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With both Sunrocket and Allo.com closing the doors recently, I am sure there are more than a few of you out there that are slightly miffed to say the least. All of you lost your voip phone service with little or no notice and may be wondering if you will continue to use VoIP. Well rest assured, there are still a number of good VoIP providers out there and we have created a list of some of the better alternatives for you to try. Check out this link and remember that most have a 30 day money back guarantee:

http://www.whichvoip.com/voip/sunrocket.htm

Now to the main point of this Blog. Some of you most likely signed up for a 1 or 2 year voip service plan, that involved advance payment, such as Sunrocket’s $199 for 1 year of service. Well unfortunately when a company goes out of business, there is little that you can do about this lost money. However, some of our customers have mentioned that they have called the dispute department of their credit card companies and have been successul in getting some money refunded. Now, I don’t know if this is credit card specific or if there is still some money lying around in a Sunrocket account somewhere for these refunds. Regardless, it is worth a try, so give the customer service dept a quick call.

Good luck.

[tags]VoIP, Allo, Allo.com, Sunrocket, Sunrocket Bankruptcy, Allo Bankruptcy[/tags]

First Sunrocket pulls the plug on its service and now Allo.com has announced that it is to close its doors on the 31st of July due to technical difficulties (and more most likely).

We have put together a page on some options for current Sunrocket and Allo VoIP customers.  Folks don’t give up on VoIP, we are at a time where some consolidation is taking place and the weak are getting weaker.  There are still many good Internet phone providers out there, some small and some giants – you know Comcast, Verizon and AT&T all have VoIP service right?

Check out this page for some other options:

http://www.whichvoip.com/voip/sunrocket.htm

Andy

[tags]VoIP, Allo, Allo.com, Sunrocket, Sunrocket Bankruptcy, Allo Bankruptcy[/tags] 

The rumors are that Sunrocket is heading for bankruptcy according to many respected newspapers today. They have let many of their employees go and are left with a skeleton staff apparently. Rumors are that there are two other companies looking at buying them – watch this space.

It is difficult to say what your chances are at getting a refund if you are a current Sunrocket customer. As you would expect the other VoIP providers are jumping on the bandwagon here.

Viatalk in particular is playing a masterpiece here:

http://www.whichvoip.com/voip/visit_site.php?id=vt_500

They are offering to buy out sunrocket contracts and 2nd phone line free all for $199 per year. Also free shipping. We are seeing HUGE demand for this on our site right now to be honest ….as you would expect!

Hi folks.

Just a quick note to let you know we have gone over the 1000 mark for our VoIP Review postings.

If you are searching for a VoIP service provider I really recommend taking a look at our VoIP review section on our site to get a feel for a provider before signing up.

Some of our smaller providers only have a few postings but we have many providers with more than 20 and some in the hundreds.  Definitely a good enough sample size to aid your decision making process.

As a reminder you can reach our VoIP review section at this URL:

http://www.whichvoip.com/voip/voip_reviews.htm

Andy

One of the great things about VoIP phone service is the vast amount of cool phone service features that comes FREE with your plan. If you don’t have a VoIP phone service yet then you can learn more about the most common VoIP features (well, 36 of them!) on our VoIP Features page.

Everyone has a favorite VoIP feature. To be honest I have two favorites. The first one is the portability of my phone number (my VoIP provider boasts the travel globally feature). I love the fact that I can take my ATA with me when we go and visit family in a different state. One benefit, no need to go through the jam-packed answering machine when we get home. I’ve not taken it out of the country yet but next time I go I want to give it a try (have you?). My other on par favorite is the Virtual Numbers feature. This is a great VoIP phone service feature. You can add extra phone numbers to your primary line, with any area code of your selection (as long as your VoIP provider has it available). So, you live in one state but some of your family and friends live in a different state. No problem, you get a virtual number added to your phone service with the area code of where they live. Now your family and friends are only a local call away, saving them money (and no more excuses about long distance fees!).

Well, that’s just two of my personal favorite VoIP phone service features. Please post a comment to this blog and let us know your favorite VoIP feature and why. Dont be shy now! If you let us know we can make a list of the favorite favorites!

Oh, and by the way, if you are looking for a broadband phone service with certain features (for example virtual numbers) then you can use our FREE advanced search engine. This allows you to select the VoIP features you really want (the must-haves) with your VoIP phone service and searches our comprehensive database for all the VoIP provider plans that meet your search criteria.

[tags]VoIP, VoIP Features, VoIP Phone Service, Virtual Numbers, Travel with VoIP, Broadband phone service, Digital Phone Service, Internet Phone Service[/tags]

  Viatalk have just re-introduced their 1 Year free again.Sign up for their yearly unlimited calling VoIP plan, currently $199 for the year and receive one whole year FREE.  This deal has been on twice before and was for a limited time only, this will be the same.

We try not to introduce blatant advertising on this blog but we’re seeing huge interest on our website for this VoIP provider right now.  The Viatalk VoIP review section on our website, written by users, also gives Viatalk a high score.

http://www.whichvoip.com/voip/visit_site.php?id=vt_500

Calum

[tags]Viatalk, VoIP, VoIP Special, VoIP Review, Viatalk Review[/tags]