  JeffreyWilpon please sell the MetsPremium
join:2002-12-24
Long Island
kudos:3 |  Tomorrow we'll see
Fridays and Sundays are the big days for announcements to the public, so we shall see. | |
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| |  KoolMoeAw ManPremium
join:2001-02-14
Annapolis, MD | Re: Tomorrow we'll see I'll still hold out some hope.
Should they crash and burn, a minor disappointment will be getting 6 months of service for the paid 15 months.
A major disappointment will be if they don't go down gracefully and allow users to port their numbers to a different carrier. I knowingly took a risk porting one of my numbers to them...and sure hope they don't shut down service before allowing us to port them somewhere else too.
Will see.
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| | | Oh, to the bankruptcy court we'll go, Oh, to the bankruptcy court we'll go! | |
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| | Never use them but I hope this is not of things to come rumor or not about other Voip company's closing up shop. | |
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 RacerbobPremium
join:2001-06-24
Webster, NY
1 edit | We shall see Welp, we shall wait and see. I have been extremely happy with Sunrocket and got a two year deal last November that ran me a total of $188. Free equipment, activation, etc. Guess that if they close up shop, 8 months of service for that price still isn't too bad. | |
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| | | Re: BBR made Google news! Sweet! | |
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|  John GaltForward, MarchPremium
join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
kudos:3 | Actually, it was Dslreports.com that made it.
It is interesting to note that a bit further down the you see the BroadbandReports.com listing from July 5th.
Curious...
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| |  Fubar
join:2001-02-20
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:2 | Re: BBR made Google news! Huh
DSLR=BBR | |
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join:2006-04-25
Springfield, IL | damn.. well see, but thatll suck | |
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1 edit | I guess Sunrocket flipped US the bird! I did not renew last month (though THEY automatically renewed me). I called them and was told I'd get my entire $206.00 back. I wound up getting $188.00-don't know why they subtracted 18 dollars and I guess I'll never know why now.
This is too bad....I liked Sunrocket. Fortunately, I never ported any numbers to them. I still have Vonage (and have had them since 2002). I was going to renew Sunrocket the next time they had a special (I just moved and was short of cash the past few months). I guess that's not an option any more.
Buh Bye Sunrocket! *flipping YOU the bird* | |
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kaila
join:2000-10-11
Lincolnshire, IL | If true, i'd have to think that someone... will be stepping in to buy them and keep their 200,000 subscribers phone (and e911) service from being interrupted. The two-year pre-pay pricing model will probably go away though. It's tough to budget and plan spending when a high percentage of your subscribers pay only once every two years. | |
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|  MrMoodyFree range slavePremium
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC | Re: If true, i'd have to think that someone... Someone take on their mountain of debt, and a customer base that's owed many months of prepaid service ... I think not. I predict that Sunrocket customers will lose their ability to make calls by Sep 1, sadly. | |
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| Companies like Vonage and Sunrocket... Companies like Voange and Sunrocket are getting killed by the cable companies' offering telephone service. Most of them offer unlimited service too. Not to mention that many people don't even HAVE home telephone service any more-they just use their cell phones at home.
The phone companies are even feeling the pinch, which is why they're all trying to offer TV and Internet.
It's a new paradigm, and the Sunrockets of the world just didn't make it through the probation period... | |
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| | | Re: Companies like Vonage and Sunrocket... quote:
Companies like Voange and Sunrocket are getting killed by the cable companies' offering telephone service. Most of them offer unlimited service too.
Why? I'd NEVER go for Comcast's phone- $33/mo for what I pay Vonage $17/mo for as we don't use the home phone all that much. In fact I'm thinking of going cell-only soon.
Unlimited is nice if you have kids or don't want a cell phone, but for those of us with cells with lots of minutes home phones are not as important. | |
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| | | | Re: Companies like Vonage and Sunrocket... Well with vonage and others dont you have to have a broadband connection? which means 17 plus whatever the ISP charges?
Doesnt that only work with one phone, whereas digital phone all the phone jacks can work. to SOME that IS important | |
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| | | Cogdis
join:2007-03-26
Floral Park, NY | Re: Companies like Vonage and Sunrocket... said by aparis99:Doesnt that only work with one phone, whereas digital phone all the phone jacks can work. to SOME that IS important VoIP is the standard that is used by the cable comapanies as well as vonage ect.
I used sunrocket for all the jacks in my home as well. No problems. | |
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| | so who's left? besides the telcos and cable companies, who's left (that provides VoIP)? Via Talk, Vonage. Any others? | |
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|  Subaru1-3-2-4Premium
join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT | Re: so who's left? Packet 8
I guess you can remove that Sunrocket support forum now. | |
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| | | | Re: so who's left? yeah, forgot about Packet 8.
It's possible that someone will buy SunRocket, and continue service. | |
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join:2006-02-17
South Hadley, MA | Re: so who's left? There is also Lingo and Voicepulse | |
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| rob316
join:2005-10-17
Carteret, NJ | Verizon Voicewing is left I hve them and no problems at all Great Service.
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| said by pepperxn:besides the telcos and cable companies, who's left (that provides VoIP)? Via Talk, Vonage. Any others? qauntumvoice love them great company. | |
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join:2003-09-08
Glendale, AZ Reviews:
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1 edit | The problem is Sunrocket spent too much acquiring customers. Not sure if it is over; however, the problem is they and Vonage both spent too much acquiring customers.
