone, Via:Talk
- Discussion threads 2007-07-17
Additional Resources
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal
- iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appealBut stability is supposed to be iPhone's strong suit?Hmm, guess not! A big "I told you so" to all those who made fun of WM's theoretical lack of stability even though mine have all worked flawlessly.[i]If you don’t have an Apple account you have...
- Tags: Sales channel, Digital music, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0 appeal, iCrash, Buggy app, iPhone 2.0, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Fastest-growing US web sites in May 2008
- Apr-08 May-08 Growth, % Rank Total Internet : Total Audience 190,728 190,858 1 N/A Proflowers.com 1,301 5,453 319 200 Vonage Holdings Corp 2,202 4,832 119 227 Vlaze Media Networks, Inc. 4,021 7,162 78 153 Discovery.com Sites 8,800 15,473 76 62...
- Tags: Web, InfoSpace Inc., Web Site, Internet, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Web Technology, Benefits, Healthcare, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Human Resources, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- Yahoo may revisit News Corp if AOL dims: source
- Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because Yahoo could instead renew talks over News Corp's Web properties. NEW YORK--Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because if Microsoft gets in the way, Yahoo could instead renew...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft-Icahn Proposal, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Reuters, Yahoo, Microsoft, Microhoo, merger, News Corps, AOL
- News items 2008-07-18
- New hybrid delivery security architecture
- Secure Computing's Ken Rutsky tells how to integrate Software-as-a-Service SaaS, virtualization and appliance security offerings to let users get exactly what they want. “In the past, CIOs deployed their own self-contained application architectures on their own servers and storage systems. This old model is giving way to a hybrid...
- Tags: Appliance, Software, Software-as-a-service, Platform, Information Technology, Advantage, Hardware, Model, Service, Architecture, Organization, Delivery Security Architecture, IT Security Professional, Delivery Platform, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Security, Emerging Technologies, Management, CIO, SaaS, virtualization, IT appliances, service delivery, IT management, Ken Rutsky, Secure Computing
- News items 2008-07-16
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