A Few Good Companies
You can’t handle the truth… but I’ll say it anyway. There are a handful of companies that I’ve come across recently that are worth checking out (at least in my opinion). They are, in no particular order:
- SunRocket –
VoIP service for under $10 a month. I signed up with these guys a few months ago and am extremely happy with them. They are actually more reliable than my old Verizon voice line! And if you’re worried about power outages killing your phone (like I was), head on over to Costco or Best Buy and pick up a cheap UPS (it will pay for itself with the money you save by switching to SunRocket). Oh, and yes – you can keep your current phone number. Sign up for their unlimited plan using the link above and get 3 months free.(see comments) - GrandCentral – Recently acquired by the evil Google empire, GrandCentral allows users to pick a single permanent telephone number from almost any area code in the United States. Use it so you have a single place for all your voice messages (which you can listen to and save right from the web), have it ring your work number when you’re at work and your home number during the evening. You can even block specific numbers, create custom greetings, and much more. Check them out, it’s all free.
- Mozy – Free online backup services, up to 2GB… and under $5 per month for unlimited storage. You can have Mozy automatically backup your most important files (or all your files if you desire) and then access them from the web or via a Windows Explorer interface right from your desktop.
- Crabersen – Very affordable domain names and web hosting is just a click away. Ok, I’m a little biased, but check them out. They offer very competitive web hosting rates in state-of-the-art data centers. Secure. Fast. Reliable. That’s the Crabersen advantage.

July 19th, 2007 at 9:56 am
Well it appears no sooner did I right about SunRocket that they went out of business. Their service is still (as of today) up and running, but I doubt it will be much longer. News reports indicate they asked employees to leave so quickly, nobody remained to post a “going out of business” notice on their web site. Great. I guess Packet8 is trying to lure SunRocket customers. SunRocket definitely had the right price, other VoIP providers are much more expensive.