

The rumor, first floated by DSL Reports, has been confirmed: VoIP carrier SunRocket has apparently gone out of business. Second only to Vonage in terms of user base, SunRocket showed its first signs of trouble weeks ago when it stopped taking new service orders.

Although the company’s website still offers a “3 months free” service promotion and incentive ads to switch from Vonage, SunRocket’s customer service line offers no explanation other than the recorded message, “We are no longer taking customer service or sales calls.” No official statement has been released by the company.

Meanwhile, VoIP competitors are already swooping in on SunRocket’s still fresh carcass. Nuvio CEO Jason Talley released a statement saying, “We are very excited about the former customers of SunRocket joining the Nuvio family.” Keep in mind that no customer support agreement between SunRocket and Nuvio has been announced, so Nuvio's statement is opportunistic at best, and could be misleading to some SunRocket customers. Over at Vonage, the embattled VoIP carrier fighting a Verizon patent lawsuit, the only new news is that the company has named former SAP rep Karen Cleeve as its new spinmeister.

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