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Comments on news posted 2006-03-30 17:27:23: Vonage may be shopping itself around for potential buyers, reports this CNN/Money article. ..
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 | | ebay I'm sure they could auction it there! Maybe they could sell it to some techs that could figure it out.
"We're selling. Sick of the headaches! Sick of the outages! 911 doesn't work. Hey, merge with Sunrocket!!!!!!" | |
| |  King PDon't blame me. I voted for Ron PaulPremium
join:2004-11-17
Franklin, TN
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| outages ironically, I've never experienced a service outage in relation to Vonage. There was a time when BellSouth upgraded their database in the switch and it screwed up my Vonage for about 7 days, but that was a BellSouth issue.
However, I bet they are tired of the headaches and the bad press on 911 service (although mine works, because I called it and got my local 911 dispatch).
It would be funny if they merged with Sunrocket and and became VonRocket or Sunage.
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| | | JofCore
join:2004-09-15
Sebewaing, MI | Re: outages ironically, I've never experienced a service outage in relation to Vonage. There was a time when BellSouth upgraded their database in the switch and it screwed up my Vonage for about 7 days, but that was a BellSouth issue.
Ditto for me. Any outages I've had on my Vonage service were always the fault of my Comcast cable modem crapping out. (well, not the modem itself per se, but rather the service beyond the modem) Vonage itself has never had any problems for me... | |
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| | | Re: ebay That would be nice and maybe adopt some of their pricing. its taking me > 7 wks to transfer my number from vonage. At least i can use their line to call Japan for half the price of Vonage! Vonage lower you rates and I wouldn't have had to switch. Reliability is good for me and many other family/friends on various internet connections (Charter, Comcast, Verizon) | |
| | dagg
join:2001-03-25
Galt, CA | 911 & VoIP the 911 services work well for some of you because you have enhanced e-911 service which means your local PSAP (the place that takes 911 calls) will accept those calls.
Some places do not have a PSAP that will take those calls (why exactly this is vonages fault that they wont take them is beyond me).
my 911 always works because I understand that if I have a power outage or my internet service goes dark, I have NO 911 at all... as a result I have a POTS line through my local ILEC that I can alway make calls on (as well as fax through... ever tried faxing with VoIP? not always a good experience). or I (more commonly) I use my Cell phone. I never would think to call 911 from my VoIP phone and my Kids have been taught which phone to use if they need to call 911.
This really should be a non-issue. Its the customers responsibility to make sure they can make 911 calls, not a VoIP providers. (but thats just my own opinion) | |
| | | stridr69
join:2003-05-19
San Luis Obispo, CA
1 edit | Re: 911 & VoIP Yep..and thats why I keep my POTS line as well. VoIP has a LONG way to go to become my primary phone line. If fact, VoIP isn't an issue for the moment as I don't subscribe.
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| | Hmm I saw these guys getting gobbled up from day one. Now I just need them to follow through.
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| | | | Re: Hmm If Vonage spent $176 million on advertising and only has 1.3 million customers that is $135.00 each just to acquire a customer paying $200 a year. And everybody thinks Verizon's FIOS is expensive? Verizon has cash, Vonage doesn't. | |
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 jose3030Premium
join:1999-08-17
Manassas, VA | Who would buy these guys? I mean, really tho. | |
| | | | | | who would buy this guys?
a company that wanted to bundle VOIP with other products... | |
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| | SunRocketPerhaps SunRocket could get a loan to fund a purchase? And then turn Vonage into SunRocket.
I could see that:
Dear Vonage Subscribers,
My name is [whoever] and I am the [x] of SunRocket, and we would like to welcome you as SunRocket subscribers.
You now have lower rates, more features, blah blah blah
Thank you,
Whoever
SunRocket
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| |  Chris 313Come get somePremium
join:2004-07-18
Houma, LA
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| Re: SunRocketsaid by Mac OS X0:Perhaps SunRocket could get a loan to fund a purchase? And then turn Vonage into SunRocket. I could see that: Dear Vonage Subscribers,
My name is [whoever] and I am the [x] of SunRocket, and we would like to welcome you as SunRocket subscribers.
You now have lower rates, more features, blah blah blah
Thank you,
Whoever
SunRocket Google would be cool if they bought Vonage. | |
| | |  dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Re: SunRocketsaid by Chris 313:said by Mac OS X0:Perhaps SunRocket could get a loan to fund a purchase? And then turn Vonage into SunRocket. I could see that: Dear Vonage Subscribers,
My name is [whoever] and I am the [x] of SunRocket, and we would like to welcome you as SunRocket subscribers.
You now have lower rates, more features, blah blah blah
Thank you,
Whoever
SunRocket Google would be cool if they bought Vonage. YEAH!
everything google touches turns to gold!
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| | | | Chris 313Come get somePremium
join:2004-07-18
Houma, LA Reviews:
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| Re: SunRocketsaid by dvd536:said by Chris 313:said by Mac OS X0:Perhaps SunRocket could get a loan to fund a purchase? And then turn Vonage into SunRocket. I could see that: Dear Vonage Subscribers,
My name is [whoever] and I am the [x] of SunRocket, and we would like to welcome you as SunRocket subscribers.
You now have lower rates, more features, blah blah blah
Thank you,
Whoever
SunRocket Google would be cool if they bought Vonage. YEAH! everything google touches turns to gold! Not everything, but Google eventually succeeds in everything they do. | |
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| | |  ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
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| said by Mac OS X0:Perhaps SunRocket could get a loan to fund a purchase? And then turn Vonage into SunRocket. I could see that: Dear Vonage Subscribers,
My name is [whoever] and I am the [x] of SunRocket, and we would like to welcome you as SunRocket subscribers.
