Tysons Corner, Virginia-based voice over Internet company SunRocket has secured $25 million in its second round of funding. The article from the Washington Post is here. There would have been a time when I would have been amazed by this, but perhaps the eBay acquisition of Skype speaks to some economics of VoIP providers that I am just not understanding.
One good thing about SunRocket is the extremely simple price offering ($199 per year or $24.99 per month. Their marketing material claim that those prices are all inclusive. Getting away from the annoying add-on line items that plague most other phone bills is one potentially appealing message for consumers.
The Post article talks about SunRocket “trying to catch up to Vonage and Skype. Im not really sure thats a necessity based on the magic economics of VoIP service providers these days.
On a somewhat related note, weve made the decision to cut the cord with our Vonage service. The value-add of being able to make unlimited long distance calls just couldnt hold up. Weve still got a Verizon line (required for DirecTV, damn it, which is further a necessity for NFL Sunday Ticket) for local calls, and Ive begun using GizmoProject for my international calls. Combine all of this with mobile phones and theres less and less need for that Vonage line.
