July
21

Now That SunRocket Is Gone, What Should You Do?

Posted In: VoIP News by The VoIP-Carrier-4U Blog

Now that we can stick the fork in SunRocket, many of their customers are wondering, what should they do in order to keep their phone numbers working. There are many things you can do, but one thing you can’t: sit on your butt and not do anything.

As one former SunRocket employee explains, saving your phone […]

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July
21

How to save your SunRocket Phone Number

Posted In: VoIP News by The VoIP-Carrier-4U Blog

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.

Go to the nearest […]

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July
21

Packet8 Picks Up SunRocket Orphans

Posted In: VoIP News by The VoIP-Carrier-4U Blog

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.

Under terms of the agreement, Packet8 will waive all regular start up costs associated with its residential service plans plus offer one free month of service, a value of over […]

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July
21

Skype losing its voice?

Posted In: VoIP News by The VoIP-Carrier-4U Blog

eBay just reported its second quarter (Q2) 2007 earnings, and we are going to get to the details later, but lets just focus on Skype, that strangely seems to be making money even as it usage is flattening.

New Registered Users, an ambiguous number at best, now stands at 220 million, versus 196 million at the […]

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July
21

Ooma wants voice to be free

Posted In: VoIP News by The VoIP-Carrier-4U Blog

Voice over the Internet, so far, has been a game of cheap minutes, shoddy quality, and unreliable connections. It’s also been a money-losing proposition. The promise of voice being free has remained just that - a promise. Palo Alto-based startup Ooma promises to resolve those frustrations in September 2007 while offering free voice calls for […]

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July
2

Unified communications and VoIP monitoring can be difficult tasks, but Network General today released a tool to help provide insight into the two critical services.


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July
2

Instant messaging is a valuable business tool for some enterprises. For others, it’s a security risk. Either way, a recent Burton Group report suggests that all companies should have an IM usage policy, even if they haven’t deployed IM yet.


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July
2

VoIP/IP Telephony vendor security solutions

Posted In: VoIP News by The VoIP-Carrier-4U Blog

VoIP and IP Telephony system vendors have been improving their security offerings, but are they good enough for your VoIP implementation? Learn about the various security solutions you can implement in your VoIP network to help protect you against attacks and security issues with this tip from Gary Audin.


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July
2

Unified communications: Devising a strategy

Posted In: VoIP News by The VoIP-Carrier-4U Blog

Unified communications, to be successful, requires enterprises to have a clear roadmap and to determine which vendor best suits their IP strategy.


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July
2

VoIP centralizes global company

Posted In: VoIP News by The VoIP-Carrier-4U Blog

For one company, building a VoIP deployment from scratch meant years of planning, design and implementation before it achieved its goal of a centralized, global network.


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