VoIP Provider Shuts Down

The abrupt shutdown of Internet phone carrier SunRocket left more than 200,000 customers scrambling for alternate service Tuesday and raised questions about the viability of other standalone Internet phone providers.

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From the Bill Gates for President campaign to municipal wireless projects to DRM-protected music, it's been a deadly year for some in the IT industry so far this year.

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Vonage released its second quarter financial results today (I've embedded the release below with the new Zoho Viewer that launched last night). And while the stock continues to slide, revenues are way up and losses are slowing.

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Thousands of SunRocket subscribers found their phone lines disconnected this week after the start-up Internet-phone service provider abruptly shut its doors Monday. One of them was Kirsten Apple, who depended on her phone line to run her photography business.

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This just in: Packet 8 has been selected as the replacement VoIP service provider for SunRocket customers whose service has been disrupted by SunRocket's demise.

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Does the abrupt demise of SunRocket spell trouble for Vonage and other VoIP players? Cable companies continue to gobble up market share. Convinced he was getting a bargain, Andrew Mitry signed up for SunRocket's Web-based phone service in November, 2006. "It was great.

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Given the SunRocket debacle, many folks have emailed and asked us, how do we save our phone numbers. I called around and asked some of my sources about the easiest way to save your phone number. It is a fairly easy process, though you need to hurry.

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SunRocket, one of the largest start-up companies offering Internet phone service, has ceased operation and is moving its customers to one or more other companies, a person briefed on its status said yesterday.

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And you thought Sprint was catching flack for denying an exceedingly small portion of its customers service. Turns out, Vonage rival SunRocket has apparently shut its doors and abandoned the business -- all without a single warning or notice beforehand.

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