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[Posted on September 11, 2007 - 3:42 PM]
To compete with cable and satellite TV companies. AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and a slew of competitive local exchange carriers, or CLECs, are pouring millions of dollars into Internet protocol television, or IPTV. Instead of using traditional broadcast, cable or satellite transmissions, IPTV delivers video using the same techniques developed for computer networks. By the end of 2010,...

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[Posted on August 10, 2007 - 12:10 PM]
Vonage Holdings Inc. reported earnings Thursday, and the financial news was improved in terms of higher sales and lowered loss, but the business news was bad. Sure, Vonage had cut spending, but as a result, it also cuts its new subscribers, resulting in a loss of its top position in the voice-over-Internet-protocol, or VoIP, market. It's not terrible to be...

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[Posted on July 31, 2007 - 4:00 PM]
Investors in bankrupt network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. and troubled Internet phone company SunRocket Inc. can't be too happy, after investing a collective $430 million into the two companies. But its the customers that are in a real tizzy, posting on various message boards and penning blog entries rife with woe and confusion. The fact that they're confused isn't too surprising....

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[Posted on July 27, 2007 - 2:28 PM]
With its public implosion behind it, Internet phone provider SunRocket Inc. has apparently sold its greatest asset — its 200,000 customers — to Packet8 and TeleBlend. The value of that list and what it brought to SunRocket creditors is unknown. As of Aug. 5, SunRocket will turn off all service, and customers will have to go elsewhere. However, there's no...

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[Posted on July 18, 2007 - 4:34 PM]
For all the negative hype surrounding voice-over-Internet-protocol, or VoIP, companies in the wake of SunRocket Inc.'s demise and legal troubles at Vonage Holdings Inc., there is still money to be made on those businesses. By focusing on a select customer group and trying to attract customers as cheaply as possible, firms such as Cbeyond Communications Inc. and Nuvio Corp....

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[Posted on July 17, 2007 - 2:14 PM]
It's hard competing against the telecoms. The new AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. have managed to stick around despite government intervention, breakups, mergers and frequently nightmarish customer service. Voice-over-Internet-protocol provider SunRocket Inc. discovered that three years of effort, 200,000 customers and $80 million in venture capital is insufficient for battling against the incumbents. It has ceased operations. Meanwhile,...

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[Posted on June 25, 2007 - 2:35 PM]
As noted on the latest Vonage Holdings Corp. legal story to grace The Deal.com's pages, the voice-over-Internet-protocol provider has spent the last few weeks being quiet. Unusually so, says ZDNet blogger Russel Shaw, who thinks the company's reticence might be a sign of private equity interest or a potential buy. Given the hype around private equity these days, as...

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[Posted on April 16, 2007 - 3:59 PM]
It's just been a bad couple of weeks for Internet phone companies. Skype's VoIP instant message application is being used to gather e-mail addresses and then direct vulnerable users to numerous Web sites that host malicious software, according to an InfoWorld story. Once a machine is infected, the online worm sends a nasty link via IM to other users in...

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[Posted on April 11, 2007 - 5:10 PM]
If the big cable companies are interested in taking Om Malik's advice and buying Vonage for its customers, the federal government may have something to say about it. On GigaOm, Malik put forth the idea that instead of poaching customers from Vonage using promotions, perhaps they could make an offer in the range of $550 million to $650 million (or...

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[Posted on April 10, 2007 - 2:51 PM]
Even though analysts are refuting the idea of an acquisition saving Vonage Holdings Inc. after its brutal patent battle with Verizon Communications Inc., Om Malik over at GigaOm offers up an interesting idea. In this post he suggests the cable companies take a hard look at banding together to purchase Vonage's 2.2 million subscribers, suggesting a price of $250...

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