no1g8r
join:2005-05-05
Lawrenceville, GA | Shooting themselves in the foot - as usual! I was going to suck it up and let Teleblend take on my account, but I just couldn't bear to do it. Somehow I can't get past the fact that it looks like a reorganization without going through the trouble of bankrupcy, rather than truly going out of business.
So I was considering Vonage, but if these guys are proud of making 200,000 customers scramble for new service and risk losing their phone numbers, then they don't exactly follow a code of ethics that I agree with. It doesn't matter that I don't think Vonage was actually responsible for Sunrocket's demise, the fact that Vonage is proud of this self-proclaimed "accomplishment" is enough to turn me elsewhere.
They're coming off as high and mighty, just like the PSTN providers always have. It's one of the reasons why I left PSTN, so I surely wouldn't head in the direction of Vonage to get more of the same.
I'm looking at little guys now. Very little. This could get interesting!
+1 on the MagicJack, btw. For the average home user who keeps their computer up and running all the time (for broadband access) and the traveler who wants a simple, cheap means of calling while on the road, the MagicJack does it. Is it a panacea? No. But it's the best thing in their niche, and likely to pick up a lot of steam in the near future. |
