Time To Find New VOIP Service
Last night I discovered by reading the forums over on DSLReports that Sunrocket my VOIP service provider of choice was shutting down by COB yesterday. I wondered if this was really the case since my phone was still working and I could get to thier website. However since this was all over the internets today I guess it is confirmed, they are shutting down and will be no more. Right now my phone service is working. I am able to make and receive calls however I am not able to access my voicemail.
All is not lost though according to a email the DSL reports received it looks like they are in negotiations for the customer base to be acquired. They should act fast as a lot of customers are bailing and Vonage is even making a nice deal for customers to switch ( I will never go back to Vonage). In any event something needs to happen by Friday since that is when the Gizmo (VOIP and analog phone interface) needs to get its next software download. If it does not receive the download the whole kit stops working.
This is really disappointing as I bailed Vonage and signed up with Sunrocket back in December. I got the one year plan and was having no problems what so ever. Then this!!!!!
Leassons I have learned:
Don’t prepay for service in advance.
Make sure the company can provide you service for what they are charging.
Run your own Asterisk Box and get dialtone from multiple vendors. I will be enacting this later this year
The Only question I have now is what provider should I go with? A lot of the Sunrocket users are bailing to Viatalk or packet8 ?
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