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Well, I really loved SunRocket — right up to when they sent me that email last week saying they are closing up shop. You can read their corporate announcement on their homepage. Wow, what a shocker.

In case you don’t know, SunRocket is (was) a VOIP (voice over internet protocol) telephone provider. You’ve probably heard of Vonage because they are the biggest. Well, SunRocket was the second largest VOIP provider in the world. Over 200,000 customers just lost their phone service when SunRocket shut the doors with very little warning.

I’m really sad about it mainly because I liked them so much. They must have really had a bad business model, which makes you kind of wonder about the whole VOIP industry. But, I’m a glutton for punishment so I’m re-upping my commitment to VOIP. I just can’t pass up the unlimited long distance at a fraction of the price of regular telephone. And hey, I’m already paying for the broadband internet, I might as well use it, right?

After a bit of research (all very discouraging), I’ve chosen VOIP.com. Not that I recommend them to anyone. I used to recommend SunRocket. Actually, I got at least one person to sign up on my recommendation and, well, you can see how that turned out.

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