With Little Else To Celebrate, Vonage Dances On Sunrocket's Grave
from the comeuppance dept
Vonage has been having a rough go of it lately, so apparently the company has to take whatever small victories it can. A spokesman for the company recently bragged that it was responsible for the demise of Sunrocket, the #2 independent VoIP operator. In a sense, the company is correct in that the cutthroat price competition in this space is what killed Sunrocket. But Vonage is struggling itself for the same reasons. From a business model perspective, there wasn't much of a difference between Vonage and Sunrocket, except that Vonage seemed to spend way more on advertising. By going out of its way to highlight Sunrocket's woes, the company is pretty much reminding everyone that it's in the exact same boat.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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wait I have vonage
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So...
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As a former SunRocket Customer
I hope someone at vonage gets a little wiser in the near future, I'd hate to see them go down. The market needs the competition. If baby bell is successful in knocking of another VOIP provider it may not be long until we are forced back into ridiculous prices for phone service.
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Vonage
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stupid move from Vonage, but I do love their servi
I *really hope* that at least one non-monstrous VOIP provider stays in business and thrives.
I would rather die than use Comcast, which just acquired TimeWarner's cable--not sure if that was nationwide, but Houston just switched over and they make the US post office look like FedEx...hour-long lines, phones so busy they don't even answer, etc.
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Re: stupid move from Vonage, but I do love their s
Hey, the USPS and Fedex contractually work together. Outside your post office there may be a Fedex collection box.
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