SunRocket Is Suing Vonage
Man, this just gets better and better all the time. According to SunRocket, they were trying to sell their subscriber list a month before they went out of business. They did this by shopping their subscriber list to Vonage, Packet8, Teleblend and others to see who would give them the most money for it. Packet8 and Teleblend decided to cut a deal with SunRocket and pay them a fee for every customer they got off of SunRocket’s customer list, but Vonage didn’t.
Now, SunRocket is suing Vonage for using their list without paying for it. You’ve got to just love how crooked Vonage is. First they use patented technology from Verizon without paying for it, and now they are getting sued over using a list that they didn’t pay for.
Read the whole article at TheRegister.co.uk.
According to the suit, filed yesterday with the Court of Chancery in Delaware and tracked down by The Reg, Vonage illegally obtained a list of SunRocket’s former customers after an unsuccessful bid to purchase the list straight from the SunRocket.
SunRocket LLC - the company that stepped into the breach when SunRocket Inc. ceased to exist - seeks “injunctive and declaratory relief,” hoping the court will prevent Vonage from using the list and order the New Jersey outfit to fork over some dough.
When we contacted Vonage, the company was quick to play down the complaint. “We believe the suit lacks merit,” said company spokesman Charles Sahner. “We obtained a VoIP subscriber list through an established marketing list broker. We were assured that the data was legally obtained and could be used without violating anyone’s proprietary rights.”