Viatalk also does 2-1 sometimes but stopped renewing at 99 for another year during promo and raised it to 150. Plus I am sure spent very little to advertise so the 2-1 was their advertising. Sunrocket does 2-1 and advertises and other large investments. So their costs are way higher.
Sunrocket and Vonage dream of competing against the big boys like cable and telcos. A hard thing to do. Smaller players like Packet8, VoicePulse, Viatalk and others I believe have a niche markets planned. Markets that may last even with the cable and telcos of the world. | |
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| MetroT1
join:2006-02-08
Snellville, GA | Looked like they were taking orders now... I just went through their website and clicked "Sign Up." I was able to go through all the way to the point where I had to put in my credit card info to pay. This included choosing a few steps including that I wanted to port or have a Sunrocket Number. | |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | Not taking orders? At 8:30pm Central time, their website is still taking orders..
are they just holding them in the system?? or are they actually taking orders again?
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join:2000-10-28 | Re: Not taking orders? Looks to be based SOLELY and ENTIRELY on the DSLR thread, but I will bet serious virtual money that "Om" gets all the credit when this breaks tomorrow, especially since he weasel-worded it so that it sounds as if the DSLR thread is an "also" confirmation rather than the actual source for "his" story.
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| | | | Re: Not taking orders? WOW here is advertising digital cable (with FREE DVR), 6Mbps Internet and Advanced phone for 99.99 a month until Jan 1 2010. | |
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1 edit | Signup IS Working Read the posts, SR is NOT on the way down. I hear that the RUMOR started is just that..... I would hold off on further rumor mill speculation.
Signup IS working, so the entire thread is null and void, and only quick jump rumors. | |
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| Cogdis
join:2007-03-26
Floral Park, NY | Re: Signup IS Working said by DigitalPure:Read the posts, SR is NOT on the way down. I hear that the RUMOR started is just that..... I would hold off on further rumor mill speculation. Signup IS working, so the entire thread is null and void, and only quick jump rumors. Man I hope you're right. I got my girlfriend into Sunrocket and she kept it with Verizon Fios. If they go down I'm a dead man lol.
By the way, is there any way to transfer the phone number if they go down? | |
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| | Bankruptcy Yes it is...
Today are the next round of lay-offs and next week you will see them go. | |
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| Cogdis
join:2007-03-26
Floral Park, NY | Re: Bankruptcy said by HotWire :
Yes it is...
Today are the next round of lay-offs and next week you will see them go.
Source? | |
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| port your numbers, while you still can its well past time to consider alternative carriers, port your number while it's still possible (if you want it)..
as one of the lower cost full-service voip companies.. it is very likely you will need to move up or down, as sunrocket did not have many competitors in their price range ($17 per month). customers may move DOWN to something like SKYPE, or up to another voip company which is $20+ per month.. as these are the price sweet spots where the company CAN stay in business (unless your knocked out, or forced to fork over millions fighting a patent dispute) | |
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| Cogdis
join:2007-03-26
Floral Park, NY | Re: port your numbers, while you still can TMC ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE ABOUT THIS? | |
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 chakeyPremium
join:2004-06-14
Gladstone, NJ | Waiting I plan to wait until I hear specifically from the company that they are going under before porting anything. Certainly there will be more than one day to get out if need be. | |
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|  JeepMattC'mon the UPremium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
kudos:2 | Good Riddance This is great news. This company was a joke from the very beginning.
I fell for the low-price cost myself. 1 month later - their garbage was being sent back to them.
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| | | | Re: Good Riddance Again, this is only a rumor. If the OP is a disgruntled ex-employee, what better way to kill the company than to spread rumors of its death so that customers run to a competitor? | |
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 tannmanPremium
join:2002-09-12
Oxnard, CA | I'll wait and see Being a satisfied SR user I hope it's not true. I have experienced no service interruption and did a CS survey from them 2 days ago | |
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| | Irresponsible If this turns out not to be true, then this is a very irresponsible posting of this story on the front page. The only source is a new poster and the only data was the inability to test availability. I placed a three minute call to the company and they advised that there was a system upgrade in place.
Granted, there has been instability in the company of late. However, one has to wonder about the vetting and decision making process of placing this on the front page of BBR. If this turns out to be false, then BBR has just lost some of my confidence. | |
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| Cogdis
join:2007-03-26
Floral Park, NY | Re: Irresponsible Agreed. More than 7000 uniqs for the original thread.
If they werent done for real, they may be after this damage lol. | |
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| | | Sweety I am sorry but we say its a system update when somthing is broken...the only time it was true when SR told you that was with the very expensive billing system that didn't work... | |
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| | Not Working So it seems it is true...
Good luck with your new services everyone. | |
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| | Sunrocket is down for me in GA Hopefully this is just a coincidence,
I get a dial tone, dial the number, nothing happens for 30-45 seconds, and then I get a fast busy. When I call my SunRocket number from my landline I get a fast busy.
This just started about 10 minutes ago. | |
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Glad I got a no fee LD company to replace the "How dare you not use our LD penalty fee" from VZ LD. Guess the VOIP market is in for a major shake out. 
On a nother note.. Anyone who can get WOW's phone service, seen a advertisement on tv last night, 20 bucks a month.. That's about a 15 dollar drop from the normal price. Good luck getting your ported number back. 