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Ok. I can buy into the idea of Packet8 (a public company) getting some of the SunRocket action. Now I just read that a new startup called Teleblend has “acquired” the rest of the SunRocket assets.

When you’re down and troubled and need a helping hand…..don’t look at Vonage for help. Its one thing when you’re known as a nice guy type of company to make statements that point out the reasons for the failures of others. But it’s another to kick the dead dog around. Alec points out how a … Read more

Kudo’s to Rich for breaking the story. Here’s the release today, five days later.

Jeff Pulver is putting money and ideas where his mouth is in his lead off post for Monday. Fueled by last week’s ooma announcement and fresh off a panel, Jeff is talking about disruption. Two summers back I coined the phrase “Me Too, Me Also, Me Different” when asked to present to AOL. Jeff is … Read more

Imagine if you were a subscriber to SunRocket and Amp’d? Ouch. It looks like the mobile operator is pulling the pin, popping the chute and leaving the building ala Elvis. Update-The New York Times Matt Richtel has a fairly accurate obituary about Sun Rocket’s collapse today.

Lots of buzz is starting to build about the next, and soon to arrive Blackberry 8820. I’m unclear though if it will be VoIP friendly or just carrier blessed IP telephony like T-Mobile’s @Home…

Still playing catch up here and no post sums up the relevance of GrandCentral more than Craig Walker’s about moving offices, being bought and not having to change his phone number. You may also want to look at Telecom Tsunami’s post about why GrandCentral is a core part of the Google telecom strategy.

In my Bloglines reader I came across what looked like a news scoop that Rich Tehrani had. It was the post about Pingtel being bought by BlueSocket so I clicked through. Then I looked and looked on Rich Tehrani’s site and nothing. Zippo. But Google’s BlogSearch also shows it was there. I have emailed pal … Read more

Skype didn’t grow but they are generating more money for eBay. This tells me Skype is at a cross roads. They are marketing more heavily than ever and ROI is nowhere near as rapid as it was pre-eBay. Then again, eBay is seeking to build value in Skype. Clearly that is happening. Sure there is … Read more

Ok, I’m a few days behind as I dig out of post wedding trip and business travel, but this DSL Reports page pretty much gives the SunRocket user base some needed solutions on many fronts, especially porting your number so you don’t have to use 8×8’s Packet8 service offering if you want a different provider … Read more