You now have lower rates, more features, blah blah blah
Thank you,
Whoever
SunRocket You forgot to also add:
Along with lower rates, more features, you will lose failover, great call quality, and a wide range of adapters. You will pick up Rocketeers, numerous service "upgrades" that give you our new feature-SILENCE for a few hours, new Innomedia adapters that seem to be junk, fax "support" that we don't market because we have not been able to make it work, and a bright yellow annoying bird as a logo.
Did we mention our wonderful new CEO? She had a "great" track record at AOL for predicting future trends.
Welcome to the Rocket heading to the Sun...
Whocares.
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1 edit | Re: SunRocket SunRocket has great call quality.
And I'm sure they would add failover if they bought Vonage.
And they would probably flash the existing Vonage adapters for their service so the part about the InnoMedia adapters doesn't matter.
And fax support is fine for me and many other people. [corrected]
And with the upgrades it still goes down less often than my previous VoIP service.
And who cares about the "bright yellow annoying bird as a logo"? I actually like it..
And who signs up for a company based on the CEO?
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| | | | ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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Putnam, CT
kudos:4 | Re: SunRocket Oh forget it. A debate with a brick wall would be more productive.
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join:2006-03-11 | said by ptrowski:said by Mac OS X0:Perhaps SunRocket could get a loan to fund a purchase? And then turn Vonage into SunRocket. I could see that: Dear Vonage Subscribers,
My name is [whoever] and I am the [x] of SunRocket, and we would like to welcome you as SunRocket subscribers.
You now have lower rates, more features, blah blah blah
Thank you,
Whoever
SunRocket You forgot to also add: Along with lower rates, more features, you will lose failover, great call quality, and a wide range of adapters. You will pick up Rocketeers, numerous service "upgrades" that give you our new feature-SILENCE for a few hours, new Innomedia adapters that seem to be junk, fax "support" that we don't market because we have not been able to make it work, and a bright yellow annoying bird as a logo. Did we mention our wonderful new CEO? She had a "great" track record at AOL for predicting future trends. Welcome to the Rocket heading to the Sun... Whocares. Hmm, You seem to not reliase though for SOME reason, Sunrocket is the fastest growing VOIP service now. And for some reason they have over 98% of their customers with E911. You little Vonage thing couldnt even halfway comply. And SUnROcket is the only one of few that offer TRUE T.38 Support all the way through, and you can't talk about SunRocket because you have never even had it..... On the other hand, I have had Vonage before with NO E911, with SunRocket I had E911 the first week. | |
| | | | ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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| Re: SunRocketsaid by OS X TIGER:said by ptrowski:said by Mac OS X0:Perhaps SunRocket could get a loan to fund a purchase? And then turn Vonage into SunRocket. I could see that: Dear Vonage Subscribers,
My name is [whoever] and I am the [x] of SunRocket, and we would like to welcome you as SunRocket subscribers.
You now have lower rates, more features, blah blah blah
Thank you,
Whoever
SunRocket You forgot to also add: Along with lower rates, more features, you will lose failover, great call quality, and a wide range of adapters. You will pick up Rocketeers, numerous service "upgrades" that give you our new feature-SILENCE for a few hours, new Innomedia adapters that seem to be junk, fax "support" that we don't market because we have not been able to make it work, and a bright yellow annoying bird as a logo. Did we mention our wonderful new CEO? She had a "great" track record at AOL for predicting future trends. Welcome to the Rocket heading to the Sun... Whocares. Hmm, You seem to not reliase though for SOME reason, Sunrocket is the fastest growing VOIP service now. And for some reason they have over 98% of their customers with E911. You little Vonage thing couldnt even halfway comply. And SUnROcket is the only one of few that offer TRUE T.38 Support all the way through, and you can't talk about SunRocket because you have never even had it..... On the other hand, I have had Vonage before with NO E911, with SunRocket I had E911 the first week. No one asked about growth. Please find me some documentation that states they are #1 in growth. No one talked about E911. It is much harder to implement it for 1.4 million people than it is for 80,000, so there goes your comment about my "little Vonage thing". So since you review every provider you have had, and have never reviewed OR mentioned your Vonage usage, I find it interesting that it comes up now.
Please GO_Fish in another pond.
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| | | Ok well fine, but I meant they don't put it on the "general" features list.
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join:2003-12-24
Brantford, ON
kudos:3 | Hmm They have gotten alot of bad press lately, I havn't had a problem with them in the 12 months i've had them, and 911 service works flawlessly.
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| |  Dominokat"Hi"Premium
join:2002-08-06
Boothbay, ME
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| Not to worry Bell South will buy them, rename it, and sell it at outrageous prices (not including taxes and other tel co add ons) And then charge you extra on your internet for QOS for VOIP service.
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| | |  DerchPremium
join:2004-10-16
Cross Plains, WI | Re: Not to worry Don't you mean AT&T, soon at least. | |
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| | | Re: Hmm Google would call it GVOIP | |
| | | RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | Re: Hmm No no no. It would be Voogle.
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| | | | | | Re: Hmm said by RadioDoc:No no no. It would be Voogle. Hahahhaa..
My soon to be Voogle service has been excellent for over a year.  | |
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| | Vonage and Cox I said this months ago. Cox doesn't have the Voip infrastructure in it's major markets yet and this would be more about "MArket Penetration" of other cable and telecom companies than replacing their own hardware. Cox could serve Atlanta, DC, and other major cities with VOIP on it's fiber backbone. | |
|  kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY | And my P8... ... is still working fine. | |
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